David Solkin

David Hersh Solkin, FBA (born Montreal, 16 March 1951) is the ''Walter H. Annenberg Professor of the History of Art'' at the Courtauld Institute, which he joined in 1986. In 2007, Solkin became the institute's first dean and deputy director. Solkin is an expert in the art of J. M. W. Turner.

He was educated at Harvard College (AB), The Courtauld Institute of Art (MA) and Yale University (PhD, 1978).

In 2002, Solkin was awarded the William M. B. Berger Prize for the exhibition and catalogue ''Art on The Line: The Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780–1836'' (The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2001–2). Provided by Wikipedia