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David Anfam
English art historian (1955–2024)
David Anthony Neil Anfam (12 May 1955 – 21 August 2024) was an English art historian, author and curator, best known for his voluminous writings on abstract expressionism.[1] He was the senior consulting curator for The Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado, and the director of its research center.[2][3]
Biography
David Anthony Neil Anfam was born in London on 12 May 1955, one of seven siblings.[4] His father was a major fan of American culture, so Anfam was "brought up on a diet of Frank Sinatra, jazz, film noir, Hemingway, silk suits, Betty Crocker cake mix and big-finned cars" during his childhood.
According to Anfam, this led to his interest in abstract expressionism.[5]
Anfam attended the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, where he received a Bachelor's degree in Art History and then earned his PhD in 1984 for his dissertation about Clyfford Still, which was writt
