Rupert Christiansen

The first patrons of Modernism deserve much sympathy and respect

Philip Hook reminds us of the courage of dealers who challenged a deeply conventional market — and negotiated with a group of extremely quarrelsome artists

‘Large Study’ by Wassily Kandinski, 1914 (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam). [Bridgeman Images]

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