David Solkin


David Hersh Solkin, FBA 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.
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.

Selected publications