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James Laver, CBE, FRSA (14 March 1899 – 3 June 1975) was an English author, critic, art historian, and museum curator who acted as Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings for the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1938 and 1959.
James Laver, CBE, FRSA was an English author, critic, art historian, and museum curator who acted as Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings for the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1938 and 1959. He was also an important and pioneering fashion historian described as "the man in England who made the study of costume respectable". ...more.
T he current obscurity of James Laver (1899–1975), an expert on the history of dress and fashion, a biographer of Huysmans and Nostradamus, a master of light verse, and the author of a 1932 picaresque gem of a comic novel, Nymph Errant, is something of a crime.
James Laver is a British actor, voice artist and magician based in Bangkok, Thailand.
Award-winning stage and screen actor. I act for both stage and screen, and for several years have worked closely with Peel the Limelight, a Bangkok-based theatre company, both on stage and as the company’s Technical Manager.Previous stage appearances include leading roles in Hand to God, Death and the Maiden, How I Learned to Drive, The Little Prince, the new musical Life Lessons, Boxes a ...
BIOGRAPHY. Keeper, Departments of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and of Paintings, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1938–59. Author of A Concise History of Costume. Primary Contributions (1) dress. Dress, clothing and accessories for the human body. The variety of dress is immense.
James Laver. Writer: Warning to Wantons. British novelist, playwright, poet and art critic James Laver was born in Liverpool, England, in 1900. At age 12 he won a scholarship to the Liverpool Institute. In 1917, at age 18, he enlisted in the Royal Army as a lieutenant.
James Laver is known for The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022), The Cave (2019) and AI Love You (2022).
James Laver, CBE, FRSA was an English author, critic, art historian, and museum curator who acted as Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings for the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1938 and 1959. Profile. Born: 14 March 1899 in Liverpool. Died: 3 June 1975. Nationality: British. Gender: Male.
