Denys Sutton

Denys Miller Sutton (10 August 1917 – 30 January 1991) was a British art critic and historian known for his focus on European artists before 1800 (Old Masters) and Asian art. He was art critic for the Financial Times and editor of Apollo magazine. Sutton was educated at Uppingham and Exeter College, Oxford, receiving a B.A. and B.Litt.

He was appointed C.B.E. in the 1985 New Year Honours list.

Sutton married Sonja Klibansky in 1940, with whom he had a daughter, Madeleine; Gertrud Koebke-Knutson in 1952, with whom he had a son, Caspar; and, in 1960, Cynthia Sassoon.

Selected works Degas: The Man and the Work (1986) Derain (1959) Alpha Books, Phaidon