About Eric Shanes
Lived 1944 – 2017 (aged 72). Eric Shanes was a British painter.
Eric Victor Shanes (21 October 1944 – 19 March 2017) was an English painter and art historian who specialised in the art of J. M. W. Turner.
Selected publications Young Mr. Turner The First Forty Years, 1775–1815. Yale, New Haven, 2016.
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Who was Eric Shanes?
British painter (1944-2017)
When was Eric Shanes born?
Eric Shanes was born on 21 October 1944.
When did Eric Shanes die?
Eric Shanes died on 19 March 2017.
What was Eric Shanes's occupation?
Eric Shanes was a painter.
What nationality was Eric Shanes?
Eric Shanes was British.
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