Susan Day

Susan Day

Art historian, Artist

Granddaughter of the artist Walter Percy Day, Susan Day read Islamic art at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris. Appointed Chief Librarian at the Institut Français d’Architecture/Cité de l’architecture et du Patrimoine from 1981 to 2004 and Scientific Advisor for Islamic carpets and textiles at the Louvre Museum from 2004 until her retirement, Day has written extensively about twentieth century architecture and the decorative arts and Islamic carpets and textiles. She paints in oils, pastel and watercolour. Her subjects range from still life and landscape to Parisian, Italian and British café life and the antics Weymouth holidaymakers to the quirks of modern technology.   

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