Patrick Conner

The exhibition is curated by Dr Patrick Conner who was formerly Keeper of Fine Art at the Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums, Brighton. He is currently Director of the Martyn Gregory Gallery, London, specialists in historical paintings related to the China Trade. Dr Conner's publications include 'Oriental Architecture in the West' and 'George Chinnery, artist of India and the China Coast'. His most recent book is entitled 'The Hongs of Canton: Western Merchants in South China 1700-1900'....See more

The exhibition is curated by Dr Patrick Conner who was formerly Keeper of Fine Art at the Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums, Brighton. He is currently Director of the Martyn Gregory Gallery, London, specialists in historical paintings related to the China Trade. Dr Conner's publications include 'Oriental Architecture in the West' and 'George Chinnery, artist of India and the China Coast'. His most recent book is entitled 'The Hongs of Canton: Western Merchants in South China 1700-1900'. He has curated a number of loan exhibitions exploring the relationships between 'Eastern' and 'Western' cultures, including 'The China Trade 1600-1860' (Brighton, 1986), and 'Impressions of the East. The Art of George Chinnery' (Hong Kong Museum of History, 2005). See less