Richard Stemp

Richard graduated from Clare College, Cambridge with a degree in Natural Sciences and the History of Art, and returned to complete a PhD on Sculpture in Ferrara in the Fifteenth Century. After a year at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts he has shared his time between art and acting. He was a lecturer at the National Gallery for 24 years, and has also lectured on a regular basis at Tates Modern and Britain, the Wallace Collection, Buckingham Palace and a variety of other arts societies and organisations. He teaches on-site across Europe with Art History Abroad. His books include The Secret Language of the Renaissance and Churches and Cathedrals, and he has written and presented two series for Channel Four, Art in the National Gallery and Tate Modern.