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British art historian, writer and painter (1910–1996).
Born August 19th, 1910 in London.
Died December 16th, 1996 at 86 years old in Firle.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel