Fine Art Lecturer, Author & Broadcaster

Leslie Primo is an independent art historian specialising in early to late medieval and Renaissance studies, including Italian Renaissance drawing, art and architecture in Europe 1250–1500, the Medici and patronage, narrative painting in the age of Giotto, the work of Peter Paul Rubens focusing on his paintings of the Judgement of Paris, and Greek myth in paintings.

Fine Art Society Lecturer

He previously worked at The National Gallery, London, for 18 years, and now lectures for the Arts Society, and teaches a variety of art history courses in London at Imperial College, City Lit, and Bishopsgate Institute.

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Themed London Gallery Tours with Leslie Primo

Ever been to an art gallery and wondered around looking at paintings wondering what on [...]

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Turner – Light and Landscape

See Leslie on BBC4 24 January 2021 Art historian Leslie Primo examines six decades of [...]

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Michelangelo on the BBC

Many thanks to all those watched, and are still watching this programme on BBC iPlayer, [...]

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