Philip Hook joined Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Department in 1994. Currently a board member and senior director of Impressionist & Modern art in London, he is the author of Popular Nineteenth Century Paintings, Breakfast at Sotheby's, The Ultimate Trophy, and five successful novels set in the art world.
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Modern begins on a specific day-March 22, 1905-at a specific place: the Salon des Independants in Paris, where works of art we recognize as modern were first exhibited. Drawing on his forty five-year fine art career, author Philip Hook illuminates how thi... SEE MORE