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Brian Balfour-Oatts (born 1966) is a British art dealer, collector and writer, particularly noted for his 2005 publication ''William Scott: A Survey of His Original Prints'' (0954941802 ), the standard reference work and de facto catalogue raisonné of William Scott's graphic work. ==Early life and 1990s== Born in Edinburgh in 1966, Brian Balfour-Oatts was a child carer to his terminally-ill mother who suffered from Huntington's disease. Educated at Hawick High School, he left Scotland to seek and take up a position at Sotheby's auctioneers in London, aged 18. In 1988 he joined the now-defunct Mayfair Fine Art as curator and gallery manager, specializing in Impressionist and Modern paintings. In 1991, he founded Archeus Fine Art (later ARCHEUS) at 65 New Bond Street in London (1991–2000), focusing largely on German Expressionism. Balfour-Oatts staged the controversial exhibition ''The Difficulties of Attribution'' in 1994 after being introduced, by art dealer Julian Hartnoll, to the famous forger Eric Hebborn. The exhibition of "recently discovered Old Master Drawings", complete with a mock auction catalogue〔(Archeus Fine Art, "The Difficulties of Attribution" exhibition catalogue, 2004 )〕 was widely covered in the press and drew large crowds, earning praise and criticism in equal measure. He subsequently purchased the rights to ''Drawn to Trouble'' (1851583696 ), Hebborn's 1991 confessional autobiography, which was republished as ''Confessions of a Master Forger'' (0304350230 ) following Hebborn's death in 1996, with an epilogue written by Balfour-Oatts. During the late 1990s he studied Modern British Art, which was exhibited alongside German Expressionist paintings and woodcuts, placing works in public collections such as the Moritzburg Museum, Halle, Germany and the National Portrait Gallery, London, amongst others. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Balfour-Oatts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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