Robert Brown is an artist and art historian who studied at Goldsmith’s College, London in the 1980s where he specialised in sculpture and was a founder member of Bobok. After completing an MA (on Dada and Constructivism) at the University of Essex, he went on to work for several years at Sotheby’s before going walkabout for a large part of the 1990s. In 1998 he joined Christie’s as their main writer on modern and contemporary art and for over twenty years was their International Head of Research for Modern, Post War and Contemporary art. In 2020 he left Christie’s and now works independently. He has a particular interest in modern German and modern Italian art but has published on a wide range of subjects for galleries, museums, magazines and newspapers. He has traveled widely and has organized exhibitions of his and others work in London, Zurich, New York and Mexico. His most recent publication is the 2024 book on the early work of George Grosz entitled George Grosz and the Mielzynski Murders.