Richard Blurton Explained

T. Richard Blurton (born 1952) is a specialist in South Asian art and archaeology, formerly Assistant Keeper at the British Museum.^{[1] [2]}

About

Blurton has an MPhil in archaeology from Cambridge, and worked on excavations and research projects in Afghanistan and southern India, before joining the British Museum in 1986. A curator in the Dept of Oriental Antiquities (subsequently, the Dept of Asia), he was responsible for the collections from south India, Southeast Asia, and Tibet. He retired in 2018.^{[3] [4]}

Awards and honours

2012 Awarded the Brayton Wilbur Jr. Memorial Fellowship in Asian Art^[5]

Selected publications

• 1990 – Continuity and change in the tradition of Bengali pata-painting
• 1991 – The Cultural Heritage of the Indian Village (with Brian Durrans)
• 1992 – Hindu Art
• 1997 – The Enduring Image: Treasures from the British Museum (ed.)
• 2000 – Visions from the Golden Land: Burma and the Art of Lacquer (co-authored with Ralph Isaacs)
• 2002 – Burma: Art and Archaeology (co-edited with Alexandra Green)
• 2003 – "On the Borders of Tibet", British Museum Magazine, no. 45 (summer 2003)
• 2006 – Bengali Myths (Czech edn, 2007; Spanish edn, 2008)
• 2016 – Krishna in the garden of Assam the history and context of a much-travelled textile

External links

• T. Richard Blurton on "Curating Krishna in the garden of Assam" on YouTube
• T. Richard Blurton on WorldCat

Notes and References

1. Web site: T Richard Blurton . . 21 March 2021 .
2. Web site: Richard Blurton . . 21 March 2021 .
3. News: Amit . Roy . In British Museum, a heart that beats for India . . 1 December 2018 . 21 March 2021 .
4. News: North by east . The Hindu . 22 November 2011. 24 April 2021. Vakkalanka. Harshini.
5. Web site: Richard Blurton named Brayton Wilbur Jr. Memorial Fellow. March 2012.