Background
Askew, Ralph Kirk was born on November 19, 1903 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of R. Kirk and Marion (Ess) Askew.
Askew, Ralph Kirk was born on November 19, 1903 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of R. Kirk and Marion (Ess) Askew.
Graduate Phillips (Andover) Academy, 1921. Student architecture Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1921-1923. Bachelor of Science, Harvard, 1925, postgraduate history of art, 1926-1927.
Agent, Durlacher Brothers, art dealers, London and New York City, 1927-1937, owner, from 1937. Specialized in old and modern paintings and drawings. Publisher: Oedipus by Meyer Schapiro with original etchings by Kurt Seligmann, 1944.
Also definitive catalogues on loan exhibitions of Tintoretto, Poussin, Claude, Magnasco, Caravaggio and the Caravaggisti, Domenico Fetti, others
Home: East Greenville, Pennsylvania
Married Constance Atwood, May 18, 1929. Children: Pamela, Phoebe (Mistress Des Marals), Atwood (Mistress Charles Allaire).