Patrick Bade
An historian, writer and broadcaster, who has worked for the Art Fund, Royal Opera House, National Gallery and V&A Museum.
Biography
Patrick Bade has been leading tours in London, Paris and Europe for over 40 years. He has previously lived in Munich and currently divides his time between London and Paris.
Fluent in German and French, he holds a BA in History and History of Art from University College London and an MA in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute. For many years until 2016 he was senior lecturer at Christies Education (in conjunction with Glasgow University). He has worked for the Art Fund, Royal Opera House, National Gallery and V&A Museum, and has taught courses on Fine and Decorative Arts Renaissance to 20th century as well as course on the history of opera.
He has published over 30 books and many articles on 19th and early 20th art and a book on music in World War II. Since 2020, he has given over 300 online lectures on a wide variety of subjects for “Lockdown University”, an organisation that provides free access to education.
He has led many tours to Paris, Munich and Vienna and to other German cities, Brussels, Barcelona and Madrid and opera tours to Milan and Parma.