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Robert Sainsbury. Sir Robert James Sainsbury [1] (October 24, 1906 – April 2, 2000), was the son of John Benjamin Sainsbury (the eldest son of John James Sainsbury, the founder of Sainsbury's supermarkets). Along with his wife Lisa, they began the collection of modern and tribal art housed at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich .
The Sainsbury family (also Lord Sainsbury and family and incorrectly the Sainsbury's family) founded Sainsbury's, the UK's second-largest supermarket chain. Today, the family has many interests, including business, politics, philanthropy, arts, and sciences.
4. Apr. 2000 · Sir Robert Sainsbury, who has died aged 93, was the member of the family known better for buying Bacons than selling bacon. Though, in 1930, he dutifully joined the family grocery business...
Robert Sainsbury (seated) with Henry Moore and Norman Foster in 1978, positioning the Moore bronzes. Robert Sainsbury had met Henry Moore in 1933 and acquired the magnificent carving, Mother and Child, of 1932. Robert Sainsbury’s excitement in purchasing the work of the young artist turned to alarm when he feared it may not go inside his front door!
5. Apr. 2000 · Sir Robert Sainsbury, patron of the arts and a son of the dynasty that turned a collection of grocery stores into one of Britain's biggest supermarket chains, died on Sunday, the company said....
24. Apr. 2024 · Sir Robert Sainsbury (1906—2000) with his wife, Lisa (1912—2014), was a well-known sponsor and patron of the arts. In 1978 the couple founded the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. They donated the bulk of their art collection to this centre.
This portrait is remarkable for the economy of composition. Bacon produced an image that, although is unmistakably a portrait of Robert Sainsbury, succeeds as an intense physiological exercise on his preoccupation with the human situation.
