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CLEAR Unique Vendor Event
Bridgeman was delighted to have been chosen as a participant in the CLEAR organization's event held on April 23rd in Los Angeles.
Read moreBridgeman: The World's Art Collections online
Collections for which Bridgeman is the primary licensing representative
Read more2012: A Great Year for Bridgeman
Our 40th anniversary year saw great press coverage celebrating the achievements of the company and its founder and Executive Chairman, Harriet Bridgeman. To round off a brilliant twelve months, Director magazine ran an unusual double interview featuring Harriet and Victoria Bridgeman
Read moreEdward Whitley, El Presidente and 'gee, I thought I liked camping' city boy
Born in: the centre of London, Hyde Park Corner
Smarts:
- MA in Art History from St. Andrews University, Scotland
- Art History area of expertise: Trecento Italian art, particularly the influence of Dante in portrayals of hell.
First job: working behind the scenes at the Royal Tournament (for us non-Brits, it's a military pageant and tournament)
Dream destination: Uganda to see the source of the Nile
Favorite book: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
If he could go back in time, he'd like to meet: Don Quixote! or Caravaggio
Helen Higbee, Business Development Virtuoso and always sunny, kid-juggling LA mama
Born in: Nottingham, England
Smarts:
- BA in English and Art History, University of Leeds
- Art History area of expertise: Celtic manuscripts, art in the French Revolution, Abstract Expressionism
First job: packing hyacinth bulbs
Dream destination: India
Favorite author: Virginia Woolf
If she could go back in time, she'd like to meet: William Shakespeare
Our newest team member, Helen comes to us with over 20 years of experience in stills and footage licensing. Read more...
Kim Tidwell, Marketing Whiz and flamenco-dancing, 'can-o-worms' opener
Born in: Kansas City, Missouri
Smarts:
- BS in Advertising, University of Kansas
- MA in European Art History, University of Essex, UK
- Art History area of expertise: Dutch & Italian Renaissance, Dutch Golden Age and Islamic Art & Architecture
First job: running a lemonade (and painted rocks!) stand
Dream destination: Isfahan, Iran and Damascus, Syria
Favorite book: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
If she could go back in time, she'd like to meet: Gertrude Stein
Wendy Zieger, Sales, Research & Bridgeman Education Guru, aspirational beekeeper and shopping fanatic
Born in: Port Washington, Wisconsin
Smarts:
- BA in History of Art, Michigan State University
- Masters in Library & Information Science, Wayne State University
- Art History area of expertise: Impressionism, Greek, Egyptian and Rembrandt
First job: Cashier in a hardware store
Dream destinations: China and Australia
If she could go back in time, she'd like to meet: Queen Elizabeth I
Favorite book: The Far Pavilions by MM Kaye
Kajette Bloomfield, Sales and Bridgeman Education Administrative Doyen, savvy fashionista
Born in: Jamaica, West Indies
Smarts:
- BA in Art History, Arcadia University
- MA in Modern & Contemporary Art History, SUNY Purchase
- Art History area of expertise: modern and contemporary Afro-Caribbean and African American art
First job: Administrative assistant at sportswear company
Dream destination: Italy
If she could go back in time, she'd like to meet: Edna Manley, sculptor and wife of the first Jamaican PM
Favorite author: Isabel Allende
