The Dali Legacy: How an Eccentric Genius Changed the Art World and Created a Lasting Legacy

About Dr. Christopher Heath BrownDr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Christopher Heath Brown is one of the most prominent collectors of works by Salvador Dali in the United States and serves as the director of Brown Discoveries a research institute focused on Renaissance Surrealist and Contemporary art. Together with Jean-Pierre Isbouts Dr. Brown is the coauthor of The da Vinci Legacy: How an Elusive 16th-Century Artist Became a Global Pop Icon The Mona Lisa Myth and Young Leonardo and the coproducer of The Search for the Last Supper and The Search for the Mona Lisa specials shown on Public Television. Dr. Brown lives in Cornelius North Carolina. Jean-Pierre Isbouts is an art historian and a professor emeritus at Fielding Graduate University. He is the author or coauthor of multiple history books including Mapping America Mapping the Holy Land National Geographics The Ultimate Visual History of the World The Biblical World In the Footsteps of Jesus and The Story of Christianity which together have sold more than two million copies and together with Christopher Heath Brown the coauthor of the art books The da Vinci Legacy: How an Elusive 16th-Century Artist Became a Global Pop Icon The Mona Lisa Myth and Young Leonardo and the coproducer of The Search for the Last Supper and The Search for the Mona Lisa specials shown on Public Television. Dr. Isbouts has been on numerous radio and TV shows is the host of several series for The Great Courses and has directed several programs for Disney ABC Hallmark and the History Channel working with actors such as Leonard Nimoy Charlton Heston Dick van Dyke and Morgan Freeman and produced recordings with orchestras around the world. Dr. Isbouts lives in Santa Monica California. Frank Hunter is the director of the Salvador Dali Archives. He lives in New York.