The Paul
Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art * has launched its archive catalogue online - revealing to a
wider audience the research material compiled by some of the most significant
art historians of the twentieth century.
Highlights include the papers of W.G. Constable (1887-1976) first
director of the Courtauld Institute and museum director; and Sir Brinsley Ford
(1908-1999) collector, art connoisseur and editor of the Burlington
Magazine. The catalogue launch is
an important stage of an ongoing project to make the collections more widely
available.
The Paul
Mellon Centre has been acquiring archive material since 1977 and now holds
twenty collections. These consist
primarily of the working papers of art historians, but also include the papers
of museum directors and curators, dealers and significant individuals working
in the field.
For more information:
* The Paul Mellon Centre for
Studies in British Art is an educational charity set up to
promote and support the study of British art history
and architecture. The Centre (which is a member of the Association of
Research Institutes in Art History ARIAH) has two complementary purposes: to
contribute to the understanding of British art and architecture and to act as a
research centre for scholars working in this field.
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