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The Courtauld Institute of Art (/ ˈ k ɔːr t ə ʊ l d /), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. It is among the most prestigious specialist colleges for the study of the history of art in the world and is known for the ...
Samuel Courtauld (7 May 1876 – 1 December 1947) was an English industrialist who is best remembered as an art collector. He founded The Courtauld Institute of Art in London in 1932 and, after a series of gifts during the 1930s, bequeathed his collection to the institute on his death.
The Strand block of Somerset House, designed by William Chambers from 1775 to 1780, home of the Courtauld Institute and the Courtauld Gallery since 1989. From 1958 to 1989 the Courtauld collection was housed in part of the premises of the Warburg Institute in Woburn Square; [9] it was thus separated from the Courtauld Institute, which was in Home House, Portman Square.
He is Leventis Professor of Byzantine Art, acting Executive Dean and Deputy Director at the Courtauld Institute of Art. [2] [3] He obtained an MA in Byzantine art at The Courtauld and a PhD in the art of medieval Georgia. [2] He was research fellow and reader at the art history department at the University of Warwick between 1995 and 2004. [2] [4]
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Deborah Anne Swallow CBE (born 27 August 1948) is a British educator, museum curator and academic. From 2004 to 2023, she was Märit Rausing Director of The Courtauld Institute of Art and its Gallery; she was its first female Director.
Photographs contributed by Walter Leedy to the Conway Library are currently being digitised by the Courtauld Institute of Art, as part of the Courtauld Connects project. [13] An oral history interview with Leedy was collected by Cleveland State University in 2006, [5] and his papers are archived at Cleveland State University Special Collections ...
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