Dawn Adès
Professor Dawn Adès CBE FBA | |
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| Born | Josephine Dawn Tylden-Pattenson 6 May 1943 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3, including Thomas Adès |
| Academic background | |
| Education | St Hilda's College, Oxford Courtauld Institute of Art |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Art history |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | University of Essex |
| Doctoral students | Briony Fer |
Josephine Dawn Adès, professor emeritus of art history and theory at the University of Essex.[1]
Early life and education
Adès was born on 6 May 1943 to A. E. Tylden-Pattenson.[2][3] She studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1965.[2] She then studied art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1968.[2][4]
Career
Adès has spent the majority of her academic career working at the
professor emeritus.[1] For the 2009/2010 academic year, she was the Slade Professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford:[2] the lecture series she gave was titled "Surrealism and the avant-garde in Europe and the Americas".[5]
Adès was a
Tate Gallery from 1995 to 2005, of the National Gallery from 1998 to 2005, and of the Henry Moore Foundation from 2003 to 2013.[2] She was a member of the council of the British Academy from 1999 to 2002.[6] Since 2008, she has held the honorary title of Professor of the History of Art at the Royal Academy of Arts.[1][7]
Personal life
In 1966, the then Dawn Tylden-Pattenson married the British poet and translator Timothy Adès.[2] Together they have three sons,[2] one of whom is the composer, pianist and conductor Thomas Adès.[8]
Honours
In 1996, Adès was elected a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to higher education and art history".[12]
Selected works
- Dada and surrealism reviewed. London: Arts Council of Great Britain. 1978. ISBN 978-0728701496.
- The 20th-century poster: design of the avant-garde. New York: Abbeville Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0896594333.
- Photomontage. London: Thames and Hudson. 1986. ISBN 978-0500202081.
- Art in Latin America: the modern era, 1820-1980. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0300045611. (with Guy Brett)
- Siron Franco - Figures and Likenesses: Paintings 1968-1995. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Index. 1995. ISBN 978-8570830463.
- Dalí's Optical Illusions. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0300081770.
- Dalí: The centenary retrospective. London: Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 978-0500093245.
- Undercover surrealism: Georges Bataille and Documents. London: MIT Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0262012300. (co-editor Simon Baker)
- The colour of my dreams: the Surrealist revolution in art. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery. 2011. ISBN 978-1895442878.
- Dalí/Duchamp. London: Royal Academy of Arts. 2017. ISBN 978-1910350478. (co-editor William Jeffett)
References
- ^ a b c "Professor Dawn Ades CBE, FBA". University of Essex. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "ADÈS, Prof. (Josephine) Dawn". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "BURLINGTON MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED(THE) – Officers (free information from Companies House)". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Dawn Ades – Editorial Gustavo Gili" (in Spanish). Ggili.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Oxford Slade Professors, 1870 to present" (PDF). History of Art Department. University of Oxford. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Professor Dawn Adès". British Academy. 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Full list of Academicians". Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "Timothy Adès : Translator–Poet". Timothyades.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Aspects of Art Lectures". The British Academy.
- ^ Adès, Dawn (1996). "Marchel Duchamp and the Paradox of Modernity" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy. 90: 129–145.
- ^ "No. 56595". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2002. p. 9.
- ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 7.
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