William George Constable
William George Constable (27 October 1887 – 3 February 1976) was an art historian and gallery director. He was the father of Medieval Historian Giles Constable.
Education
W. G. Constable was born in Derby. Distantly related to the landscape painter John Constable, he was educated at Derby School, where his father was headmaster, and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he read history, law and economics. In 1909, he was awarded the Whewell Scholarship for International Law. After gaining a First in economics in 1910, he was awarded the McMahon Law Studentship by St John's for four years, then entered the Inner Temple and was called to the Bar in May, 1914.
War Service
During the
Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
While convalescing, Constable reworked and resubmitted an existing thesis to St John's and was elected a Fellow of the College, a position he held from January 1919 to the end of 1921.
Art career
From 1921, Constable attended the
Papers of W. G. Constable
The papers of Constable are held in multiple repositories. The
Marriage
Constable married Olivia Roberts in 1926.
Selected publications
- John Flaxman 1755-1826 (University of London Press, 1927)
- Art History and Connoisseurship (1938)
- The Painter's Workshop (Oxford University Press, 1954)
- Richard Wilson (Routledge & Paul, London, 1953)
- Art Collecting in the United States of America: an Outline of a History (Nelson, London, 1964)
- Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768 (2 vols., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1962)
References
- ^ "W G Constable papers at Archives of American Art". Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Oral history interview with W. G. Constable, 1972 July -1973 June". Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Papers of William George Constable". Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "W. G. Constable Archive". Retrieved 6 July 2016.
Bibliography
- W. G. Constable by J.G. Links in Burlington Magazine no. 118 (May 1976)
- Terisio Pignatti in Arte Veneta 30 (1976) 277-278
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1971-1980, pp. 171–2
- Art and Economics in Cambridge
- William George Constable at arthistorians.info
External links
- Papers of William George Constable held at St John's College library, Cambridge
- W. G. Constable Papers 1905-1981 held at Smithsonian Archives of American Art
- The W. G. Constable Archive held at the Paul Mellon Centre, London