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Hyman Kreitman Reading Rooms
Tate Britain
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London
England
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Telephone: 020 7887 8838
Email: reading.rooms@tate.org.uk
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Businesses (29)
- Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, fine art dealers London
- Beau Geste Press, art publishers Exeter, Devon
- BLOCK art periodical
- Brook Street Art Gallery London
- Christopher Wood Gallery London
- Drian Gallery, picture gallery London
- Edward Totah Gallery London
- Felicity Samuel Gallery London
- Galerie de Seine London
- Gallery One London
- Godfrey Phillips Gallery London
- Hanover Gallery Ltd, art dealers, London London
- Jack Wendler Gallery London
- John Denham Gallery, London London
- Kasmin Ltd, picture gallery London
- Kelpra Studio, poster artists
- Lawrence O'Hana Gallery, London London
- Lefevre Gallery, London London
- Maltzahn Gallery London
- New Vision Centre Gallery London
- Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London London
- Painter and Sculptor Magazine
- Pentonville Gallery London
- Piccadilly Gallery London
- Roland, Browse & Delbanco, art gallery London
- Roy Miles Gallery, London London
- Studio International Magazine
- Zelda Cheatle Gallery London
- Zwemmer Gallery London
Organisations (36)
- Art and Architecture Action Group
- Art Information Registry
- Art Monthly
- Artist Placement Group
- Artists International Association
- Artists Placement Group
- Artists Union
- Arts Bureau in Oxford for War Service Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Audio Arts, audio cassette-magazine
- Barbara Hepworth Museum St Ives, Cornwall
- Bigos, Anglo-Polish artists' group Brixton, Surrey
- British Council
- Brixton Artists Collective Brixton, Surrey
- Cambridge Dark Room Photographic Gallery Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- City Racing, art collective
- Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery London
- Contemporary Art Society London
- Fluxshoe, touring art exhibition
- Indica Gallery St James's Market, London
- Institute of Contemporary Arts, London London
- Institute of Visual Culture Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- International Association of Art Critics: UK National Section
- International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
- League of Socialist Artists
- London Group, artists' association London
- Marjorie Parr Gallery Chelsea, Middlesex
- Musgrave Kinley Outsider Art Collection Trust
- National Art Collections Fund
- Naum Gabo Trust
- Paul Nash Trust London
- Plymouth Institution Plymouth, Devon
- Seven and Five Society London
- Slade School of Fine Art London
- Sunderland Arts Centre Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
- Twenty-One Gallery Westminster, Middlesex
- Unit One group of artists
Persons (507)
- Ackerley, Joseph Randolph, (1896-1967), writer and editor
- Adams, Robert, (1917-1984), sculptor
- Agar, Eileen, (1899-1991), painter and photographer
- Aitken, Charles, (1869-1936), Director of National Gallery Millbank
- Aldridge, John, (1905-1984), painter
- Allan, Julian Phelps, (1892-1996), sculptor
- Alley, Ronald Edgar, (1926-1999), art historian, Keeper of Modern collections, Tate Gallery 1965-1980
- Alys, Francis, (b1959), video and installation artist Belgium;Mexico
- Amaya, Mario, (fl 1962-1975), Art Critic
- Anderson, Sir Colin Skelton, (1904-1980), Knight, Director, Midland Bank
- Andrews, Michael, (1928-1995), artist
- Anrep, Helen, (1885-1965), supporter of the arts
- Arias, Margot Fonteyn de, (1918-1991), ballerina Reigate, Surrey;Panama
- Armfield, Maxwell Ashby, (1881-1972), writer, lecturer, designer and painter Ringwood, Hampshire
- Armitage, Kenneth, (1916-2002), sculptor
- Armstrong, John, (1893-1973), artist
- Ashton, Sir Arthur Leigh Bolland, (1897-1983), Knight, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum
- Atkinson, Conrad, (b1940), artist Cumbria
- Ayrton, Michael, (1921-1975), Artist and Author
- Bacon, Francis, (1909-1992), artist
- Balfour, Nancy, (1911-1997), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- Banting, John Frederick, (1902-1972), Painter and Designer
- Baring, Rowland Thomas, (1877-1953), 2nd Earl of Cromer
- Barker, Kit, (1916-1988), artist
- Baron, Wendy, (b1937), art curator and author
- Bawden, Edward, (1903-1989), Painter
- Bawden, Liz-Anne, (1931-2012), teacher, town councillor, museum curator and campaigner
- Beckett, Ronald Brymer, (1891-1970), art historian and colonial administrator
- Beddington-Behrens, Sir Edward, (1897-1968), Knight League of Nations Representative
- Bell, Arthur Clive Heward, (1881-1964), art critic
- Bell, Frank Graham, (1910-1943), painter and journalist
- Bell, Julian Heward, (1908-1937), poet
- Bell, Vanessa, (1879-1961), artist London
- Berenson, Bernard, (1865-1959), art critic
- Berlin, Sven, (1911-1999), Painter
- Berthoud, Roger, (1934-2013), journalist and author
- Bertram, Anthony, (1897-1978), author and art historian
- Betjeman, Sir John, (1906-1984), Knight, poet, writer on architecture and broadcaster
- Bevan, Robert Polhill, (1865-1925), painter and lithographer
- Bevir, Sir Anthony, (1895-1977), Knight Secretary to the Prime Minister
- Binyon, Helen, (b 1904), Artist Writer and Puppeteer
- Bird, Cyril Kenneth, (1887-1965), cartoonist and journal editor
- Blandy, John, (b 1951), painter
- Blunt, Anthony Frederick, (1907-1983), art historian and spy
- Blythe, Ronald, (b 1922), Poet and Writer
- Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, (1898-1974), Historian Scholar Arts Administrator
- Bodkin, Thomas Patrick, (1887-1961), Director of National Gallery of Ireland and Barber Institute
- Bomberg, David Garshen, (1890-1957), Painter
- Bone, Sir Muirhead, (1876-1953), Knight, etcher and painter
- Boswell, James, (1906-1971), artist
- Bottomley, Gordon, (1874-1948), poet and dramatist
- Bratby, John Randall, (1928-1992), Painter
- Breakwell, Ian, (1943-2005), writer and artist
- Breckenridge, Jack, (d 2014), professor of art history and painting
- Brett, Dorothy, (1883-1977), artist
- Britten, Edward Benjamin, (1913-1976), Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, composer Lowestoft, Suffolk;Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- Brodzky, Horace, (1885-1969), Artist
- Bromberg, Ruth, (1921-2010), collector and art historian
- Browne, Felicia, (1904-1936), artist Spain;Thames Ditton, Surrey
- Browse, Lillian, (1906-2005), art dealer and historian London
- Brumwell, Marcus, (1901-1983), businessman, art patron and collector
- Burke, Sir Joseph Terence Anthony, (b 1913), Knight Art Historian
- Burn, Rodney Joseph, (1899-1984), painter
- Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley, (1833-1898), 1st Baronet, painter
- Burra, Edward John, (1905-1976), painter
- Burrell, William, (1861-1958), Knight, art collector
- Burt, Laurence, (1925-2015), Sculptor Lecturer and Writer
- Bussy, Dorothy, (1866-1960), writer and translator
- Bussy, Simon, (1870-1954), Painter
- Butler, Reginald, (1913-1981), Sculptor
- Butler, Richard Austen, (1902-1982), Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, politician
- Butt, Hamad, (1962-1994), artist
- Calder, Alexander, (1898-1976), engineer and sculptor
- Canney, Michael Richard Ladd, (1923-1999), Painter
- Carline, George, (1855-1920), Painter
- Carline, Richard, (1896-1980), Painter
- Carline, Sydney William, (1888-1929), Painter
- Carrington, Dora, (1893-1932), painter
- Carter, Lady Helen Violet Bonham-, (1887-1969), Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, Liberal politician
- Casson, Sir Hugh Maxwell, (1910-1999), Knight, architect
- Cast, Jesse Dale, (1900-1976), Artist
- Chaimowicz, Marc Camille, (b1947), artist Paris, France;London
- Chamberlain, Anne, (d 1967), wife of Neville Chamberlain
- Chamot, Mary, (1899-1993), art historian
- Charoux, Siegfried Joseph, (1896-1967), sculptor
- Checkland, Sarah-Jane, (fl 1996-2000), biographer
- Cholmondeley, Sybil Rachel Betty Cecile, (1894-1989), wife of 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley
- Christopherson, John, (1921-1996), painter
- Church, Katharine, (1910-1999), Painter
- Clark, Kenneth Mackenzie, (1903-1983), Baron Clark, art historian
- Clarke, Geoffrey, (b 1924), artist and sculptor
- Clarke Hall, Edna, (1879-1979), artist
- Clements, Keith, (1931-2003), artist, teacher and writer Brighton, Sussex
- Clough, Prunella, (1919-1999), artist
- Coates, Wells Wintemute, (1895-1958), Architect
- Coldstream, Sir William Menzies, (1908-1987), Knight Painter
- Coleman, Leslie Bruce, (1945-2013), artist, sculptor and author Kirk Ella, Yorkshire
- Collins, Cecil, (1908-1989), painter
- Collins, Elisabeth, (1904-2000), painter
- Colquhoun, Ithell, (1906-1988), painter
- Compton, Michael, (1927-2013), curator
- Connolly, Cyril Vernon, (1903-1974), writer and literary reviewer
- Cooper, Arthur William Douglas, (1911-1984), art historian
- Cornford, Frances Crofts, (1886-1960), poet
- Coward, Roger, (b 1939), artist
- Cox, Ken, (1927-1968), artist and concrete poet
- Cox, Stephen Joseph, (b 1946), sculptor
- Coxon, Raymond, (1896-1997), painter and mural decorator Hanley, Staffordshire;Leeds, Yorkshire;Hammersmith, Middlesex
- Craig, Edward Henry Gordon, (1872-1966), theatrical designer and author
- Craigie, Jill, (1914-1999), director
- Crane, David, (b1933), photographer
- Craxton, John, (b 1922), Painter
- Creighton, Basil, (1885-1989), translator
- Cross, Thomas, (1931-2009), painter, teacher and writer
- Crozier, Robin, (1936-2001), artist
- Cunard, Nancy, (1896-1965), poet, publisher and political activist
- Currie, John S, (c 1890-1914), painter
- Davie, Alan, (1920-2014), artist Grangemouth, Stirlingshire
- Dawson, Peter, (1903-1960), Painter and Designer
- Day Lewis, Cecil, (1904-1972), poet
- Dean, Catherine, (1905-1983), Painter
- Dent, Leonard Maurice Edward, (1888-1987), Businessman and Art Collector
- Dick, Sir William Reid, (1879-1961), Knight, sculptor
- Dicker, Charles George Hamilton, (b 1896), Painter
- Dodgson, John Arthur, (1890-1969), painter
- Douglas, Francis Archibald Kelhead, (1896-1954), 11th Marquis of Queensbury
- Douglas-Hamilton, Elizabeth Ivy, (b 1916), wife of 14th Duke of Hamilton
- Drew, Joanna, (1929-2003), arts administrator and curator
- Dunbar, Evelyn, (1906-1960), artist, illustrator and teacher
- Dunstan, Bernard, (b 1920), Painter
- Durst, Alan Lydiat, (1883-1970), sculptor
- Earp, Thomas Wade, (1895-1958), Art Critic and Writer
- Eden, Robert Anthony, (1897-1977), 1st Earl of Avon, prime minister
- Ehrenzweig, Anton, (1908-1966), lecturer and writer, art education
- Eliot, Thomas Stearns, (1888-1965), poet
- Elliott, Clarence, (1881-1969), Writer On Horticulture
- English, Grace, (1891-1956), Painter and Etcher
- Epstein, Sir Jacob, (1880-1959), Knight, sculptor
- Ernst, Max, (1891-1976), Artist
- Eurich, Richard Ernst, (1903-1992), Painter
- Evans, Benjamin Ifor, (1899-1982), Baron Evans of Hungershall
- Evans, Merlyn Oliver, (1910-1973), painter
- Farr, Dennis, (1929-2006), gallery director
- Finberg, Alexander Joseph, (1866-1939), art historian
- Finlay, Ian Hamilton, (1925-2006), poet
- Finn-Kelcey, Rose, (1945-2014), artist
- Fish, Arthur, (fl 1887-1908), art critic and writer
- Fontanne, Lynne, (1887-1983), Actress
- Forbes, Stanhope Alexander, (1857-1947), portrait painter
- Forster, Edward Morgan, (1879-1970), novelist and critic
- Fothergill, John Rowland, (1876-1957), Author and artist
- Fox-Pitt, Sarah, (d2009), art historian and author
- Freedman, Barnett, (1901-1958), Painter
- Frost, Honor, (1917-2010), underwater archaeologist, draughtswoman and designer Cyprus;London
- Frost, Sir Terry, (1915-2003), Knight, artist
- Fry, Roger Eliot, (1866-1934), art critic and artist
- Fuller, Peter, (fl 1960-1990), art critic and editor of 'Modern Painting'
- Furlong, William, (b 1944), sculptor and sound artist
- Gabo, Naum, (1890-1977), sculptor
- Garnett, Angelica Vanessa, (b 1918), artist and author
- Garrard, Rose, (b1946), artist and writer
- Gathorne-Hardy, Fidelity, (1912-2009), Countess of Cranbrook
- Gathorne-Hardy, Robert, (1902-1973), author
- Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, (1891-1915), Sculptor
- Gear, William, (1915-1997), artist
- Genesis, P-Orridge, (b1950), artist
- Gertler, Mark, (1892-1939), Painter
- Gibb, Phelan, (1870-1948), painter
- Gibbs, Michael, (1949-2009), illustrator and critic
- Gilbert, Stephen, (b 1910), Painter
- Gill, Eric, (1882-1940), sculptor and engraver
- Ginesi, Edna, (1902-2000), artist Leeds, Yorkshire;Paris, France;Hammersmith, Middlesex
- Ginner, Isaac Charles, (1878-1952), Painter
- Gluck, Hannah, (1895-1978), portrait painter
- Gooding, Mel, (b 1941), art historian and author
- Gordon, Max, (1931-1990), architect and art collector
- Gouk, Alan, (b 1939), artist
- Gowing, Lawrence Burnett, (1918-1991), painter and writer on painting
- Graaf, JB de, (1873-1947), art collector
- Graham, Wilhelmina Barns-, (1912-2004), painter
- Grant, Duncan James Corrowr, (1885-1978), artist
- Greg, Sir Robert Hyde, (1876-1953), Knight Diplomat
- Guevara, Alvaro, (1894-1951), Painter
- Guevara, Meraud Guinness, (1904-1993), Painter
- Guthrie, James, (1874-1952), Artist and Printer
- Gwynne-Jones, Allan, (1892-1982), Painter
- Hague, Rene, (1905-1981), Printer and Scholar
- Hale, Sir John Rigby, (1923-1999), Knight Historian
- Hall, David, (1937-2014), sculptor, video artist, writer and educator Leicester, Leicestershire
- Hamilton, Hamish, (1900-1988), Publisher
- Hamilton, Richard, (b 1922), Painter
- Harrison, Charles, (b 1942), professor of history and theory of art
- Harrison, Margaret, (b 1940), artist
- Hartrick, Archibald Standish, (1864-1950), Painter
- Hayman, Patrick, (1915-1988), artist
- Hayter, Stanley William, (1901-1988), painter and print maker
- Henderson, Nigel, (1917-1985), photographer and artist
- Hendy, Sir Philip Anstiss, (1900-1980), Knight Director of the National Gallery
- Hennell, Thomas Barclay, (1903-1945), Painter Poet and Illustrator
- Hepworth, Dame Jocelyn Barbara, (1903-1975), artist, sculptor Wakefield, Yorkshire;St Ives, Cornwall
- Herman, Josef, (1911-2000), painter
- Heron, Patrick, (1920-1999), Painter
- Hess, Dame Julia Myra, (1890-1965), Pianist, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
- Highmore, Joseph, (1692-1780), Painter
- Hill, Adrian, (1895-1977), President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters
- Hill, Anthony, (b 1930), artist London
- Hilton, Roger, (1911-1975), artist London;Cornwall
- Hilton, Rose, (b 1931), Painter
- Hinks, Roger Packman, (1903-1964), art historian and museum curator
- Hinrichsen, Klaus, (1912-2004), art historian, businessman, wartime internee
- Hitchens, Sydney Ivon, (1893-1979), Artist
- Hobbs, Peter, (1930-1994), painter
- Hodgkins, Frances, (1869-1947), Painter
- Hodin, Josef Paul, (b 1905), Author Art Critic Art Historian
- Hogarth, Paul, (1917-2001), Illustrator
- Holden, Andy, (b1982), artist and musician
- Holden, Cliff, (b 1919), artist
- Horton, Percy Frederick, (1897-1970), Painter
- Houthuesen, Albert Antonius Johannes, (1903-1979), Painter
- Howard, Brian Christian de Claiborne, (1905-1958), poet
- Hughes, Arthur, (1832-1915), Artist
- Hunt, Kay, (1933-2001), artist
- Hunt, William Holman, (1827-1910), painter
- Hurry, Leslie, (c1930-2008), artist
- Hussey, John Walter Atherton, (1908-1985), Dean of Chichester
- Hutchinson, St John, (1884-1942), Barrister-at-law
- Huxley, Aldous Leonard, (1894-1963), novelist and critic Surrey
- Huxley, Sir Julian Sorell, (1887-1975), Knight, zoologist and philosopher
- Innes, James Dickson, (1887-1914), Painter
- Ironside, Robin, (1912-1965), Painter and Writer
- Jackson, Francis Ernest, (1872-1945), artist and painter
- Jarman, Derek, (1942-1994), artist, painter and film maker
- Jellicoe, Sir Geoffrey Alan, (1900-1996), Knight, architect and town planner
- John, Gwendolen Mary, (1876-1939), painter Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire;Paris, France;London;Dieppe, France
- Jones, David Michael, (1895-1974), painter, poet and essayist
- Jones, John, (1926-2010), artist and teacher
- Jones, Stanley, (b1933), artist
- Joseph, Lily Delissa, (1863-1940), painter
- Kahnweiler, Gustav, (1895-1989), Art Dealer
- Kalinovska, Milena, (fl1982-1986), curator, contemporary art
- Kandinsky, Vassily, (1866-1944), Russian painter
- Kanwar, Amar, (b 1964), artist, filmmaker and activist New Delhi, India
- Karlowska, Stanislawa de, (1876-1952), painter
- Kelly, Mary, (b 1941), artist
- Kennard, Peter, (b 1949), photomontage artist London
- Kestelman, Morris, (1905-1998), artist London
- Kidner, Michael, (b 1917), Painter
- King, David, (1943-2016), graphic designer, historian, author, collector of Soviet art
- Kinley, Monika, (fl1940), art curator and collector
- Knight, Dame Laura, (1877-1970), painter
- Koenig, Ghisha, (1921-1993), Sculptor
- Kokoschka, Oskar, (1886-1980), artist and writer
- Konody, Paul George, (1872-1933), art critic
- Lacey, Bruce, (1927-2016), artist and performer
- Lamb, Henry, (1883-1960), Artist
- Landay, Michael, (b 1963), artist
- Lane, Brian, (1942-1999), artist, gallery proprietor and publisher
- Lanyon, George Peter, (1918-1964), Painter
- Latham, John, (1921-2006), painter
- Lavery, Sir John, (1856-1941), Knight, painter
- Lawrence, David Herbert, (1885-1930), poet, novelist and essayist
- Le Bas, Edward, (1904-1966), Painter
- Lee, Arthur Hamilton, (1868-1947), 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, statesman
- Lees-Milne, James, (1908-1997), architectural historian, biographer, conservationist
- Lehmann, Rosamond Nina, (1901-1990), novelist
- Leslie, Charles Robert, (1794-1859), Painter
- Leslie, George Dunlop, (1835-1921), painter
- Leslie, Mary, (1833-1908), Artist
- Leslie, Peter, (1877-? 1950), Artist
- Leslie, Robert Charles, (1826-1890), Marine Painter
- Levine, Gemma, (b1939), photographer
- Levy, Mervyn Montague, (1914-1996), painter, writer and broadcaster Swansea, Glamorgan
- Lewis, Percy Wyndham, (1882-1957), Author
- Lindsay, David Robert Alexander, (1900-1975), 28th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, Sir Ernest Daryl, (1889-1976), Knight Director National Gallery of Victoria Australia
- Livingstone, Marco, (b 1952), art historian
- Lowinsky, Thomas Esmond, (1892-1947), Painter and Book Illustrator
- Lumb, Michael, (b 1945), artist
- Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer, (1869-1944), Knight, architect
- Lyle, John, (1932-2002), bookseller and surrealist
- MacBryde, Robert, (1913-1966), Painter
- MacColl, Dugald Sutherland, (1859-1948), painter and museum administrator
- Maclagan, Sir Eric Robert Dalrymple, (1879-1951), Knight, Knight Art Historian
- Maddox, Conroy, (1912-2005), artist Ledbury, Herefordshire
- Mahoney, Charles, (1903-1968), artist
- Mallet, Sir Victor Alexander Louis, (1893-1969), Knight, diplomat
- Manson, James Bolivar, (1879-1945), painter and art administrator
- Marsh, Sir Edward Howard, (1872-1953), Knight, public servant and patron of the arts
- Martin, Sir Alec, (1884-1971), Knight and Managing Director of Christies
- Martin, Barry, (b 1943), painter
- Martin, Frank, (1921-2005), artist and illustrator
- Martin, Sir John Leslie, (1908-2000), Knight, Knight and Professor of Architecture
- Martin, Kenneth, (1905-1984), painter
- Massey, Vincent, (1887-1967), Canadian Statesman
- Maugham, William Somerset, (1874-1965), novelist and playwright
- Maxwell, Douglas, (fl 1980-1999), journalist
- Mayo, Dame Eileen, (1906-1994), painter, illustrator and writer
- Mayor, David, (b 1949), art publisher, curator and collector
- McCormick, William Symington, (1859-1930), Knight, literary scholar
- McEvoy, Arthur Ambrose, (1878-1927), painter
- McEwan, John, (b1942), art critic
- Medley, Charles Robert Owen, (b 1905), Painter and Theatrical Designer
- Mellis, Margaret, (1914-2009), artist Edinburgh, Midlothian;Paris, France
- Melly, Alan George Heyward, (1926-2007), Jazz Musician
- Meninsky, Bernard, (1891-1950), instructor in drawing, painter
- Meninsky, Nora, (1890-1989), 2nd wife of Bernard Meninsky
- Menuhin, Yehudi, (1916-1999), Baron Menuhin, violinist
- Meynell, Viola, (1886-1956), poet and author
- Millais, Sir John Everett, (1829-1896), Knight, painter
- Miller, John, (b 1911), painter
- Milne, John, (1931-1978), sculptor
- Milner, Frederick, (1855-1939), landscape and seascape painter
- Minton, John, (1917-1957), Painter
- Mitchell, Denis, (b 1912), Sculptor Painter and Craftsman
- Montagu, George Charles Montagu, (1874-1962), 9th Earl of Sandwich
- Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Walter John, (1894-1973), 8th Duke of Buccleuch
- Moody, Ronald Clive, (1900-1984), sculptor and poet Jamaica
- Moore, Henry, (1898-1986), sculptor Castleford, Yorkshire
- Moore, Joan, (d 1989), Countess of Drogheda
- Morland, Dorothy, (1906-1999), arts administrator
- Morley, John, (b 1942), Artist
- Morreau, Jacqueline, (1929-2016), artist
- Morris, Sir Cedric Lockwood, (1889-1982), Baronet Painter
- Mortimer, Charles Raymond Bell, (1895-1980), writer on literature and art critic
- Moss, Colin, (1914-2005), artist Ipswich, Suffolk
- Motesiczky, Marie-Louise von, (1906-1996), artist Vienna, Austria
- Moynihan, Rodrigo, (1910-1990), painter
- Mulready, William, (1786-1863), Painter
- Munnings, Sir Alfred James, (1878-1959), Knight Painter
- Murray, Charlotte, (fl 1945-1970), Art Collector
- Murray, Frederick, (fl 1930-1967), Engineer and Patron of the Arts
- Musgrave, Victor, (1920-1984), Poet Artist Gallery Owner
- Mynors, Sir Roger Aubrey Baskerville, (1903-1989), Knight, classical scholar
- Nahum, Peter, (b1947), art dealer, Leicester Galleries, London London
- Nash, John Northcote, (1893-1977), painter
- Nash, Paul, (1889-1946), painter
- Neagu, Paul, (1938-2004), Sculptor
- Newton, Algernon, (1880-1968), Artist
- Newton, Eric, (1893-1965), Art Critic
- Nicholson, Ben, (1894-1982), painter
- Nicholson, Elsie Queen, (1908-1992), painter and textile designer
- Nicholson, Sir William Newzam Prior, (1872-1949), Knight Painter and Wood Engraver
- Nicholson, Winifred, (1893-1981), Painter
- Nicolson, Lionel Benedict, (1914-1978), art historian
- Nimptsch, Uli, (1897-1977), sculptor
- Norbert, Professor Lynton, (1927-2007), art historian
- Norton, Noel Evelyn Peter, (d 1972), Art Collector
- Nuttall, Jeff Addison, (1933-2004), artist and author Clitheroe, Lancashire
- Olivier, Laurence Kerr, (1907-1989), Baron Olivier, actor
- Ormsby-Gore, William David, (1918-1985), 5th Baron Harlech, politician and diplomat
- Orpen, Sir William Newenham Montague, (1878-1931), Knight Painter
- Page, David, (b1935), artist
- Palmer, Albert Harold, (1911-1985), painter
- Panting, John, (1940-1974), artist
- Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo, (1924-2005), Knight, artist
- Parker, Sir Karl Theodore, (1895-? 1991), Knight Keeper Ashmolean Museum
- Pasmore, Edwin John Victor, (1908-1998), artist
- Peake, Mervyn, (1911-1968), author and artist
- Pearce, Charles Maresco, (1874-1964), artist London
- Pender, Jack, (b 1918), Painter
- Pennell, Joseph, (1860-1926), Etcher and Painter
- Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Loen, (1902-1983), knight, professor of art, writer on architecture
- Phillips, Ewan Godfrey, (b 1914), Art Historian and Dealer
- Phillpot, Clive, (fl 1970-2016), writer, curator and librarian
- Philpot, Glyn Warren, (1884-1937), painter sculptor
- Piper, John Egerton Christmas, (1903-1992), artist
- Pope, Arthur Upham, (1881-1969), Historian of Persian Art
- Pope-Hennessy, Sir John Wyndham, (1913-1994), Knight Art Historian
- Potter, Mary, (1900-1981), Landscape Painter
- Power, E J, (1899-1993), art collector, trustee of Tate Gallery
- Preston, Kerrison, (1884-1974), Writer
- Procter, Dod, (1892-1972), artist
- Procter, Ernest, (1886-1935), Painter and Designer
- Pulham, Peter Rose, (1910-1956), artist and photographer Hampton, Middlesex
- Rae, John, (b1925), artist, architect, senior lecturer
- Raverat, Gwendolen Mary, (1885-1957), wood engraver and author
- Ravilious, Eric William, (1903-1942), Painter
- Rawsthorne, Isabel, (1912-1992), Painter
- Read, Sir Herbert, (1893-1968), Knight, art critic, author and anarchist
- Read, John, (1923-2011), television documentary filmmaker
- Reid, Sir Norman Robert, (1915-2007), Knight, painter, arts administrator, and director of Tate Gallery 1964-1979 London
- Rice, Anne Estelle, (1877-1959), artist United States of America;Paris, France
- Richardson, Sir Ralph David, (1902-1983), Knight, actor
- Ritblat, Jill, (b1942), arts critic, producer, collector
- Robertson, Bryan, (1925-2002), art critic, curator and Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery
- Robertson, Joan Souter, (1904-1985), portrait painter
- Rodin, Francois Auguste Rene, (1840-1917), French Sculptor
- Rodney, Donald, (1961-1998), artist
- Roeder, Helen, (fl 1930), painter
- Rogers, Claude Maurice, (1907-1979), painter
- Rosenberg, Eugene, (1907-1990), architect
- Rothenstein, Sir John Knewstub Maurice, (1901-1992), Knight, Director of Tate Gallery
- Rothenstein, Michael, (1908-1993), Painter and Printmaker
- Rothenstein, Sir William, (1872-1945), Knight, painter
- Rowntree, Kenneth, (1915-1997), artist
- Russell, John, (b 1919), Art Critic
- Rutherston, Albert Daniel, (1881-1953), Artist and Designer
- Sackville-West, Edward Charles, (1901-1965), 5th Baron Sackville, author
- Sadler, Sir Michael Ernest, (1861-1943), Knight Educational Pioneer and Art Patron
- Sands, Dame Ethel, (1873-1962), painter
- Sassoon, Edwina, (b1951), art curator
- Sausmarez, Maurice de, (1915-1987), painter
- Scarfe, Norman, (1923-2014), historian and author
- Schiff, Sydney, (1868-1944), Novelist
- Schwitters, Kurt, (1887-1948), German artist
- Scott, Sir Giles Gilbert, (1880-1960), Knight, architect Hampstead, Middlesex
- Scott, William George, (1913-1989), painter
- Self, Colin, (b 1941), Artist
- Sempill, Cecilia Alice Forbes-, (1903-1984), Patron of the Arts and wife of 19th Baron Sempill
- Sharkey, John, (fl1964-1966), artist
- Sheppard, Maurice Raymond, (b1947), artist
- Sibson, Henry, (1795-1870), sculptor
- Sickert, Walter Richard, (1860-1942), painter
- Sidey, Tessa Jane, (1955-2011), curator and art historian Birmingham, Warwickshire;Dundee, Angus;York, Yorkshire;Dublin, County Dublin
- Sielle, Robert, (1895-1983), framemaker, fine art Liverpool, Lancashire;London
- Sieveking, Lancelot de Giberne, (1896-1972), author, playwright and producer
- Simmonds, William George, (1876-1968), Sculptor and Painter
- Sitwell, Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell, (1892-1969), 5th Baronet, author
- Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell, (1897-1988), 6th Baronet, author and art critic
- Skeaping, John Rattenbury, (1901-1980), sculptor
- Smith, Elinor Bellingham, (1906-1988), painter
- Smith, Sir Matthew Arnold Bracy, (1879-1959), Knight and artist
- Smith, Pauline, (b 1933), artist
- Snell, Sue, (b 1961), photographer
- Snow, Peter, (1927-2008), artist and theatre designer
- Sparrow, John Hanbury Angus, (1906-1992), Warden of All Souls College Oxford
- Spear, Ruskin, (1911-1990), artist
- Spencer, Jean, (1942-1998), artist
- Spencer, Sir Stanley, (1891-1959), Knight, painter
- Spender, Sir Stephen Harold, (1909-1995), Knight, poet
- Startup, Peter, (1921-1976), sculptor
- Stephenson, John Cecil, (1889-1965), Painter
- Stern, James, (1904-1993), writer and translator
- Stevens, Alfred, (1818-1875), artist
- Stokes, Adrian Durham, (1902-1972), Writer
- Stoller, John, (fl 1973-1975), art dealer and gallerist
- Stone, Reynolds, (1909-1979), Designer and Engraver
- Stuart, (b1933), performance artists
- Sutherland, Graham Vivian, (1903-1980), painter
- Sydney, Berenice, (1944-1983), artist
- Sylvester, David, (1924-2001), art historian and curator
- Symons, Patrick Stewart, (1925-1993), painter
- Tate, Sir Henry, (1819-1899), 1st Baronet, 1st Baronet Sugar Refiner and Founder of the Tate Gallery
- Tennyson, Sir Charles Bruce Locker, (1879-1977), Knight Author and Businessman
- Thomas, James Havard, (1854-1921), sculptor
- Thompson, Jon, (1936-2016), artist, curator and academic
- Tilson, Joe, (b 1928), Mixed-media Artist
- Tinguely, Jean, (1925-1991), artist
- Todd, Ruthven Campbell, (1914-1978), writer and poet
- Tonks, Henry, (1862-1937), painter
- Townsend, Peter, (1919-2006), sinologist, writer and arts editor London;China
- Treece, Henry, (1911-1966), Author
- Tresilian, Nicholas, (b 1938), art historian and writer
- Trevelyan, Julian Otto, (1910-1988), painter and etcher
- Tuke, Henry Scott, (1858-1929), artist Falmouth, Cornwall
- Tunnard, John, (1900-1971), Painter
- Turner, Alfred, (1874-1940), Sculptor
- Turner, Joseph Mallord William, (1775-1851), Landscape Painter
- Turner, Silvie, (b 1946), author
- Underwood, George Claude Leon, (1890-1975), artist Shepherds Bush, Middlesex
- Valentin, Curt, (d 1954), Art Gallery Owner
- Valois, Dame Ninette de, (1898-2001), ballet dancer and founder of Royal Ballet
- Vaughan, John Keith, (1912-1977), Painter Designer and Illustrator
- Vezelay, Paule, (1892-1984), painter, etcher, wood engraver and lithographer
- Victoria, (1819-1901), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
- Viner, Darrell, (1946-2001), computer artist
- Vinter, John Alfred, (1828-1902), Portrait Painter and Lithographer
- Viola, Bill, (b 1951), video artist Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Vipond Crocker, Phyllis, (1900-1937), model, artist and craftwoman
- Vogelpoel, Pauline, (1926-2002), director of Contemporary Arts Society
- Wackrill, H Roland, (1905-1992), art critic
- Wade, George Edward, (1853-1933), Sculptor
- Wadsworth, Edward Alexander, (1889-1949), painter
- Walker, Dame Ethel, (1861-1951), Painter
- Walker, John Albert, (b1938), art critic and historian
- Walmsley, Anne, (b 1931), lecturer, artist and author
- Walton, Sir William Turner, (1902-1983), Knight, composer Oldham, Lancashire
- Warburton, Joan, (1920-1996), painter
- Ward, John Stanton, (b 1917), Painter
- Watney, Simon, (b 1949), gay activist, cultural theorist, media analyst, and art historian
- Watson, Francis Leslie, (1907-1988), art critic and author
- Watson, George Spencer, (1869-1934), artist London
- Weight, Carel, (1908-1997), painter
- Wells, John, (1907-2000), Painter
- Weschke, Karl, (1925-2005), painter Germany;Zennor, Cornwall
- Whistler, James Abbot McNeill, (1834-1903), painter
- Whiteread, Rachel, (b 1963), artist
- Wilde, Gerald William Clifford, (1905-1986), artist Clapham, Surrey
- Wilenski, Reginald Howard, (1887-1975), Art Historian and Critic
- Willats, Stephen, (b 1943), conceptual artist
- Williams, Aubrey, (1926-1990), painter Georgetown, Guyana
- Williams, Sir William Emrys, (1896-1977), Knight, Secretary General of the Arts Council
- Winkworth, William Wilberforce, (1897-1991), art historian London;Isle of Wight
- Withers, Percy, (1867-1945), Author
- Witt, Sir Robert Clermont, (1872-1952), Knight Art Collector
- Wittkower, Rudolf, (1901-1971), Professor of Fine Art
- Wolmark, Alfred, (1877-1961), Painter and designer
- Wood, Christopher, (1901-1930), Painter
- Wood, Christopher Edward Russell, (1941-2009), art historian and dealer
- Wood, James, (1889-1975), Artist
- Wood, Paul, (fl1970-2015), artist and academic
- Woodeson, John, (fl 1970-1972), art historian
- Worth, Irene, (1916-2002), actress
- Wynter, Bryan, (1905-1975), artist London;Zennor, Cornwall
- Youngman, Nan, (1906-1995), Artist
- Zurbrugg, Nicholas, (c1960-2001), art historian, lecturer and writer
- Zwemmer, Anton, (1892-1979), Art Bookseller
Diaries (8)
- Bannerman, Charles, (fl 1906-1976), artist
- Booth, Colin, (fl 1960-1979), artist and academic
- Brown, David, (fl 1940-1999), art historian and curator
- Lewis, Adrian, (fl 1970-2010), art historian
- Rees, Jeremy, (fl1980), curator
- Robinson, Yvonne, (fl1980-2011), artist
- Walker, John A, (b 1939), artist
- Wilson, Sarah, (fl 1986-1995), art historian and curator
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (89)
- NRA 38588 Michael Ayrton, art critic: corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 38574 John Banting, painter and designer: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 41286 Anita Bartle, author and journalist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38894 Julian Bell, poet: letters from Vanessa Bell link to online catalogue
- NRA 38570 Anthony Bertram, author and art historian: papers rel to biography of Paul Nash link to online catalogue
- NRA 42336 Robert Polhill Bevan, painter and lithographer: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 40881 David Garshen Bomberg, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 41283 James Boswell, artist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 40428 James Boswell, graphic artist and illustrator: sketchbooks and drawings link to online catalogue
- NRA 38824 Gordon Bottomley, poet and playwright: corresp, mainly from Paul Nash link to online catalogue
- NRA 40104 Horace Brodzky, artist: corresp and artwork link to online catalogue
- NRA 38571 Edward Burra, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 40878 Edward John Burra, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38595 Richard and Sydney William Carline, painters: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38589 Dora Carrington, artist: letters to Margaret Waley link to online catalogue
- NRA 32463 Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark, art historian: corresp, personal and literary papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38813 Wells Wintemute Coates, architect and designer: corresp and papers rel to Unit One link to online catalogue
- NRA 38822 Sir William Menzies Coldstream, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38899 Contemporary Art Society link to online catalogue
- NRA 41282 Peter Dawson, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38590 JB de Graaf, art collector: corresp with British artists link to online catalogue
- NRA 40879 Sir William Reid Dick, sculptor: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38812 Thomas Wade Earp, art critic and writer: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 43451 Grace English, painter: corresp and papers, mainly rel to Dame Ethel Walker link to online catalogue
- NRA 38660 Sir Jacob Epstein, sculptor: family corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 38655 Richard Eurich, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 42584 Merlyn Oliver Evans, painter: corresp, sketchbooks and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38818 Felicity Samuel Gallery, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 38653 Cecilia Alice Forbes-Sempill, Lady Sempill: letters from artists link to online catalogue
- NRA 40105 Terry Frost, artist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38821 Galerie de Seine, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 43362 Max Gordon, architect: papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 44542 Meraud Guinness Guevara, painter: papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38893 Rene Hague, printer and scholar: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 44541 Charles Harrison: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 40102 Thomas Hennell, painter, poet and illustrator: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 43447 Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth, sculptor: notebooks link to online catalogue
- NRA 38597 Josef Herman, artist: drawings and watercolours, mainly of Ystradgynlais link to online catalogue
- NRA 39360 Joseph Highmore, painter: personal and family papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38573 Ivon Hitchens, painter: Cecil Sharp House mural designs link to online catalogue
- NRA 38594 Frances Hodgkins, painter: letters to Jane Saunders link to online catalogue
- NRA 43449 International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38815 Sir Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect: corresp with Ben Nicholson link to online catalogue
- NRA 38598 David Jones, artist: drawings, watercolours and sketchbooks link to online catalogue
- NRA 40423 David Michael Jones, artist and writer: corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 38898 Stanislawa de Karlowska, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38649 Oskar Kokoschka, painter: corresp rel to his portrait of Ivan Maisky link to online catalogue
- NRA 38896 Henry Lamb, artist: letters from Stanley Spencer link to online catalogue
- NRA 38892 Peter Lanyon, painter: corresp with Roland Bowden link to online catalogue
- NRA 43448 Sir John Lavery, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 41285 Charles Robert Leslie, painter, biographer of Constable: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38576 London Group link to online catalogue
- NRA 40103 James Bolivar Manson, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38817 Eileen Mayo, artist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 41281 David Mayor, art publisher: corresp and papers rel to Fluxshoe touring exhibition and Beau Geste Pr link to online catalogue
- NRA 42387 Bernard Meninsky, drawing instructor and painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38897 John Minton, painter: letters, mainly to Edie Lamont, and misc papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38814 Charlotte Murray, psychiatrist and art collector: corresp and papers rel to Stanley Spencer link to online catalogue
- NRA 38661 Frederick Murray, engineer and patron of the arts: corresp with Ben Nicholson and other artists link to online catalogue
- NRA 38658 Victor Musgrave, art dealer and writer: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 39359 John Nash, artist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38569 Paul Nash, artist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 43937 Paul Nash, artist: corresp and papers incl those of his wife Margaret link to online catalogue
- NRA 38657 New Vision Centre Gallery, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 40882 Katie Newmark, nee Bomberg: papers rel to David Bomberg, artist link to online catalogue
- NRA 43450 Algernon Newton, artist: papers and sketches link to online catalogue
- NRA 38659 Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter: letters to Herbert and Joyce Ward link to online catalogue
- NRA 42987 Winifred Nicholson, painter: corresp, mainly letters from Christopher Wood link to online catalogue
- NRA 38816 Noel Evelyn Norton, Lady Norton, art collector: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 42347 Ernest Procter, painter and designer and Dod Procter, artist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 43452 Gwendolen Mary Raverat: corresp, mainly letters from Stanley Spencer link to online catalogue
- NRA 42992 Claude Maurice Rogers, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 43007 Roland, Browse & Delbanco, art gallery, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 40426 John Newstub Maurice Rothenstein, art historian and director of the Tate Gallery: corresp and paper link to online catalogue
- NRA 38596 Sir Michael Ernest Sadler, educationalist and art patron: corresp and papers rel to his art collect link to online catalogue
- NRA 38825 Norman Scarfe, writer and historian: corresp with Ronald Beckett rel to edition of John Constable's link to online catalogue
- NRA 38651 Seven and Five Society link to online catalogue
- NRA 38895 Elinor Bellingham Smith, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38656 Stanley Spencer, painter: letters to Mary and Louis Behrend link to online catalogue
- NRA 42599 Adrian Durham Stokes, writer: notebooks, corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 40883 Graham Vivian Sutherland, painter: sketchbooks link to online catalogue
- NRA 19361 Tate Gallery Archives: misc accessions
- NRA 38586 Sir Henry Tate, 1st Bt, founder of the Tate Gallery: corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 40422 Edith Thomas: corresp and papers rel to Kurt Schwitters, artist link to online catalogue
- NRA 38823 Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, fine art dealers, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 38587 John Alfred Vinter, lithographer and painter: corresp link to online catalogue
- NRA 41284 Joan Warburton, painter: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 38592 Reginald Howard Wilenski, art historian: corresp with Leon Underwood link to online catalogue
- NRA 42693 Zwemmer Gallery, London link to online catalogue
Accessions
These are selected lists of new or additional collections that were acquired by this archive during a specific year. If a date is not displayed there are no accessions for that year.
The National Archives
