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Rothenstein, Sir John Knewstub Maurice, (1901-1992), Knight, Director of Tate Gallery

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Surname: Rothenstein
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: John Knewstub Maurice
Gender: Male
Date: 1901-1992
Title: Knight
History: Art historian; Director of the Tate Gallery, 1938-1964. Knighted 1952.
References: Who Was Who; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275828 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P151660 )
Online related resources Artists' Paper Register link for Sir John Knewstab Maurice Rothenstein
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1945-1949: Professor J T Randall: 1947 tour to Switzerland, 1948 tour to Norway, lecturing on...
The National Archives, Kew
BW 83/6
2
1913-87: corresp and papers
Tate Gallery Archive
TGA 8726
NRA 40426 Rothenstein
3
TSS and MSS of published and unpublished writings, incl his autobiography
Tate Gallery Archive
TG 200212
See Annual Return 2002
4
1945-58, 1947-80: corresp with Lord Clark
Tate Gallery Archive
TGA 8812
NRA 32463 Clark
5
1937-45: letters to the Contemporary Art Society
Tate Gallery Archive
TGA 9215
NRA 38899 Contemporary
6
1923-57: letters from Stanley Spencer
Tate Gallery Archive
TGA 8419
NRA 19361 Tate misc
7
1938-56: photocopied letters from Wyndham Lewis
Tate Gallery Archive
TGA 7813
NRA 19361 Tate misc
8
1927-50: letters (29) to DS MacColl
Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department
MS MacColl
See Art History Papers 1850-1950
9
1946: corresp with Philippa Strachey
Tate Gallery Archive
TGa 731.8-16
NRA 19361 Tate misc