Jennifer Montagu
{{Short description|British art historian}}
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Jennifer Iris Rachel Montagu {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE|LVO|FBA|FSA}} (born 20 March 1931) is a British art historian with emphasis in the study of Italian Baroque sculpture.[https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Eternal-Baroque-Studies-Jennifer/dp/8857223248 The Eternal Baroque: Studies in Honor of Jennifer Montagu], amazon.co.uk, 13 April 2015
Early life
Montagu is a daughter of Ewen Montagu, a British judge, writer and Naval intelligence officer, and granddaughter of painter Solomon J. Solomon.
She was educated at Brearley School, New York, Benenden School, Kent, and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she gained a BA in PPE, then studied under Ernst Gombrich at the Warburg Institute, London, where she received her PhD degree.
Career
Montagu lectured in History of Art at Reading University 1958–64, then was assistant Curator 1964–71, and Curator 1971–91, of the Photographic Collection at the Warburg Institute. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art and fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, 1980–81.[http://www.hoart.cam.ac.uk/aboutthedept/sladeprofs/sladeprofs/jm1234@cam.ac.uk Jennifer Montagu CBE LVO FBA FSA], Department of History of Art, Cambridge University She was Andrew W. Mellon Lecturer at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in 1991{{Cite web |title=A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts |url=https://www.nga.gov/research/casva/meetings/mellon-lectures-in-the-fine-arts.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=National Gallery of Art}} and Invited Professor at the Collège de France, Paris in 1994. She was a trustee of the Wallace Collection, 1989–2001 and of the British Museum,1994–2001.
Publications
- Bronzes, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1963. {{ISBN|0706400372}}
- Alessandro Algardi, Yale University Press 1985. {{ISBN|0300031734}}
- Roman Baroque Sculpture : The Industry of Art, Yale University Press, 1989. {{ISBN|0300043929}}
- The Expression of the Passions, Yale University Press, 1994 (originally presented as the author's doctoral thesis, Warburg Institute, 1959). {{ISBN|0300058918}}
- Gold, Silver and Bronze: Metal Sculpture of the Roman Baroque, (A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts; Bollingen series 39), Princeton University Press, 1996. {{ISBN|0691027366}}
Honours
In 1990, Montagu delivered the annual A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Montagu was appointed LVO "for services to the Royal Collection" in 2006{{London Gazette |issue=58014 |supp=y |page=3 |date=17 June 2006}} and CBE "for services to Art History" in 2012.{{London Gazette |issue=60173 |supp=y |page=8 |date=16 June 2012}} She is an honorary fellow of her alma mater, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford,[http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/Tutors/Lecturers-%281%29/Profiles/Dr-Jennifer-Montagu.aspx Profile: Dr Jennifer Montagu CBE LVO FBA], Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and of the Warburg Institute.{{Cite web |url=http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/home/staff-contacts/honorary-fellows/ |title=The Warburg Institute: Honorary Fellows |access-date=10 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909223940/http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/home/staff-contacts/honorary-fellows/ |archive-date=9 September 2015 |url-status=dead }} She has been honoured in France as a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and in Italy as an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
References
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External links
- [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U27855 MONTAGU, Jennifer Iris Rachel Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)]
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- [http://www.thearttribune.com/An-Interview-with-Jennifer-Montagu.html An Interview with Jennifer Montagu], The Art Tribune, 16 May 2008
- [http://formadevida.org/figueiredomontagufdv5/ In Conversation with Jennifer Montagu], Forma de Vida
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