Jonathan Black (art historian)
Jonathan Black (1966–2023) was a British art historian and writer.
Biography
[edit]Born in Wilmslow, Cheshire, Black attended state schools before studying history at the University of Cambridge.[1] After working in the wine trade, he pursued doctoral research in art history at University College London under David Bindman.[1] In 2009, he became a research fellow in the history of art at Kingston University.[1]
Black initially conducted research on Dora Gordine.[1][2] He produced a catalogue of her work and was involved with the Dorich House Museum in London, which Gordine had designed.[1] He also authored Winston Churchill in British Art, 1900 to the Present Day: The Titan With Many Faces (2017), analyzing Winston Churchill's evolving public image and its artistic representations.[1][3] He also worked with galleries and museums on exhibitions covering topics such as vorticism, the Italian campaign in World War I, and the works of Alfred Munnings.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Jonathan Black obituary". www.thetimes.com. August 22, 2023.
- ^ "BBC - Radio 4 Woman's Hour -Dora Gordine". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Londoner's Diary: Talulah Riley's centre stage in a new passion play". The Standard. April 21, 2017.
- ^ "Winston Churchill in British Art, 1900 to the Present Day: The Titan with Many Faces. By Jonathan Black.London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Pp. xxiv+288. $29.95 (cloth); $26.99 (EPUB or PDF e-book). | The Journal of Modern History: Vol 90, No 4".
- ^ Shelden, Michael (April 30, 2018). "Jonathan Black . Winston Churchill in British Art, 1900 to the Present Day: The Titan with Many Faces. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Pp. 287. $29.95 (cloth)". Journal of British Studies. 57 (2): 407–409. doi:10.1017/jbr.2018.28 – via Cambridge University Press.