Mary Chamot
Mary Chamot | |
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 Portrait of Mary Chamot 1927, by Nadia Benois | |
| Born | 8 November 1899 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | 10 May 1993 (aged 93) Wadhurst, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Slade School |
| Partner(s) | Lulette Gerebzov[1] |
Mary Chamot (8 November 1899 - 10 May 1993) was an English art historian and museum curator, and the first woman curator at the Tate Gallery.
Biography[]
Mary Chamot was born on 8 November 1899 in Strelna, near Saint Petersburg, the only child of Alfred Edward Chamot (English-born and of French descent), an administrator of the Imperial Palace Gardens at Strelna, and Elisabeth Chamot (née Grooten), of Dutch and German origin.[2][3]
After the Russian revolution, the family moved to England, and Chamot earned a Fine Art Diploma from the Slade School of Fine Art in 1922.[2]
In 1949, she became the first woman curator at London's Tate Gallery.[2]
Her friends included Stanley Spencer, Gilbert Spencer, the Carlines, Lord Methuen, Edward Bawden and Jim Ede.[2]
Chamot died in 10 May 1993 in Wadhurst, East Sussex, England.[2]
Publications[]
- English Medieval Enamels (1930)
- Modern Painting in England (1937)
- Painting in England from Hogarth to Whistler (1939)
References[]
- ^ Lee, Hermione (2014). Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0804170499.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Dennis Farr (17 May 1993). "Obituary: Mary Chamot". The Independent. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ Farr, Dennis. "Chamot, Mary". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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