Arthur M. Hind

Arthur Mayger Hind , OBE , FSA (born August 26, 1880 in Burton-upon-Trent , † May 22, 1957 in Henley-on-Thames ) was a British art historian .

life and work

Hind attended the City of London School and studied at Emmanuel College of the University of Cambridge from 1899 to 1902 . He was interested in graphics and drawings and studied with Max Lehrs in Dresden. From 1903 to 1945 he worked at the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum in London, initially under Sidney Colvin (1845–1927). In 1931 he became deputy director; as successor to Laurence Binyon he was head of the department from 1933 until his retirement in 1945.

In addition, he taught from 1921 to 1927 as Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford and 1930/31 as Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard .

He was particularly interested in early Italian prints and Rembrandt's graphics .

A Short History of Engraving & Etching for the Use of Collectors and Students. A. Constable & Co., London 1908.
with Sydney Colvin: Catalog of early Italian Engravings Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. British Museum, London 1910.
Rembrandt's etchings. An Essay and a Catalog, with some Notes on the Drawings. Methuen, London 1912.
with Arthur E. Popham: Catalog of drawings by Dutch and Flemish artists preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. 5 volumes, British Museum, London 1915–1932
A catalog of Rembrandt's etchings. Chronologically arranged and completely illustrated. Methuen, London 1923.
Rembrandt, being the Substance of the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures Delivered Before Harvard University, 1930-1931. Oxford University Press, London 1932.
An introduction to a history of woodcut, with a detailed survey of work done in the fifteenth century. 2 volumes, Constable, London 1935.
Early Italian Engraving. A Critical Catalog with Complete Reproduction of All the Prints Described. 7 volumes, Knoedler, London 1938–1948.

Hind, Arthur Mayger . In: John Archibald Venn (Ed.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 2: From 1752 to 1900 , Volume 3 : Gabb – Justamond . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1947, pp. 379 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).