Basil Somerset Long

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Basil Somerset Long ( May 1, 1881 - June 5, 1937 ) was a British art historian .

Basil Somerset Long was the son of the Reverend EE Long. He attended Bishop's Stortford College and then studied at the University College of Wales and Heidelberg University . After teaching at private schools from 1901 to 1905, he became an employee of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 1906 . At the museum he became the head (keeper) of the Department of Paintings. His research areas were mainly miniature painting and early English watercolors .

Publications (selection)

  • Catalog of the Jones Collection . 3: Paintings and miniatures . Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1923.
  • Catalog of the Constantine Alexander Ionides Collection 1: Paintings in oil, tempera and water-color together with certain of the drawings . Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1925.
  • British miniaturists . Bles, London 1929.

literature

  • Ralph Edwards: Basil Long. In: The Burlington Magazine 70, 1937, p. 94.
  • Who was who 1929-1940 . London 1947, p. 823.

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personal data
SURNAME Long, Basil Somerset
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Long, Basil S .; Long, Basil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British art historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1881
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1937