| 词条 | Augustus Daniel |
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Daniel was born in Preston, Lancashire, the son of Dr. Edward MacManus Daniel. He was educated at Repton School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] As a young man, Daniel travelled abroad studying the attribution of paintings with Roger Fry. He was appointed as a Trustee of the National Gallery in 1925, apparently due to his being a personal friend and golfing partner of the prime minister, Stanley Baldwin.[2] His installation as Director in January 1929 is seen as a strike against "experts" and the increasing professionalisation of art history, on the part of the Trustees. In 1929, the Gallery bought the Wilton Diptych and Titian's group portrait of The Vendramin Family; these are considered the two major purchases of Daniel's directorship. Also that year the highly controversial dealer Joseph Duveen became a Trustee. Jonathan Conlin's history of the National Gallery describes Daniel as a "self-effacing nonentity"[3] but Fry, for one, admired his "terrific energy and intellectual beefiness".[2] Like many directors of the National Gallery, he was a trustee of the Iveagh Bequest. Daniel was appointed an honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1929 and an honorary Litt.D. of Cambridge in 1931. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1932 New Year Honours. In 1904, he married Margery Welsh. He died at his home in London, aged 83.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news |title= Obituary: Sir A. M. Daniel – Former Director of the National Gallery |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |date= 9 November 1950|page=6 }} {{National Gallery directors}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Daniel, Augustus}}2. ^1 {{Cite book | first=Charles Saumarez | last=Smith | authorlink=Charles Saumarez Smith | year=2009 | title=The National Gallery: A Short History |publisher=Frances Lincoln Publishers |location=London }} p. 119 3. ^{{Cite book | first=Jonathan | last=Conlin | year=2006 | title=The Nation's Mantelpiece: A History of the National Gallery |publisher=Pallas Athene |location=London |page=146}} 8 : 1866 births|1950 deaths|British curators|Directors of the National Gallery, London|Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge|People from Preston, Lancashire|People educated at Repton School |
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