Constantine Ionides

Constantine Alexander Ionides on Wikipedia

Constantine Alexander Ionides (14 May 1833, Manchester - 29 June 1900, Brighton) was a major 19th century British art patron and collector of Greek ancestry, the son of the collector Alexander Constantine Ionides. He is best known for his bequest of 82 oil paintings to the Victoria and Albert Museum. He is buried in Hove.

The Constantine Ionides collection

Constantine Alexander Ionides bequeathed his art collection to the V&A in 1901. It now comprises 1158 pictures, dra…

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Room 81: The Ionides Collection

This Edwin and Susan Davies Gallery contains Constantine Ionides' collection which provides a unique insight into p…

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Constantine Ionides Bequest study guide

Recommended resources for the study of the Constantine Ionides Bequest

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Paintings Galleries

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History of the Collections

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Training matters: My experience in the painting conservation section

I have been fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to treat one of Britain's national painting collections. My internship in the V& A has allowed me to be involved in a variety of activities and responsibilities related to the collection. Arriving in October 2001, I was fortunate to observe – and indeed participate in – the last (but very hectic!) few weeks of preparation leading to the opening of British Galleries.

Painting of Padmavati Devi (Dinesh Shah)

Dinesh Shah talks about a painting of Padmavati Devi

Lunette paintings in the National Competition Gallery

The long gallery now known as Rooms 100 and 101 was once the National Competition Gallery, where works by art students from government-run schools across Britain were annually judged and exhibited. The bays around the gallery walls were crowned by 20 large, semicircular paintings illustrating the principles and practices of art education with imagery evoking the highest achievements from the history of art.

Indian company paintings

Company painting is a broad term for a variety of Indian hybrid styles that developed as a result of European (especially British) influence on Indian artists from the early 18th to the 19th centuries.

Watercolour painting: materials & techniques

Watercolour paint is a combination of a pigment and a water-soluble binder, usually gum arabic. The pigments may be natural or man-made.

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