Evelyn Sandberg-Vavalà
Art historian on iconography of the Italian Renaissance / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Evelyn Sandberg-Vavalà (née Evelyn May Graham Sandberg; 1888 - 8 September 1961), also known by her married name as Evelyn Kendrew, was a British art historian[1] who studied iconography in the Italian Renaissance.[1][2]
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Evelyn Sandberg-Vavalà | |
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Born | Evelyn May Graham Sandberg 1888 Compton, Berkshire, England, UK |
Died | 8 September 1961 Italy |
Other names | Evelyn Kendrew |
Occupation | Art historian |
Spouse | Wilfrid George Kendrew (1914-1921; divorced) |
Children | Sir John Cowdery Kendrew (1962 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry) |
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She published a book on Italian Painted Crucifixes and the Iconography of the Passion in 1929,[3] and curated her 25,000 image photographic archive of gothic and renaissance Italian paintings, now in Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.[4]