Esmé Whittaker Explained

Esmé Whittaker is a British art historian and curator of art collections at English Heritage.[1]

Whittaker attended the University of Bristol, obtaining a bachelor's degree in art. She received a master's degree, and then a doctorate from the Courtauld Institute of Art for her dissertation The Arts and Crafts house in the Lake District: buildings, landscapes and communities, under the supervision of Professor Caroline Arscott.[2] This work elucidated the influence of William Wordsworth and John Ruskin on the Arts and Crafts houses in the Lake District, and has been lauded.[3]

Her book, co-written with Matthew Hyde, Arts and Crafts Houses in the Lake District won the 2015 Bookends Prizes for Arts and Literature.[4]

Whittaker worked at the Word & Image Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum.[5] She also assisted in exhibitions, including The Cult of Beauty - The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900 (2011).[6]

In 2011, Whittaker curated an exhibition on William Morris at Two Temple Place.[7]

In 2017, she appeared in the BBC Four documentary In Search of Arcadia.[8]

Whittaker is a curator for the English Heritage's Chiswick House and Marble Hill House.[9]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Attingham Trust Newsletter. The Attingham Summer School Members 2015. The Attingham Trust for the Study of Historic Houses and Collections. 13. 2015. 8. 11 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Courtauld Institute of Art. PhD Supervision (Recently Completed). 11 August 2017.
  3. SAHGB Symposium, 7 MAY 2008: 'British Architecture and the Vernacular'. Adrian. Green. August 2008. 95. Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain Newsletter. 11 August 2017.
  4. News: The Guardian. Matthew Hyde - Obituary. Hyde, Lily . 15 December 2015. 11 August 2017.
  5. Book: Griffin, Dustin. Swift and Pope: Satirists in Dialogue. ix. 978-0-521-76123-9. Cambridge University. 2010.
  6. Web site: Exhibition Catalogue: The Cult of Beauty (2011). York Art History Collaborations. 11 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Winter Exhibition at Two Temple Place. Bulldog Trust. 2013.
  8. Web site: In Search of Arcadia. BBC. 11 August 2017.
  9. The Marble Hill Society Newsletter. The Marble Hill Society. 111. October 2016. Chair's Report. 11 August 2017.

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