Gwenyth Yarker Explained

Gwenyth Yarker

Gwenyth Anne Yarker is a British art historian and curator.[1]

Career

Yarker began her curatorial career following undergraduate study at the Open University and postgraduate research at the Courtauld Institute of Art.[2]

Yarker became honorary curator of Fine Art at the Dorset County Museum in the 1990s. She was also curator of art at the National Maritime Museum and collections manager of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum. In 2011 she curated a major exhibition of British portraits, "Georgian Faces: Portrait of a County".[3] She is also a trustee of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, which is associated with the museum.

Yarker is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[4] She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 11 November 2005.[5]

In the 2013 New Year Honours list she was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to museums. This was presented to her in May 2013 by Valerie Pitt-Rivers, the Lord Lieutenant of Dorset.

Select publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Museum Volunteer awarded British Empire Medal . 21 May 2013 . Dorset County Museum . 14 May 2020.
  2. News: Arts head: Gwen Yarker, honorary curator, Dorset County Museum . The Guardian . 8 January 2013 .
  3. Web site: Georgian Faces: Portrait of a County, Dorset County Museum 2011 . British Portraits . 14 May 2020.
  4. Web site: Fellows – X-Z . Royal Historical Society . 14 May 2020.
  5. Web site: Gwenyth Yarker . Society of Antiquaries of London . 14 May 2020.

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