Sir Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 February 1905 |
| Died | 7 September 1985 (aged 80) |
| Education | Marlborough College |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Art historian |
| Partner | Helen Waterhouse |
| Parent | Percy Leslie Waterhouse |
Sir Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse (16 February 1905 – 7 September 1985) was an English art historian and museum director who specialised in Roman baroque and English painting.[1] He was Director of the National Galleries of Scotland (1949–52) and held the Barber chair at Birmingham University until his official retirement in 1970.
- ^ When the August 1970 issue of The Burlington Magazine was dedicated as a kind of festschrift to Waterhouse, the editor noted that he made his most memorable contributions in the areas of the Italian Baroque and in English painting; his work on Gainsborough and Reynolds became standards. (The Burlington Magazine vol. 112 No. 809, "British Art in the Eighteenth Century" (August 1970), p. 487.
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