Evelyn Sandberg-Vavalà
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 who studied iconography in the Italian Renaissance.
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) |
She published a book on Italian Painted Crucifixes and the Iconography of the Passion in 1929, and curated her 25,000 image photographic archive of gothic and renaissance Italian paintings, now in Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
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