Professor Michael Kauffmann FBA

History of Art

Elected 1987

Fellow type: UK Emeritus Fellow
Year of birth: 1931
Year of death: 2023
Year elected: 1987
Sections: History of Art and Music

Prof. C.Michael Kauffmann (FBA 1987. Emeritus) Born in Frankfurt in 1931, migrated to Burnley, Lancashire, in 1938. Educated at Clitheroe Grammar School (1940-43), St Paul's School, Berks, and then London (1943-48), Merton College, Oxford (Postmaster) (1950-53), BA Modern History. Warburg Institute, University of London, (1953-57), Junior Research Fellow. Ph.D. History of Art, 1957. Career: Assistant, Warburg Institute Photographic Collection, 1957-58; Manchester City Art Gallery, Asst. Keeper, 1958-60; Victoria and Albert Museum, Dept. of Prints & Drawings and Paintings, Asst. Keeper, 1960-75, Keeper 1975-85. Asst. to the Director, 1963-66. Lecturer, University of Chicago, Spring semester 1969. Director Courtauld Institue of Art and Professor of History of Art, University of London, 1985-95. Member of various committees including that of the NACF (later Art Fund), 1987-2005.

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Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and formerly Director of the Courtauld Institute, University of London

Past appointments

Courtauld Institute of Art University of London Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and formerly Director of the Courtauld Institute, University of London

1995 -

Courtauld Institute of Art University of London Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and formerly Director of the Courtauld Institute, University of London

1995 -

Courtauld Institute of Art University of London Director

1985 - 1995

Courtauld Institute of Art University of London Director

1985 - 1995

Publications

Medieval: The Baths of Pozzuoli, a study of the illuminations of Peter of Eboli's poem 1959

Victoria and Albert Museum, catalogue of foreign paintings (2 vols) 1973

Romanesque MSS 1066-1190 1975

Catalogue of Paintings in the Wellington Museum 1982, revised ed. 2009

John Varley 1778-1842 1984

Biblical Imagery in Medieval England 700-1550 2003

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Professor Jennifer L Roberts FBA

Art history and material culture of North America and Europe, 18th century to the present; history and theory of print; intersections between the visual arts and the natural sciences.

Professor Michael Kauffmann FBA

Last post

Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and formerly Director of the Courtauld Institute, University of London

Past appointments

Courtauld Institute of Art University of London Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and formerly Director of the Courtauld Institute, University of London

1995 -

Courtauld Institute of Art University of London Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and formerly Director of the Courtauld Institute, University of London

1995 -

Courtauld Institute of Art University of London Director

1985 - 1995

Courtauld Institute of Art University of London Director

1985 - 1995

Publications

Medieval: The Baths of Pozzuoli, a study of the illuminations of Peter of Eboli's poem 1959