Peter Murray (art historian)

Peter John Murray (London, 1920 – 1992, Farnborough, Warwickshire)[1] was a Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck College, London, from 1967,[2] succeeding Nikolaus Pevsner. He retired in 1980 and was succeeded in turn by John Steer.[1]

Peter Murray
Born
Peter John Murray

1920
London
Died1992 (aged 71–72)
Farnborough, Warwickshire
Alma materBirkbeck College
OccupationArt historian and professor
Spouse(s)Linda Murray

Together with his wife Linda Murray (née Bramley, 1913–2004),[3] Peter Murray wrote primers about Italian Renaissance art which have been used by generations of students. Linda Murray also wrote several books on her own, and completed their collaboration The Oxford Companion To Christian Art And Architecture (1996) after her husband died.[3]

Selected publications
  • Wölfflin, Heinrich. Classic art: An introduction to the Italian Renaissance. London: Phaidon, 1952. (Translated with Linda Murray)
  • An index of attributions made in Tuscan sources before Vasari. Florence: L.S. Olschki, 1959.
  • Penguin dictionary of art and artists. Penguin, 1959.
  • The art of the renaissance. London: Thames & Hudson, 1963. (with Linda Murray) ISBN 9780500200087
  • A history of English architecture. Part II. New York: Arco Pub. Co. 1963.
  • The architecture of the Italian Renaissance. London: Batsford,1963.
  • The High Renaissance and Mannerism. London: Thames & Hudson, 1967. (with Linda Murray)
  • Burckhardt, Jacob. The architecture of the Italian Renaissance. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. (Revised and edited)

References
  1. "Murray, Peter [John]". Dictionary of Art Historians. 2013. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  2. "Murray Bequest". Birkbeck College. 27 March 2012. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. Draper, Peter (24 November 2004). "Linda Murray". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 1 February 2018.


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