Cyril Aldred was born in Fulham, London, the son of Frederick Aldred and Lilian Ethel Underwood (Aldred) the 6th of 7 youngsters (5 boys, 2 girls).
Aldred seen Sloane School, in Chelsea, and taken English at King's College London, and gone art history at the Courtauld Plant of Art. While a student, he met Howard Carter, the archaeologist who saw the Tutankhamen tomb, in 1932. Carter invited Aldred to shape with him in Egypt, but Aldred rather pursued a university education. He calibrated from the Courtauld Institute in 1936.
In 1937, he got an assistant conservator at the Royal Scottish Museum, in Edinburgh, where he cultivated for the end of his master life, rising to become Keeper of Art & Archaeology (196174).
In 1938 he married Jessie Kennedy Morton (b. 1909), a physiotherapist. During World War II, Aldred attended in the RAF, returning to Edinburgh in 1946, to undertake a important study of Egyptology.
In 1949, his book Old Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt was published and was observed by volumes on the middle and new kingdoms in 1950 and 1952. These issues shown his career as an Egyptologist and art historiographer. He also contributed tries on Egyptian woodworking and furniture as a start of the Oxford History of Technology in 1954 and 1956. In 1955, he gone equally an relate curator for a year in the department of Egyptian art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with the conservator, William C. Hayes. During his time at the Met, Aldred used his artistic eye to dramatically better the presentation of the expos and helped identify and catalogue a number of previously overlooked artifacts in storage. In 1956, Aldred given to the Royal Scottish Museum to heighten the Egyptology team and in 1961 he was raised to steward of art and archaeology, a situation which he held until his retirement in 1974. During his time at the RSM, he not only gave talks but also made healthy purchases and availed the museum vastly better not only the Egyptology displays but also the West African and South Sea's incisions.
Aldred's book "Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt - a new study", was published in 1968. "Jewels of the Pharaohs" seemed in 1971, published by Thames and Hudson. His most important art-historical writing of the period was the catalogue he saved for the Brooklyn Museum expo, "Akhenaten and Nefertiti" in 1973.
Aldred retired in 1974, but his writing stayed. Beginning in 1978, Aldred wrote studies for the French "L'univers des formes" surveys of Egyptian art (other volumes appearing in 1979 and 1980). In 1980, Aldred published "Egyptian Art", although another involved book on Egyptian sculpture was never written. The Times Educational Supplement said of Egyptian Art "His fluent ability to range facts, insights and readings into a compulsively clean account sets his book far above the clogged texts that too often surpass for art history". In 1988, he enlarged his 1968 text in "Akhenaten, King of Egypt" with later findings.
He died peacefully at his home in Edinburgh in 1991 but is remembered as one of the leading characters in bettering archaeology in Scotland at the Burrell Collection in Glasgow.
Publications:
Ancient Egypt in the Metropolitan Museum Journal, Volumes 1-11 (19681976): Articles. [ by Cyril Aldred].
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1977; "The Development of Ancient Egyptian Art: from 3200 to 1315 B. C." 3 vols. London : A. Tiranti, 1952;
New Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt During the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1590 to 1315 B. C. Published: London, A. Tiranti, 1951;
Akhenaten and Nefertiti. New York: Brooklyn Museum/Viking Press, 1973;
Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt: a New Study. London: Thames & Hudson, 1968;
Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom. London: Thames and Hudson, 1965;
Jewels of the Pharaohs: Egyptian Jewellery of the Dynastic Period. London: Thames and Hudson, 1971;
Middle Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt, 2300-1590 B.C. London: A. Tiranti, 1950;
Old kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt. London: A. Tiranti, 1949;
The Egyptians. London: Thames and Hudson, 1961;
"The Pharaoh Akhenaten: a Problem in Egyptology and Pathology." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 36, no. 4 (JulyAugust 1962): 293-316;
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Aldred seen Sloane School, in Chelsea, and taken English at King's College London, and gone art history at the Courtauld Plant of Art. While a student, he met Howard Carter, the archaeologist who saw the Tutankhamen tomb, in 1932. Carter invited Aldred to shape with him in Egypt, but Aldred rather pursued a university education. He calibrated from the Courtauld Institute in 1936.
In 1937, he got an assistant conservator at the Royal Scottish Museum, in Edinburgh, where he cultivated for the end of his master life, rising to become Keeper of Art & Archaeology (196174).
In 1938 he married Jessie Kennedy Morton (b. 1909), a physiotherapist. During World War II, Aldred attended in the RAF, returning to Edinburgh in 1946, to undertake a important study of Egyptology.
In 1949, his book Old Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt was published and was observed by volumes on the middle and new kingdoms in 1950 and 1952. These issues shown his career as an Egyptologist and art historiographer. He also contributed tries on Egyptian woodworking and furniture as a start of the Oxford History of Technology in 1954 and 1956. In 1955, he gone equally an relate curator for a year in the department of Egyptian art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with the conservator, William C. Hayes. During his time at the Met, Aldred used his artistic eye to dramatically better the presentation of the expos and helped identify and catalogue a number of previously overlooked artifacts in storage. In 1956, Aldred given to the Royal Scottish Museum to heighten the Egyptology team and in 1961 he was raised to steward of art and archaeology, a situation which he held until his retirement in 1974. During his time at the RSM, he not only gave talks but also made healthy purchases and availed the museum vastly better not only the Egyptology displays but also the West African and South Sea's incisions.
Aldred's book "Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt - a new study", was published in 1968. "Jewels of the Pharaohs" seemed in 1971, published by Thames and Hudson. His most important art-historical writing of the period was the catalogue he saved for the Brooklyn Museum expo, "Akhenaten and Nefertiti" in 1973.
Aldred retired in 1974, but his writing stayed. Beginning in 1978, Aldred wrote studies for the French "L'univers des formes" surveys of Egyptian art (other volumes appearing in 1979 and 1980). In 1980, Aldred published "Egyptian Art", although another involved book on Egyptian sculpture was never written. The Times Educational Supplement said of Egyptian Art "His fluent ability to range facts, insights and readings into a compulsively clean account sets his book far above the clogged texts that too often surpass for art history". In 1988, he enlarged his 1968 text in "Akhenaten, King of Egypt" with later findings.
He died peacefully at his home in Edinburgh in 1991 but is remembered as one of the leading characters in bettering archaeology in Scotland at the Burrell Collection in Glasgow.
Publications:
Ancient Egypt in the Metropolitan Museum Journal, Volumes 1-11 (19681976): Articles. [ by Cyril Aldred].
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1977; "The Development of Ancient Egyptian Art: from 3200 to 1315 B. C." 3 vols. London : A. Tiranti, 1952;
New Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt During the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1590 to 1315 B. C. Published: London, A. Tiranti, 1951;
Akhenaten and Nefertiti. New York: Brooklyn Museum/Viking Press, 1973;
Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt: a New Study. London: Thames & Hudson, 1968;
Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom. London: Thames and Hudson, 1965;
Jewels of the Pharaohs: Egyptian Jewellery of the Dynastic Period. London: Thames and Hudson, 1971;
Middle Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt, 2300-1590 B.C. London: A. Tiranti, 1950;
Old kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt. London: A. Tiranti, 1949;
The Egyptians. London: Thames and Hudson, 1961;
"The Pharaoh Akhenaten: a Problem in Egyptology and Pathology." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 36, no. 4 (JulyAugust 1962): 293-316;
Related Posts:
Barbara Georgina Adams (1945-2002)
Johan David Akerblad (1763-1819)