Collected Item: “Exploration of the Paul Oppé Library and Archive”
Contributing Organisation
Contribution Title
Exploration of the Paul Oppé Library and Archive
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Adolphus Paul Oppé (22 September 1878–29 March 1957) was an art historian and collector with a particular interest in British drawings and watercolours from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His scholarly work, like his collecting, focused on figures such as John Sell Cotman, Alexander Cozens, Francis Towne, Paul and Thomas Sandby and Thomas Rowlandson, and contributed considerably to establishing their reputations as major British artists
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Material from the Paul Oppé Archive & Library. Photograph courtesy of the Paul Mellon Centre.
Content Type
Online Exhibition
Subject (1)
Collection Introduction
Subject (2)
Art and Architectural History
Subject (3)
Cultural History
Geographical Area (1)
Britain and Ireland
Geographical Area (2)
Europe
Time Period
16th-17th Century
Time Period (2)
18th-19th Century
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20th century
Contribution URL
https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/archives-and-library/oppe-spotlight