Charles Lewis Hind (1862–1927) was a British journalist, writer, editor, art critic, and art historian.
Biography
He served as the deputy editor of ''
The Art Journal
''The Art Journal'' was the most important British 19th-century magazine on art. It was founded in 1839 by Hodgson & Graves, print publishers, 6 Pall Mall, with the title ''Art Union Monthly Journal'' (or ''The Art Union''), the first issue of 7 ...
'' (1887–92) and the
''Pall Mall Budget''. In 1893, he co-founded
''The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art''. Three years later, Hind became the editor of
''The Academy'' and, after it merged with ''Literature'', he continued with the editorship of ''The Academy and Literature'', retiring in 1903.
Hind then became a contributor to several magazines and newspapers including the ''
Daily Chronicle
The 'Daily Chronicle' was a British newspaper that was published from 1872 to 1930 when it merged with the ''Daily News (UK), Daily News'' to become the ''News Chronicle''.
Foundation
The ''Daily Chronicle'' was developed by Edward Lloyd (publis ...
'', and wrote numerous articles on
post-impressionism
Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism. Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction ag ...
.
Eight colour photographic illustrations by Hind featured in ''Days with Velasquez'' (1906).
His 1911 book ''The Post Impressionists'' was described by the
Shirakaba
The was an influential Japanese literary coterie, which published the literary magazine '' Shirakaba'', from 1910 to 1923.
History
In 1910, a loose association of alumni of the prestigious Gakushuin Peer’s School in Tokyo began a literary s ...
group as "a most substantial book on the Post-Impressionists in English."
After World War I, he compiled various anthologies and published several books on the art of landscape and continued with his art criticism. He interviewed
Rockwell Kent
Rockwell Kent (June 21, 1882 – March 13, 1971) was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager.
Biography
Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York. Kent was of English descent. He lived much of ...
on his Alaskan drawings in the June 1919 issue of ''
International Studio
''The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art'' was an illustrated fine arts and decorative arts magazine published in London from 1893 until 1964. The founder and first editor was Charles Holme. The magazine exerted a major in ...
''.
Selected works
''The Education of an Artist'' 1906
''Days with Velasquez'' 1906
*''Turner's Golden Visions'', 1907
*''Days in Cornwall'', 1907
''The Diary of a Looker-on'' 1908
*''The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci'', 1910
''The Consolations of a Critic'' 1911
''The Post Impressionists'' 1911
''Art and I'' 1921
''Authors and I'' 1921
''More Authors and I'' 1922
*''Landscape Painting'', 1924
*''Naphtali : being influences and adventures while earning a living by writing'', 1926
References
External links
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1862 births
1927 deaths
British male journalists
British writers
British editors
British art critics
British art historians