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Ernest Binfield Havell
Ernest Binfield Havell
Born	16 September 1861; Reading, Berkshire, England
Died	31 December 1934 (aged 73)
Occupation(s)	Arts administrator, art historian, art critic

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Ernest Binfield Havell (16 September 1861 – 31 December 1934), who published under the name E.B. Havell, was an influential English arts administrator, art historian and author of numerous books about Indian art and architecture. He was a member of the Havell family of artists and art educators. He was the principal of the Government School of Art, Calcutta from 1896 to 1905, where, along with Abanindranath Tagore, he developed a style of art and art education based on Indian rather than Western models, which led to the foundation of the Bengal school of art.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Ernest was born at Jesse Terrace, Reading in the English county of Berkshire in 1861,^[3] the son of an artist Charles Richard Havell and his wife, Charlotte Amelia Lord. The family had several artists and publishers. He went to Reading School and learned art at the Royal College of Art and in Paris and Italy.^[4]

Art history

In India, Havell initially served the Madras School of Art as Superintendent for a decade from 1884. He arrived Calcutta on 5 July 1896 and joined as Superintendent of the Government School of Art, Calcutta next day. In between, he went to England for a year from April 1902 to March 1903. While in England, he published two valuable articles on Indian art in the October 1902 and January 1903 issues of a well known art journal of London, The Studio. In January 1906 he left for England on long leave and finally in 1908, he was removed from the post.^[5]

Havell worked with Abanindranath Tagore to redefine Indian art education. He established the Indian Society of Oriental Art, which sought to adapt British art education in India so as to reject the previous emphasis placed on European traditions in favour of revivals of native Indian styles of art, in particular the Mughal miniature tradition. He published several books on Indian art including Indian Sculpture and Painting (1908) and The Ideals of Indian Art (1911). He was involved in founding the India Society along with William Rothenstein in 1910 as a reaction to negative remarks made by Sir George Birdwood on Indian art.^[4]

Personal life

He married Angelique Wilhelmina Jacobsen, daughter of a Danish navy officer in 1895 at St Giles, London, Middlesex, England. The couple had a daughter, Sonia Joyce Havell in 1902.^[3] He died at the Acland Nursing Home in Oxford.^[4]

Works

Havell wrote numerous books on Indian art and history, including:

Havell, E. B. (1903). The Taj and its designers. s.n.
Havell, E. B. (1904). A Handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the neighbourhood (1904). Longmans, Greens & Co., London.
Havell, E. B. (1905). Benares, the sacred city: sketches of Hindu life and religion. Blackie and Sons Ltd., London.
Havell, E. B. (1906). Monograph on stone-carving in Bengal. The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot.
Havell, E. B. (1907). Essays on Indian art, industry & education. G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras.
Havell, E. B. (1908). Indian sculpture and painting. John Murray, London.
Havell, E. B. (1912). The Basis for Artistic and Industrial Revival in India. The Theosophist Office, Madras.
Havell, E.B. (1913). Indian Architecture, its psychology, structure, and history from the first Muhammadan invasion to the present day. J. Murray, London.
Havell, E. B. (1915). The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: a study of Indo-Aryan civilisation. John Murray, London.
Havell, E. B. (1918). The History of Aryan Rule in India from the earliest times to the death of Akbar. Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York.
Havell, E. B. (1920). The Ideals of Indian art. E. P. Dutton and Co., New York.
Havell, E. B. (1920). A Handbook of Indian Art. John Murray, London.
Havell, E. B. (1924). Himalayas in Indian art. Pilgrims Publishing. ISBN 81-7303-228-9.

Notes

^ Mitter, Partha (2001). Indian art. Oxford University Press. p. 177. ISBN 0-19-284221-8.
^ Cotter, Holland (19 August 2008). "Art Review: Indian Modernism via an Eclectic and Elusive Artist". New York Times.
^ ^a ^b Descendants of Luke Havell
^ ^a ^b ^c Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/37520. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37520. Retrieved 15 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Bagal, Jogesh Chandra (1966). History of the Govt. College of Art and Craft in the Centenary: Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta, Calcutta: Government College of Art & Craft, pp.21–34

External links

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[1] Mitter, Partha (2001). Indian art. Oxford University Press. p. 177. ISBN 0-19-284221-8.

[ny-2] Cotter, Holland (19 August 2008). "Art Review: Indian Modernism via an Eclectic and Elusive Artist". New York Times.

[fa-3] Descendants of Luke Havell

[:0-4] Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/37520. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37520. Retrieved 15 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[5] Bagal, Jogesh Chandra (1966). History of the Govt. College of Art and Craft in the Centenary: Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta, Calcutta: Government College of Art & Craft, pp.21–34

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+'''Ernest Binfield Havell''' (16 September 1861 – 31 December 1934), who published under the name '''E.B. Havell''', was an influential English [[arts administrator]], [[art historian]] and author of numerous books about [[Indian art]] and [[Indian architecture|architecture]]. He was a member of the [[Havell family]] of artists and art educators. He was the principal of the [[Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata|Government School of Art, Calcutta]] from 1896 to 1905, where, along with [[Abanindranath Tagore]], he developed a style of art and art education based on Indian rather than Western models, which led to the foundation of the [[Bengal school of art]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mitter|first=Partha |title=Indian art |url=https://archive.org/details/indianart0000mitt|url-access=registration|year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-284221-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/indianart0000mitt/page/177 177]}}</ref><ref name="ny">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/arts/design/20bose.html|title=Art Review: Indian Modernism via an Eclectic and Elusive Artist|last=Cotter|first=Holland|date=19 August 2008|work=New York Times}}</ref>
 ==Early life==
+Ernest was born at Jesse Terrace, [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] in the [[English people|English]] county of [[Berkshire]] in 1861,<ref name=fa/> the son of an artist Charles Richard Havell and his wife, Charlotte Amelia Lord. The family had several artists and publishers. He went to Reading School and learned art at the Royal College of Art and in Paris and Italy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB|title=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|date=2004-09-23|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37520|pages=ref:odnb/37520|editor-last=Matthew|editor-first=H. C. G.|place=Oxford|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/37520|access-date=2020-12-15|editor2-last=Harrison|editor2-first=B.}}</ref>
-He was born  in [[Berkshire, England]], in 1861.<ref name=fa/>
-==Career==
+==Art history==
-In India, Havell initially served the [[Madras School|Madras School of Art]] as Superintendent for a decade from 1884. He arrived Calcutta on July 5, 1896 and joined as Superintendent of the [[Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata|Government School of Art, Calcutta]] next day. In between, he went to England for a year from April, 1902 to March, 1903. While in England, he published two valuable articles on Indian art in the October 1902 and January, 1903 issues of a well known art journal of London, ''The Studio''. In January, 1906 he left for England on long leave and finally in 1908, he was removed from the post.<ref>Bagal, Jogesh Chandra (1966). ''History of the Govt. College of Art and Craft'' in the ''Centenary: Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta'', Calcutta: Government College of Art & Craft, pp.21-34</ref>
+In India, Havell initially served the [[Madras School|Madras School of Art]] as Superintendent for a decade from 1884. He arrived Calcutta on 5 July 1896 and joined as Superintendent of the [[Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata|Government School of Art, Calcutta]] next day. In between, he went to England for a year from April 1902 to March 1903. While in England, he published two valuable articles on Indian art in the October 1902 and January 1903 issues of a well known art journal of London, ''The Studio''. In January 1906 he left for England on long leave and finally in 1908, he was removed from the post.<ref>Bagal, Jogesh Chandra (1966). ''History of the Govt. College of Art and Craft'' in the ''Centenary: Government College of Art & Craft, Calcutta'', Calcutta: Government College of Art & Craft, pp.21–34</ref>
-Havell worked with [[Abanindranath Tagore]] to redefine Indian art education. He established the [[Bengal school of art]], which sought to adapt British art education in [[India]] so as to reject the previous emphasis  placed on European traditions in favour of revivals of native Indian styles of art, in particular the [[Mughal painting|Mughal]] miniature tradition.
+Havell worked with [[Abanindranath Tagore]] to redefine Indian art education. He established the [[Indian Society of Oriental Art]], which sought to adapt British art education in [[India]] so as to reject the previous emphasis placed on European traditions in favour of revivals of native Indian styles of art, in particular the [[Mughal painting|Mughal]] miniature tradition. He published several books on Indian art including ''Indian Sculpture and Painting'' (1908) and ''The Ideals of Indian Art'' (1911). He was involved in founding the [[India Society]] along with [[William Rothenstein]] in 1910 as a reaction to negative remarks made by Sir [[George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood|George Birdwood]] on Indian art.<ref name=":0" />
 ==Personal life==
-He married Angelique Wilhelmina Jacobsen in 1895 at [[St Giles, London]], Middlesex, England., and couple had a daughter, Sonia Joyce Havell in 1902.<ref name=fa>[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/h/John-K-Schlosser/GENE3-0018.html Descendants of Luke Havell]</ref>
+He married Angelique Wilhelmina Jacobsen, daughter of a Danish navy officer in 1895 at [[St Giles, London]], Middlesex, England. The couple had a daughter, Sonia Joyce Havell in 1902.<ref name=fa>[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/h/John-K-Schlosser/GENE3-0018.html Descendants of Luke Havell]</ref> He died at the Acland Nursing Home in Oxford.<ref name=":0" />
 ==Works==
 Havell wrote numerous books on Indian art and history, including:
 *{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=The Taj and its designers|year=1903|publisher=s.n.}}
-*{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=A Handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the neighbourhood (1904)|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024120200#page/n11/mode/2up|year=1904|publisher=Longmans, Greens & Co., London}}
+*{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=A Handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the neighbourhood (1904)|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924024120200#page/n11/mode/2up|year=1904|publisher=Longmans, Greens & Co., London}}
-* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=Benares, the sacred city: sketches of Hindu life and religion|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/benaressacredci01havegoog#page/n7/mode/1up|year=1905|publisher=Blackie and Sons Ltd., London}}
+* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=Benares, the sacred city: sketches of Hindu life and religion|url=https://archive.org/stream/benaressacredci01havegoog#page/n7/mode/1up|year=1905|publisher=Blackie and Sons Ltd., London}}
-*{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=Monograph on stone-carving in Bengal|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924059519748#page/n3/mode/2up|year=1906|publisher=The Bengal Secreteriat Book Depot}}
+*{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=Monograph on stone-carving in Bengal|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924059519748#page/n3/mode/2up|year=1906|publisher=The Bengal Secretariat Book Depot}}
-* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=Essays on Indian art, industry & education |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/essaysonindianar00haveiala#page/n1/mode/2up|year=1907|publisher=G. A. Natesan & Co. , Madras}}
+* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=Essays on Indian art, industry & education |url=https://archive.org/stream/essaysonindianar00haveiala#page/n1/mode/2up|year=1907|publisher=G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras}}
-* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=Indian sculpture and painting|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924016181798#page/n9/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=John Murray, London}}
+* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=Indian sculpture and painting|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924016181798#page/n9/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=John Murray, London}}
-*{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B. |title=The Basis for Artistic and Industrial Revival in India|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/basisforartisti00havegoog#page/n6/mode/1up|year=1912|publisher=The Theosophist Office, Madras}}
+*{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B. |title=The Basis for Artistic and Industrial Revival in India|url=https://archive.org/stream/basisforartisti00havegoog#page/n6/mode/1up|year=1912|publisher=The Theosophist Office, Madras}}
-* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E.B.|title=Indian Architecture, its psychology, structure, and history from the first Muhammadan invasion to the present day|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/indianarchitectu00haveuoft#page/n9/mode/2up|year=1913|publisher=J. Murray, London }}
+* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E.B.|title=Indian Architecture, its psychology, structure, and history from the first Muhammadan invasion to the present day|url=https://archive.org/stream/indianarchitectu00haveuoft#page/n9/mode/2up|year=1913|publisher=J. Murray, London }}
-* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: a study of Indo-Aryan civilisation|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924011010109#page/n9/mode/2up|year=1915|publisher=John Murray, London}}
+* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=The Ancient and Medieval Architecture of India: a study of Indo-Aryan civilisation|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924011010109#page/n9/mode/2up|year=1915|publisher=John Murray, London}}
-*{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=The History of Aryan Rule In India from the earliest times to the death of Akbar|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofaryanru00have#page/n9/mode/2up|year=1918|publisher=Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York}}
+*{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=The History of Aryan Rule in India from the earliest times to the death of Akbar|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofaryanru00have#page/n9/mode/2up|year=1918|publisher=Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York}}
-* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B. |title=The Ideals of Indian art |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/idealsofindianar00haveuoft#page/n5/mode/2up|year=1920|publisher=E. P. Dutton and Co., New York}}
+* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B. |title=The Ideals of Indian art |url=https://archive.org/stream/idealsofindianar00haveuoft#page/n5/mode/2up|year=1920|publisher=E. P. Dutton and Co., New York}}
-* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=A Handbook of Indian Art|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookofindian002882mbp#page/n5/mode/2up|year=1920|publisher=John Murray, London}}
+* {{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=A Handbook of Indian Art|url=https://archive.org/stream/handbookofindian002882mbp#page/n5/mode/2up|year=1920|publisher=John Murray, London}}
-*{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=Himalayas in Indian art|url=http://www.archive.org/details/TheHimalayasInIndianArt|year=1924|publisher=Pilgrims Publishing|isbn=8173032289}}
+*{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|title=Himalayas in Indian art|url=https://archive.org/details/TheHimalayasInIndianArt|year=1924|publisher=Pilgrims Publishing|isbn=81-7303-228-9}}
 ==Notes==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
-* [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101037520/ Havell, Ernest Binfield (1861–1934), artist and art teacher] at ''[[Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography|Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]''
 ==External links==
+{{Commonscatinline}}
-* {{gutenberg author| id=E.+B.+Havell | name=Ernest Binfield Havel}}
+* {{Gutenberg author |id=4171| name=Ernest Binfield Havell}}
-* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Havell%2C%20Ernest%20Binfield%2C%201861-1934%22 Free non-copyrighted e-books by Ernest Binfield Havel at Internet Archive]
+* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Ernest Binfield Havell}}
+* [http://architexturez.net/doc/az-cf-167039 Indian Architecture, Its Psychology, Structure, and History from the First Muhannadan Invasion to the Present Day on Architexturez South Asia]
+{{Authority control}}
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