David Winfield

David Winfield (02 December 1929 - 28 September 2013) was a British conservator and photographer, who focused heavily on the Byzantine period (check ci toto pravda). He worked primarily in Turkey, Cyprus, but also in the United Kingdom later in his career.

Family Life

David Winfield was born and raised in Hendon, northwest London. His father was a civil servant, who had been wounded during the World War I.^[1] His mother died when Winfield was only five years old, which meant Winfield was largely cared for by his father's sisters.^[1] Sadly, both his father and his brother, who was six years older than Winfield, had died before Winfield turned thirty.^[1]

(alebo iba life: he married June Winfield, he closely worked with her and had three children with her Edward, Diana and Nancy, all of whom were born in Nicosia hospital^[1] after Winfield and June moved to Lagoudhera, Cyprus). The children spent their early years here being home schooled by their mother.

Education

Winfield attended the Bryanston boarding school in Dorset and later went on to study Modern History at Mentor College in Oxford, graduating in 1954.^[1] He was then awarded a British Council Scholarship through Gervase Mathew, at whose recommendation he then moved to Belgrade to study at the Belgrade University for two years^[1]. In 1963, Winfield was awarded another grant, this time from the Marjory Wardrop Trust for Georgian Studies, which allowed him to study Georgian Studies at Oxford, focusing in particular on Georgian churches around the river Coruh, near Trabzon.^[1] As part of his studies, Winfield produced a publication on sculptures in these Churches, which included important photographs taken by Winfield as well as descriptions and drawings made by his wife June, which scholars rely on heavily even today as many of the sites, particularly the decorated column in Oshki, have since been badly vandalised or otherwise damaged.^[1]

Career

BYZANTINE

- worked closely with his wife June

- he was known for byzantine -- byzantine, motorcycle story

- churches, paintings

- his most important work included Hagia Sophia and many photgraphs of sites that have since been destroyed, altered or otherwise damaged - at the beginning focus on turkey and yugoslavia region

Belgrade and Hagia Sophia (dost mi tu nesedia roky)

During his time in Belgrade, where he studied at the Belgrade University and trained wall painting conservation techniques at a thirteen century monastery, Winfield published his first publication on the art of the Byzantine world called (D.Winfield, ''Four Historical Compositions from the Medieval Kingdom of Serbia,'' Byzantinoslavica 19, no.2 (1958): 251-78.) [vymysliet source], which studied the early images of the Nemanjić rulers of Serbia. It was also during his time in Yugoslavia, that he met the art historian David Talbot Rice, who asked Winfield to help him undertake works on Hagia Sophia, which was still operating as a mosque at that time, after finally managing to obtain a permit from the Turkish authorities in 1959^[1]. As part of the works, Winfield and the team had removed the whitewash from the walls, revealing some incredible paintings, which are now considered to be one of the best surviving works of the Byzantine Imperial Commission from the thirteen century^[1] (-- v texte je toto citat z D.Talbot Rice, ed., The Church of Haghia Sophia at Tebizond (Edinburgh 1968)). When the works had been completed, Hagia Sophia re-opened as a museum, largely owing to Winfield's successful efforts in persuading the the local governor, the Vali of Trabzon, to do so^[1]. After this success, Winfield earned a great reputation and Trabzon became his, and later also his wife's, regular residency for about six months each year.^[1]

Cyprus

(asi v roku 1964), David Winfield was appointed a Research Associate in Byzantine Archaeology at Dumbarton Oaks.^[1] (In this position, he shifted his focus from Turkey, on Cyprus, owing to organisational difficulties relating to undertaking work in Turkey and ultimately moved to Lagoudhera, Cyprus, from where he worked on essentially all the most important churches located on the island ^[1], including on the Panagia tou Araka and Panagia Phorbiotisso also known as Panagia tis Asinou. During the 1970s, however, the funding of the field research provided by Dumbarton Oaks decreased significantly, and the work at Langoudhera came to an end in 1973.^[1] After it was no longer possible to continue with the field work due to the fund cuts, Winfield moved back to the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom

- began to write down and publish more based on works conducted in Cyprus and Turkey, with the support of several short-term fellowships at Oxford^[1]. In 1979, Winfield founded and began working as the director of the Workshop of the Conservation of Wall Paintings at Canterbury Cathedral.^[1] As part of this position, Winfield was in charge of the conservation of the ceiling paintings in Jesus Chapel.^[1]

Photography

Destroyed negatives

Courtauld

Publications

Winfield published many important books, studies and articles on Byzantine art and its making. He worked closely with his wife June Winfield, (who illustrated/drawings among other things), on many of these works.

Some of his publications include:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r EASTMOND, ANTONY (2014). "David Winfield: 2 December 1929 – 28 September 2013". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 68: 1–5. ISSN 0070-7546.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r EASTMOND, ANTONY (2014). "David Winfield: 2 December 1929 – 28 September 2013". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 68: 1–5. ISSN 0070-7546.

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