About Ralph Hyde
Lived 1939 – 2015 (aged 76). Ralph Hyde was a British art historian and curator.
Ralph Hyde (25 March 1939 – 5 June 2015 ) was a curator of graphic arts at the Guildhall Library in London, a pre-eminent historian and writer on the subject of Panoramic painting. On his retirement he lived for a time in France but returned to London to continue as an active scholar in the field. In addition to having curated the Panoramania exhibition at the Barbican, he co-authored with Felix Barker the richly illustrated book London As It Might Have Been, which illustrates numerous planned, but never built, fanciful structures in London. He was a member of the International Panorama Council, and at the time of his death was compiling a Dictionary of Panoramists.
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Who was Ralph Hyde?
British art historian
When was Ralph Hyde born?
Ralph Hyde was born on 25 March 1939 in Uxbridge.
When did Ralph Hyde die?
Ralph Hyde died on 5 June 2015.
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Ralph Hyde was an art historian and curator.
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Ralph Hyde was British.
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