Delia Dorothy Gaze FSA[1] (born March 1951) is an English art historian and freelance editor, based in Deptford, south-east London.[2] She is best known for her work as editor of the Dictionary of Women Artists, first published in 1997, containing entries on 550 women painters, sculptors, photographers and workers in the applied arts. The book focuses on Western women artists from the medieval period onwards, and includes essays which place the artists in their historical context.[3][4]

Delia Gaze
BornMarch 1951
NationalityBritish
EducationCourtauld Institute of Art
Occupation(s)Art historian and editor

She has also written biographical entries for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.[5] Photographs by Delia Gaze are held in the Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, and are currently undergoing a digitisation process as part of the Courtauld Connects project.[6] She has been a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London since March 2017.[1] She has also served as Secretary of the London branch of the Catholic Writers' Guild of England and Wales.[7]

Publications edit

As editor edit

  • Dictionary of Women Artists, London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.[8] Later editions of the book, in two volumes, are published by Routledge.[9][10]
  • The Art of Holy Russia: Icons from Moscow, 1400-1660 (with Robin Cormack and Bettina-Martine Wolter), London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1998.[11]
  • Bronwen Brown, Understanding Art: A Reference Guide to Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque Periods (2 vols.), London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999.[12]
  • Concise Dictionary of Women Artists, New York: Routledge, 2011.[13]

As contributor edit

  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Ms Delia Gaze". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Delia Dorothy GAZE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. ^ Brown, Bronwen (1998). "Dictionary of Women Artists". Reference Reviews. 12 (4): 36. doi:10.1108/rr.1998.12.4.36.213. ISSN 0950-4125.
  4. ^ Nolan, Liesel M. (1998). "Dictionary of Women Artists". Reference & User Services Quarterly. 37 (4): 351.
  5. ^ a b "Results for 'delia gaze oxford' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ^ EWTN (15 October 2013). "Catholic Writers Of Tomorrow…". Catholic Journalist In London. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  8. ^ Gaze, Delia (1997). Dictionary of women artists. London: Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-884964-21-3. OCLC 185867951.
  9. ^ Gaze, Delia (2017). Dictionary of women artists Volume 1. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-884964-21-3. OCLC 1142098811.
  10. ^ Gaze, Delia (2017). Dictionary of women artists Volume 2. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-884964-21-3. OCLC 1142098974.
  11. ^ Wolter, Bettina-Martine; Cormack, Robin; Gaze, Delia; Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain); Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (1998). The art of holy Russia: icons from Moscow, 1400-1660. London: Royal Academy of Arts. OCLC 960051726.
  12. ^ Brown, Bronwen (2000). "ed. Delia Gaze, Understanding Art: A Reference Guide to Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque Periods, London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1999. 2 vols. 310 pp, ISBN: 0 7656 8024 6". Reference Reviews. 14 (1): 34. ISSN 0950-4125. OCLC 5702947643.
  13. ^ Gaze, Delia (2011). Concise dictionary of women artists. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-57958-335-4. OCLC 1131586488.