| Code | DS/UK/2297 |
| Dates | 1887-1975 |
| Person Name | Wilenski; Reginald Howard (1887-1975) |
| Surname | Wilenski |
| Forenames | Reginald Howard |
| Activity | English painter, art historian and critic |
| Relationships | Son of Abraham Arthur Wilenski (1861/2–1950), a bonnet ornament merchant, and his wife, Alice Bloomer, née Simeon (1865–1947). Husband (m. 1914) of Marjorie Isola Harland (1889–1965). |
| History | elected foundation scholar at St Paul's School, leaving in 1905; studied Classics Balliol College, Oxford but left without a degree (1905); studied painting in Munich and Paris (c. 1905-1909); returned to London (1909); exhibited at the International Society, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and the Salon d'Automne, Paris, but achieved no reputation as a painter; worked in War Office intelligence department (First World War); wrote exhibition reviews for Evening Standard (1923-1926); wrote substantial historical surveys of Dutch, French, and English painting (1929-1933); became special lecturer in art at Bristol University (1929–30); special lecturer in the history of art at Manchester University (1933–45); received honorary MA from Manchester (1938); worked as press censor (1939-1941); served in the BBC European Services (1941-1944); appointed chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (1967) |
| Source | Farr, Dennis (2004). "Wilenski, Reginald Howard". In Matthew, H. C. G. & Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 58. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press |
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