Alec Cobbe
Alec Cobbe(born 1945) is an Irish designer, artist, musical instrument collector and decorator.[1]
A member of theCobbe family,Cobbe was born in Dublin and moved toNewbridge Housewith his family upon the death of his father.[2]Cobbe studied medicine atCorpus Christi College, Oxford,and underwent his clinical training at theLondon Hospital.Cobbe gave up his study of medicine to become a painter and trained as an art conservator at the Tate. Since the early 1980s Cobbe has advised on the redecoration of historic British country houses.[3]
Cobbe donated his design archive to theVictoria and Albert Museum(V&A) and an exhibition was held at the V&A of his work in 2013.[4]
TheCobbe Collection,Cobbe's collection of historic musical instruments is kept atHatchlands Park,aNational Trustproperty that Cobbe has leased since 1984.[5]
References
[edit]- ^"Alec Cobbe".Apollo magazine.Retrieved9 April2014.
- ^Bryant 2013,pp. 85
- ^Bryant 2013,pp. 86
- ^Bryant 2013,pp. 8
- ^Bryant 2013,pp. 41
- Bryant, Julius (2013).Alec Cobbe: Designs for Historic Interiors.VA.ISBN978-1-851777-723.
External links
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Cobbe, Alec (2019).Birds, Bugs and Butterflies: Lady Betty Cobbe's 'Peacock' China: A Biography of an Irish Service of Worcester Porcelain.Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press.ISBN9781783274727.
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