Research

Dr Matthew Withey

MA Hons (University of Edinburgh); PhD (University of St. Andrews)

Research Assistant - Northern England (January 2008 - July 2009)
Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951

History of Art Department
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
UK

Tel. +44 (0)773 721 5396
Fax. +44 (0)141 330 3513
Email m.withey@arthist.arts.gla.ac.uk

Research

• PhD Thesis: The Glasgow City Improvement Trust: an Analysis of its Genesis, Impact, and Legacy and an Inventory of its Buildings 1866-1910 
• 19th and 20th century art in Britain with special focuses in sculpture and architecture

Teaching

I have taught art history at undergraduate and Masters levels at Leeds University and the Open University.

Publications

Francis Derwent Wood (1871-1926) – monograph and catalogue raisonné due for publication by Lund Humphries in 2010

Berwick-upon-Tweed: the Historical and Architectural Development of England’s Northernmost Town – guidebook with Adam Menuge due for publication by English Heritage in 2009

Kevin Laycock: Tectonics (Hull City Museums and Art Galleries, 2005) by Christine Brady, Ken Hay and Matthew Withey

Making History: Edinburgh 1845 (Henry Moore Institute, 2003) by Rocco Lieuellen and Matthew Withey

Sculpture in 20th-century Britain (Vol.1): Identity, Infrastructures, Aesthetics, Display, Reception (Henry Moore Institute, 2003) (ed.) by Penelope Curtis – contributed essay

Sculpture in 20th-century Britain (Vol.2): Guide to Sculptors in the Leeds Collections (Henry Moore Institute, 2003) (ed.) by Penelope Curtis – contributed several essays

Behind the Mosaic: 100 Years of Art Education (Leeds Museums and Galleries, 2003) (ed.) by Corinne Miller – contributed essay

A Fine Tomorrow: Sculpture and Socialism in mid-century Britain (Henry Moore Institute, 2003)

Shine: Sculpture and Surface in the 1920s and 1930s (Henry Moore Institute, 2002) (ed.) by Jon Wood - contributed essay

The Cult of the Statuette in Victorian Britain. (Henry Moore Institute, 2000) by Martina Droth, Jason Edwards, David J. Getsy and Matthew Withey

Awards

Research grant from the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, for the forthcoming publication on Francis Derwent Wood, 2007

Curatorial

A Fine Tomorrow: Sculpture and Socialism in mid-century Britain (Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 2003)

Making History: Edinburgh 1845 – Hill & Adamson and the Scott Monument (Henry Moore Institute, 2003)

Heavenly Creatures: the sculpture of Frances Darlington, 1880 - 1939 (Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, 2003)