Constantine Alexander Ionides
Constantine Alexander Ionides (14 May 1833 in Manchester – 29 June 1900 in Brighton, Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Αλέξανδρος Ιωνίδης) was a British art patron and collector, of Greek ancestry.[1]
He was born in Britain on 14 May 1833 in Manchester, the son of the collector and businessman Alexander Constantine Ionides, who had come to Britain from Constantinople in 1827. His younger siblings were Aglaia Coronio (b. 1834), Luca (b. 1837), Alexandro (b. 1840) and Chariclea (b. 1844). He is best known for his bequest of 82 oil paintings to the Victoria and Albert Museum. He is buried in Hove.[2][3]
References
- ^ H., C. J. (1904). "The Constantine Ionides Bequest, Article I". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. 5 (17): 455–461. ISSN 0951-0788.
- ^ "The Greek bearing gifts". The Times. 2003-11-22. Retrieved 2026-02-22.
- ^ H., C. J. (1904). "The Constantine Ionides Bequest Article III-The French Landscape Painters". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. 6 (19): 25–2. ISSN 0951-0788.
External links
- "Ionides, Constantine Alexander". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14441. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)