Tamara Talbot Rice | |
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| Born | Elena Abelson 19 June 1904 Saint Petersburg,Russian Empire |
| Died | 24 September 1993 Bourton-on-the-Water, England |
| Occupation | Art historian |
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| Alma mater | Cheltenham Ladies' College;St Hugh's College, Oxford |
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| Discipline | Russian art |
Tamara Talbot Rice (19 June 1904 – 24 September 1993) was a Russian then English art historian, writing onByzantine,Russian, andCentral Asian art.
Talbot Rice was born Elena Abelson, to Louisa Elizabeth ("Lifa") Vilenkin and Israel Boris Abelevich Abelson, the latter a businessman and member of the Czar's financial administration.Leo Tolstoy was her godfather. Elena lived a privileged childhood inSaint Petersburg, initially attendingTagantzeva Girls' School. TheRussian Revolution of 1917 prompted her family to move to England, and she completed her schooling, first atCheltenham Ladies' College and then atSt Hugh's College, Oxford.[1]
In 1927 she married the English art historianDavid Talbot Rice, and spent much time travelling abroad with him on archaeological digs; they both published under the surnameTalbot Rice, but are often referred to as "Talbot-Rice" or "Rice". She was a close friend ofEvelyn Waugh and formed part of the 'Brideshead Revisited Circle'.[2]
She died in 1993 and was buried next to her husband in the churchyard ofSt Andrew's, Coln Rogers.
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