Pevsner

American  

[pevz-ner, pyef-snyir] / ˈpɛvz nər, ˈpyɛf snyɪr /

noun

1. Antoine 1886–1962, French sculptor and painter, born in Russia (brother of Naum Gabo).

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Pevsner British  

/ ˈpɛvznə /

noun

1. Antoine (ɑ̃twan). 1886–1962, French constructivist sculptor and painter, born in Russia; brother of Naum Gabo

2. Sir Nikolaus (ˈnɪkəlaʊs). 1902–83, British architectural historian, born in Germany: his series Buildings of England (1951–74) describes every structure of account in the country

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Example Sentences

It's at Matlock Bath that I meet architectural historian Clare Hartwell, who has just finished revising the 1951 Pevsner guide to Derbyshire.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2017

The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner called the Brownian landscape park “England’s greatest contribution to the visual arts.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2016

In 1958, the poet Sir John Betjeman and the architecture guru Nikolaus Pevsner set up the Victorian Society to save the glories of the age from destruction.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2013

Pevsner studied under Heinrich Wölfflin, whose Principles of Art History is included here.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2013

A comprehensively informed, exhaustively organized scholar, who taught at both Cambridge and Oxford, Pevsner supervised and contributed to a multivolume history of world art.

From Time Magazine Archive