E. Clive Rouse
English archaeologist (1901–1997)
Edward Clive Rouse (15 October 1901 – 28 July 1997) was an English archaeologist and writer on archaeology, who specialised in medieval wall paintings. He was president of the Royal Archaeological Institute from 1969 to 1972. He was known as Clive Rouse, and was usually credited as E. Clive Rouse.
Background and early life
Rouse was born on 15 October 1901 in Stroud, Gloucestershire, the son of Edward Foxwell Rouse, a furniture-maker in Acton, West London, and his wife Frances Sarah Sams, whose family had been dairymen to Buckingham Palace. He was educated at St. Ronan's School, Worthing, then Gresham's School, Holt, and the St Martin's School of Art.
Career
After training as an artist, Rouse worked with Ernest William Tristram, professor of design at the Royal College of Art, on the recording and conservation of medieval wall paintings. With assistants, he spent years removing or reducing wax coatings which had been misguidedly added to paintings, and conserving them using authentic materials, particularly slaked lime.
He was a lecturer and worked to educate clergy and church architects in the care of wall paintings.
He collected Chinese export porcelain, specifically armorial ware and built up the largest private collection in England.
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