Paul G. (Paul George) Konody

Born in Budapest on July 30, 1872, Paul George Konody later settled in London, where he became an art critic, historian, and journalist. He wrote for several London newspapers and magazines, and he was especially associated with writing that made art history and connoisseurship accessible to a wider public.

Konody was widely recognized for his knowledge of Renaissance art. Alongside journalism, he produced books and articles on important artists and collections, including studies connected with old master painting. His work reflects the lively early-20th-century world of art criticism, when questions of taste, attribution, and public education were central to how art was discussed.

He died in London on November 30, 1933. Today, he is remembered as a knowledgeable and energetic interpreter of European art whose writing linked scholarship, criticism, and the reading public.