Andrew Henry Robert Martindale (1932–1995) was Professor of Visual Art at the University of East Anglia at the time of his sudden death, aged just 62.
[5] After a year of working with Nikolaus Pevsner on the Buildings of England series, specifically in Surrey and Norfolk, Martindale was appointed lecturer at the Courtauld in 1959 by Anthony Blunt.
[7] As John Onians said of his colleague in the obituary for The Independent 'Martindale was an exemplary figure, whose active role was significant in setting standards and determining direction' in establishing and popularising the discipline of study in the history of art.
In his role as University Grants Commission's adviser on art history, he was an avid spokesperson for the subject and is praised for his handling of the crucial first Research Assessment exercises.
[9] The building, that also housed the School of World Art Studies and Museology, was opened in 1978 to critical acclaim and was later expanded to include an extension also funded by the Sainsburys.
[17] In Martindale's obituary for The Man and Other Families, the writer observed how fitting it was 'that his ashes now lie in the cloister of Norwich Cathedral where he had chaired the Fabric Advisory committee since 1991'.