Kenneth Snowman

'Abraham Kenneth Snowman CBE FSA (26 Yuli 1919 - 9 Yuli 2002) ƙwararren mai yin kayan ado ne na Burtaniya, mai zane kuma shugaban Wartski .  An naɗa shi memba na Society of Antiquaries of London a 1994, kuma Kwamandan Order of the British Empire a 1997. 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Snowman a Hampstead, London, ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'ya uku na mai yin kayan ado Emanuel Snowman da matarsa Harriet Wartski, 'yar Morris Wartski, wanda ya kafa kamfanin fasaha da kayan tarihi na Wartski . Iyalinsa Bayahude ne kuma asalinsu sun fito ne daga Poland.   Snowman ya yi karatu a Makarantar Kwalejin Jami'a, Hampstead.  Mahaifin Kenneth yana yawan zuwa Tarayyar Soviet, yana siyan jimillar ƙwai Fabergé guda tara tsakanin 1925 da 1938,  wanda Kenneth ya yi wasa da shi tun yana ƙarami.  Sannan ya yi karatu a Makarantar Fasaha ta Saint Martin da Makarantar Fasaha ta Byam Shaw . 

 Aikin fasaha 
Snowman ya yi zane a tsawon rayuwarsa, yana baje kolin a Royal Academy, Paris Salon da kuma gidajen tarihi na Leicester. A watan Satumba na 1999, an yi nunin aikinsa a Cork Street, London, a dillalan Browse da Darby. Mai zane Peter Greenham aboki ne na tsawon rai. 

Snowman ya yi suka sosai game da yanayin fasahar zamani zuwa ga ra'ayin tunani da kuma nesa da fasahar zane-zane . A cikin babi na 1993 a cikin littafinsa na Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, ya yi suka ga "tarin goge-goge da tarin shara marasa ma'ana da aka bari a benen gallery don a yaba wa masu hankali". Duk da haka, yana da kyakkyawan fata cewa yanzu layin layin yana juyawa zuwa ga girmamawa ga "duk wani abu da ke nuna shaidar aikin da aka yi da kyau", misali aikin ƙwararrun ma'aikata waɗanda ke aiki a Fabergé, Lalique da Cartier . Snowman ya yarda cewa aikin Fabergé, misali, na iya zama kamar an yi masa ado sosai kuma ba koyaushe yake da daɗi ga zamani ba. Bai yi magana game da farashin irin waɗannan kayayyaki ba. 

 Aikin Wartski 
A shekarar 1940, bayan ya yi aure, Snowman ya shiga harkar iyali, maimakon neman aiki a matsayin mai fasaha. Kamar mahaifinsa, shi dillali ne mai himma a ayyukan Carl Fabergé, kuma ya rubuta littattafai da kasidu da dama na ilimi amma masu sauƙin samu a kan wannan batu, waɗanda suka fi dacewa da nunin nunin 1949 da 1953 da ya shirya a Wartski.  Ya kuma shirya manyan nunin nunin Fabergé a Gidan Tarihi na Victoria da Albert da ke Landan a shekarar 1977, da kuma Gidan Tarihi na Cooper-Hewitt da ke New York a shekarar 1983. 

Snowman abokin marubuci Ian Fleming ne, kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin mutane kaɗan da suka bayyana a matsayin kansa a cikin wani labari na James Bond, The Property of a Lady, kuma shi kaɗai ne ke da muhimmiyar rawa.  An fara buga labarin a cikin wani littafin Sotheby, The Ivory Hammer, a cikin 1963 kuma daga baya a cikin tarin gajerun labarai na Fleming Octopussy da The Living Daylights . Fleming ya rubuta: "James Bond ya nemi Mr Kenneth Snowman. Wani mutum mai kyau, mai ado mai kyau daga cikin gungun maza..." Sai aka yi doguwar tattaunawa game da "Emerald Sphere" na Fabergé wanda za a yi gwanjonsa washegari a Sotheby's da Snowman suka yi sharhi "Muna da wasu guntu a nan mahaifina ya saya daga Kremlin a kusa da 1927". 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2002
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1919

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