Cecil Pinsent

Cecil Pinsent
Born Cecil Ross Pinsent
1884
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died 5 December 1963(1963-12-05)
Hilterfingen, Switzerland
Nationality United Kingdom
Occupation Architect
Known for Garden designs

Cecil Ross Pinsent FRIBA (1884 - 5 December 1963) was a British architect and garden designer noted for his Tuscan villas and gardens. Pinsent and his friend Geoffrey Scott, when touring Tuscany, met the American art historian Bernard Berenson. Berenson employed Scott as his librarian, and Pinsent assisted with work on the Villa I Tatti. Through Berenson, Pinsent gained access to a rich clientele, drawn from the English-speaking community in Tuscany. His clients included: Charles Augustus Strong; Alice Keppel; Lady Sybil Cutting and her daughter, the novelist Iris Origo.[1]

Gardens designed by Pinsent include those at; Villa Capponi, Villa I Tatti, Villa La Foce and Villa Le Balze.

Pinsent was been born in Montevideo, Uruguay the son of Ross and Alice Pinsent; his English father was a River Plate Merchant.[2]

Pinsent died in Hilterfingen, Switzerland on 5 December 1963.[3]

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References

  1. ^ http://www.gardenvisit.com/biography/cecil_ross_pinsent Biography of Cecil Ross Pinsent reported as being from the Garden and Landscape Guide (Accessed March 22 2011)
  2. ^ 1891 Census of Hampstead, RG12/108, Folio 25, Page 43, Cecil R. Pinsent, 16, Moresfield Gardens, Hampstead, London.
  3. ^ "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times (London). Monday, 9 December 1963. Issue 55879, col A, p. 1.