Eric Hormell

Bio

I'm a database editor for the Getty Research Institute's Project for the Study of Collecting and Provenance. Most recently I've been working on a project related to eighteenth-century British auction catalogs. I'm an art historian and a certified archivist, but I also have an undergraduate degree in fashion design, which has absolutely never come in handy. When I'm not at work, I'm usually watching House Hunters International. It's exhausting, but someone has to do it.

Getty Research Institute

Stories

  1. The Ripple Effect in Provenance Data Standardization

    Article

    Eight hardcover books with gold lettering titles sit vertically on a beige metal bookshelf.

    A look into the complexity involved in readying datasets for release as linked open data through the Getty’s Provenance Index

    Aug 21, 2018

  2. New Sales Data Trace the First Hundred Years of the British Auction Market

    Article

    Printed list describing art objects in a collection belonging to Sir Peter Lely

    The Getty Provenance Index® has added 138,000 database records of art sales from the 1600s and 1700s

    Mar 1, 2017

  3. Life Before eBay

    Article

    Painting of figure with gray styled wig, wearing light brown coat and a shirt with fancy cuffs and a collar, leaning on a framed painting.

    A major new project tracing the rise of the British art market in the late 1700s

    Jun 19, 2013