Английская Википедия:Bates Lowry
Шаблон:Short description Bates Lowry (June 23, 1923 – March 12, 2004) was an art historian who was a director of the Museum of Modern Art and founding director of the National Building Museum.
Early life
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio received an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago. He was in the United States Army during World War II. He returned to the University of Chicago after the war and earned a masters and Phd.
Career
He had teaching stints at the University of Chicago, University of California, Riverside, New York University Institute of Fine Arts, Pomona College, the University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Delaware and Brown University.[1]
In 1966, he was a founder of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art to raise funds for the protection of Italian art endangered in Florence, Italy flooding. He remained chairman until 1976.[1]
In 1968–69, he served a 10-month tenure as director the Museum of Modern Art. David Rockefeller, chairman of the museum, said he was dismissed because he had attempted to take on the job of curator of the painting and sculpture at the museum which caused strife in the department and because he did a major renovation to his office without MoMA board approval.[1]
In 1980, he became founding director of the National Building Museum and oversaw the establishment and renovation of its home in the 1881 Pension Building. He remained there until 1987.[1]
Personal life
Lowry died in Brooklyn, New York while visiting his daughter. He had been living in Boston at the time.[1]
Publications
- 1961: The Visual Experience: An Introduction to Art, Prentice-Hall Inc., Шаблон:ISBN
- 1965: Renaissance Architecture, George Braziller Inc., Шаблон:ISBN
- 1985: Building a National Image: Architectural Drawings for the American Democracy, 1789-1912, National Building Museum, Шаблон:ISBN
- 1994: Looking for Leonardo: Naive and Folk Art Objects Found in America, University of Iowa Press, Шаблон:ISBN
- 1998: The Silver Canvas: Daguerreotype Masterpieces from the J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust Publications, Шаблон:ISBN
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- Английская Википедия
- 1923 births
- 2004 deaths
- Writers from Cincinnati
- University of Chicago alumni
- University of Chicago faculty
- Brown University faculty
- Directors of museums in the United States
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- University of California, Riverside faculty
- New York University faculty
- Pomona College faculty
- University of Massachusetts faculty
- University of Delaware faculty
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- American art historians
- Historians from Ohio
- Historians from California
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