Alfred H. Barr

Details

Instance of

human

Born

28 January 1902

Died

15 August 1981

Place of birth

Detroit

Place of death

Salisbury

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Alfred, Hamilton

Family name

Barr

Spouse

Margaret Scolari Barr

Child

Victoria Barr

Field of work

history of art, art history, modern art

Occupation

art historian, historian, university teacher, curator, art critic

Position held

museum director

Citizenship

United States

Awards

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

artist files at

Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives

depicted by

Alfred H. Barr jr. : Missionary for the Modern

educated at

Harvard University, Princeton University, Boys' Latin School of Maryland

employer

Wellesley College, Museum of Modern Art

languages spoken, written or signed

English

member of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

name in native language

Alfred Hamilton Barr Jr.

notable work

Picasso: Forty Years of His Art

significant person

Curt Valentin

student of

Paul Joseph Sachs

Connected on Wikidata

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