Blake-More Godwin
Blake-More Godwin (born January 12, 1894 in Clinton (Missouri) , † June 1975 in La Jolla ) was an American art historian .
He studied at the University of Missouri (BA 1915) and Princeton University (MA 1916). After working as an assistant at the University of Missouri from 1912 to 1915, he was a fellow at Princeton University in 1915/16. From 1916 he worked at the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo (Ohio) as a curator, from 1927 to 1959 as director of the museum.
In 1946 he hired Otto Wittmann as deputy director, who took care of the museum's new acquisitions and was his successor.
Publications
- Catalog of European Paintings . Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo 1939
literature
- Blake-More Godwin of Toledo Museum. In: The New York Times June 12, 1975, p. 40 ( digitized ).
- Godwin, Blake-More . In: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Vol. 61, 1982
Web links
- Literature by and about Blake-More Godwin in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Dictionary of Art Historians
- Prabook
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Godwin, Blake-More |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clinton, Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1975 |
| Place of death | La Jolla |