Charles Kuhn
Charles Louis Kuhn (* 1902 , † 1985 in Cambridge ) was an American art historian , curator and museum director.
Life
Kuhn studied art history . From 1930 he was a professor at Harvard University. Kuhn was director of the Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University . His professional career was interrupted during World War II when he served in Europe as a Lieutenant Commander for the US military. During these years he worked as a Monumentmen for Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Section .
As a museum director he acquired, among other things, the painting of Max Beckmann Self-Portrait in Tuxedo, the painting by Erich Heckel To the Convalescent Woman and the painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Self-Portrait with a Cat . With the arrival of the German architect Walter Gropius at Harvard University, he acquired works by the Baushaus artists Josef Albers and Anni Albers , Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Lyonel Feininger in the following years . After the Second World War he worked again as a professor and museum director at Harvard University. Kuhn was married and had two children.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Monumentsmenfoundation: Charles Kuhn
- ^ New York Times: Charles L. Kuhn, 83; Ex-Curator at Harvard
- ^ New York Times: Charles L. Kuhn, 83; Ex-Curator at Harvard
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuhn, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuhn, Charles Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art historian, curator, and museum director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1902 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1985 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |