Donald E. Gordon
Donald Edward Gordon (born May 13, 1931 in New York City , † April 10, 1984 in Pittsburgh ) was an American art historian known for his Kirchner catalog raisonné.
Gordon graduated from Harvard University , where he received his doctorate in 1960 . He worked as a postdoc at the Universities of Hamburg and Marburg and at the Central Institute for Art History . In 1963 he became an associate professor at Dickinson College . In 1968 he published the first major monograph on Kirchner in English. It has also been translated into German and contains a complete catalog of works. In 1969 he became a full professor at the University of Pittsburgh .
Works
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner . Cambridge University Press , Cambridge, Massachusetts 1968.
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner . With a critical catalog of all paintings. Prestel-Verlag , Munich 1968.
- Expressionism: Art and Idea . Yale University Press , 1987, ISBN 0-300-03310-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry in the Dictionary of Art Historians
- ↑ nytimes.com, accessed October 4, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gordon, Donald E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gordon, Donald Edward (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1984 |
| Place of death | Pittsburgh |