Earl Alexander Powell III
Earl Alexander Powell III (born October 24, 1943 in Spartanburg , South Carolina ) is an American art historian and museum director.
Life
His parents were Earl Alexander Powell II and Elizabeth Duckworth Powell. Powell attended Providence Country Day School and Williams College in Massachusetts . Powell studied art history at Harvard University . From 1966 to 1969 he served in the United States Navy . In 1974 he got a job as a staff member at the University of Texas at Austin in the art history department. From 1980 to 1992 Powell was the director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art . As the successor to J. Carter Brown , he was Museum Director of the National Gallery of Art from September 1992 to 2019 . He was succeeded as museum director of the National Gallery of Art in March 2019 by Kaywin Feldman . Since 2005 he has been chairman of the United States Commission of Fine Arts . He has also been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2005 . Powell is married.
Awards and prizes (selection)
- Bearer of the Order of the Infante Dom Henrique (Grand Cross)
Web links
- New York Times: Earl Alexander Powell III
- Official website of the National Gallery of Art: Earl Alexander Powell III
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Galery of Art in Washington DC named Kaywin Feldman its fifth director , 2019
- ^ New York Times: Earl Alexander Powell III
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Powell, Earl Alexander III |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Powell, Earl Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spartanburg , South Carolina |