George Kubler

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George Alexander Kubler (born July 26, 1912 in Hollywood , † October 3, 1996 Hamden, Connecticut ) was an American art historian .

Life

Kubler was the son of the art historian Frederick William Kubler and his wife Ellen, née Orloff-Beckmann. In his early youth he lived mostly in Europe. His father died when Kubler was eight years old. After his mother's death, he went to boarding school in the United States . There he studied at Yale University , where he received his BA in 1934 , his MA in 1936 and, under the supervision of Henri Focillon , his Ph.D. in 1940. for art history .

From 1938, before his doctorate, he worked at Yale University, initially as a lecturer in art history, from 1964 until his retirement in 1983 as a professor. As a professor he was the first Robert Lehman Professor from 1964 to 1975 , then Sterling Professor of Art History. 1985/1986 he was Kress Professor at the Center for Advanced Studies of the National Gallery of Art in Washington . In addition to his work on European art, Kubler mainly dealt with the architecture and art of the indigenous people of Mesoamerica and the Andean countries . He was considered one of the leading experts on pre-Columbian and early post-Columbian art.

In addition to three Guggenheim fellowships and a Grant-in-Aid fellowship for research in Mexico from the American Council of Learned Societies , Kubler received the Mexican government's highest award for foreigners, the Order of the Aztec Eagle ( Águila Azteca ), the oldest and most important in 1991 Award from Yale University, the William Clyde DeVane Medal, as well as numerous other awards and honorary degrees. Kubler was a member of the Mexican Academia de Artes and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and, since 1978, the American Philosophical Society .

He was married to Elizabeth Bushnell Kubler, with whom he had three daughters and a son.

bibliography

  • The Religious Architecture of New Mexico , 1940.
  • The Architecture of the 16th Century in Mexico.
  • The Art and Architecture of Spain and Portugal and their American Dominions.
  • Art and Architecture in Ancient America (Pelican History of Art) . New Haven, Yale University Press 1962 (again 1975, 1984, 1990).
  • The Shape of Time. Remarks on the History of Things . New Haven, Yale University Press 1962.
  • The Portuguese Plain Architecture 1528-1706.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ GR Willey: George Alexander Kubler (July 26, 1912-3 October 1996). In: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society , ed. 142, no. 4 (12/98), pp. 672-675, new ed. dated May 6, 2007.
  2. ^ Academia de Artes: Escultura - George Kubler
  3. ^ Member History: George A. Kubler. American Philosophical Society, accessed January 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ George Kubler ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Yale Bulletin & Calendar Obituary  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.yale.edu
personal data
SURNAME Kubler, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kubler, George Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American art historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Hollywood
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 1996
Place of death Hamden, Connecticut