John Carter Brown (art historian)

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John Carter Brown III ( October 8, 1934 in Providence , Rhode Island , † June 17, 2002 in Boston ), known as J. Carter Brown , was an American art historian and historian .

Life

His father was the American politician John Nicholas Brown II . Brown attended Groton School in Massachusetts and studied history , literature, and art history at Harvard University , Harvard Business School, and New York University . From 1962 he worked for the National Gallery of Art. As successor to John Walker he was from 1969 to 1996 museum director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC His successor as museum director was 1996 Earl A. Powell III . Brown was married to Constance Mellon Byers, a daughter of the US financial investor Richard King Mellon , from 1971 to 1973 . In his second marriage, he was married to Pamela Braga Drexel from 1976 to 1991. Brown had two children, John Carter Brown IV and Elissa Lucinda Brown.

Awards and prizes (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New York Times: J. Carter Brown, 67, Is Dead; Transformed Museum World, June 19, 2002
  2. ^ New York Times: Richard K. Mellon, Financier, Is Dead, June 4, 1970
  3. ^ New York Times: Constance Mellon Married Here; Banker's Daughter Wed to William RG Byers , July 27, 1962
  4. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter B. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved January 28, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Brown, John Carter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brown, J. Carter (common name form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American art historian and historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Providence , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 2002
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts