Jared Goss
Jared du Pont Goss (born November 17, 1966 in San Francisco ) is an American art historian , curator and non-fiction author .
Life
family
Jared Goss is the son of investment banker Richard Wayne Goss II (1933-2015) and Michele du Pont Goss. He is a nephew of the 19th Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss . His mother comes from the du Pont family .
Career
Jared Goss grew up in San Francisco. During his school years he attended the Fessenden School in West Newton , Massachusetts . He graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor's degree in architectural history . He received his masters degree in the history of the decorative arts from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum / Parsons School of Design .
After graduating, he worked as an assistant curator in the European Decorative Arts and Sculpture Department at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco . He then worked for over 20 years as an associate curator for modern and contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City . Here he was involved in the exhibitions Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1996), Cartier: 1900–1939 (1997) and American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age (2000). He curated the exhibitions Ruhlmann: Genius of Art Deco (2004) and Barcelona: Gaudi to Dali (2007). In 2007 he completed the installation of the Wisteria dining room designed by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer around 1910 , a room with original furnishings in French Art Nouveau style , unique in America . His exhibition Masterpieces of French Art Deco (2009) formed the basis for his book French Art Deco (2014), in which he cataloged the museum's holdings. He is a board member of the Art Deco Society of New York and the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA). Goss now works as an independent art historian.
Publications (selection)
- Ruhlmann, Art Deco Designer. In: Magazine Antiques 166.1, 2004, p. 68.
- French Art Deco . Ed .: Metropolitan Museum of Art . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-20430-8 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed May 27, 2020]).
- Audio contribution : Connctions / Chic. In: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 2014.
- What is Art Deco? In: Art Deco New York Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1, Art Deco Society of New York, New York City 2016, p. 2.
- With Laure Verchère: Jean-Michel Frank. Assouline, 2018, ISBN 1-61428-552-7 .
- The Top Museums in America for the ICAA. In: Institute of Classical Architecture & Art from May 19, 2020
Web links
- Rachel High: Discussing the Rise of French Art Deco with Author Jared Goss. Now at The Met, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City April 29, 2015.
- Photography by Jared Goss. In: artnet , 2007.
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard Goss 1933–2015. In: legacy.com from December 2015.
- ^ A b c Paul Sullivan: How the Wealthy Talk to Their Children About Money. In: The New York Times, May 19, 2017.
- ^ Toni Schlesinger: Met Curator Lives in Neo-Georgian Splendor. In: The New York Observer, October 23, 2007.
- ^ Alumni Gather Around the Country. In: fessenden.org of January 31, 2012, picture 2/6.
- ↑ a b c The Legendary Elsie de Wolfe: Fact and Fiction by Design. In: American Decorative Arts Forum Northern California, October 13, 2015.
- ↑ Guest Lecture: "The Legendary Elsie de Wolfe: Fact and Fiction by Design", by Jared Goss. In: Legion of Honor in Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco .
- ↑ What is Art Deco? In: Art Deco New York Journal, Volume 1, Issue 1, Art Deco Society of New York, New York City 2016, p. 2.
- ^ The Top Museums in America for the ICAA. In: Institute of Classical Architecture & Art from May 19, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goss, Jared |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jared du Pont Goss (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art historian, curator, and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th November 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , United States of America |