John Walker (art historian)

John Walker (born December 24, 1906 in Pittsburgh , † October 16, 1995 in Amberly , West Sussex ) was an American art historian , curator and museum director.

Life

Walker studied art history at Harvard University in the 1920s . He received a scholarship to stay with the art historian Bernard Berenson at his Villa I Tatti near Florence . From 1935 to 1939 Walker was a professor of art history at the American Academy in Rome . From 1956 to 1969 he was the successor to David E. Finley, Jr. Museum Director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC After a professional career that lasted until 1969, he lived in Florida , Fishers Island, New York City , and England . Walker had been married to British diplomat Margaret Drummond since 1937 .

Works (selection)

• National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC , New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1963
• Self-Portrait with Donors: Confessions of an Art Collector , Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1974, ISBN 978-0-316-91803-9
• Joseph Mallord William Turner , New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1976; concise edition: New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983
• Portraits: 5,000 Years , New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary, John Walker. Independent.
2. ^ John Walker, Washington Curator dies at the 88th New York Times.
3. ^ John Walker, National Gallery Director Helped Build Collection. Los Angeles Times.