Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
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Name (Latin)
Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
Other forms of name
Barr, Alfred H. (Alfred Hamilton), 1902-1981
Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-1981
Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-
Date of birth
1902-01-28
Date of death
1981-08-15
Place of birth
Detroit (Mich.)
Place of death
Salibury, Conn.
Associated country
United States
Other associated place
New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity
Art, Modern
Modernism (Art)
Art
Associate group
Museum of Modern Art
Occupation
Art historians
Art museum directors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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MARC
Sources of Information
- Annual obituary, 1981:p. 513-515 (Alfred Hamilton Barr; dir. of New York City's Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) from 1929-1943; art historian; b. 1/28/1902, Detroit, Mich.; d. 8/15/1981, Salisbury, Conn.)
- His Defining modern art, 1986:CIP t.p. (Alfred H. Barr) CIP galley (d. 1981)
- His What is modern painting? 1974:t.p. (Alfred H. Barr, Jr.)
- New York times, Oct. 19, 2021:in an article entitled, "A 'Holy Grail' of Folk Art, Hiding in Plain Sight" on page C3 (William Edmondson; lived and died in Nashville, Tenn.; the first Black artist to have a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1937; Edmondson was self-taught, he began sculpting in 1934, when he was about 60; he came to the art world's attention around 1936 when a neighbor, the writer Sidney Mttron Hirsch, came across Edmondson's vast sculpture collection. Hirsch's friends introduced Edmondson to several of their artist friends, including Louise Dahl-Wolfe, a photographer for Harper's Bazaar magazine in New York. She brought Edmondson's work to the attention of Alfred H. Barr Jr., the director of the Museum of Modern Art)
- New York. Museum of Modern Art. Paul Klee, 1930.
- Alfred Hamilton Barr Jr. born January 28, 1902, died August 15, 1981; an American art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. From that position, he was one of the most influential forces in the development of popular attitudes toward modern art; for example, his arranging of the blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition of 1935, in the words of author Bernice Kert, was "a precursor to the hold Van Gogh has to this day on the contemporary imagination" ( (Wikipedia, 30 Oct. 2021) )
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