Lee, Sherman E.
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Name (Latin)
Lee, Sherman E.
Date of birth
1918-04-19
Date of death
2008-07-09
Field of activity
Art, Chinese
Occupation
Art museum directors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Sherman Emery
Biographical or Historical Data
b.1918
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Sources of Information
- Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1918)
- New York times WWW site, July 11, 2008(Sherman E. Lee; b. Sherman Emery Lee, Apr. 19, 1918, Seattle; d. Wednesday [July 9, 2008], Chapel Hill, N.C., aged 90; expert on Asian art who as director of the Cleveland Museum of Art for a quarter of a century elevated it to the top echelon of American museums)
- Detroit Institute of Arts of the City of Detroit.Buddhist art, 1942.
Wikipedia description:
Sherman Emery Lee (April 19, 1918 – July 9, 2008) was an American academic, writer, art historian and expert on Asian art. He was Director of the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1958 to 1983. Lee earned his B.A. and M.A. at American University in Washington, D.C. He was awarded his PhD at Western Reserve University in 1941. Lee was "a renowned expert on Asian art." According to Philippe de Montebello, Lee will be remembered for "sensational acquisitions that transformed the Cleveland Museum of Art in all fields."
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