Breck, Joseph, 1885-1933

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Breck, Joseph, 1885-1933
Other forms of name
Breck, Joseph, b. 1885
Breck, Joseph, 1885-
Date of birth
1885
Date of death
1933-08-02
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 39284238
Wikidata: Q17299855
Library of congress: nr 97023980
Sources of Information
  • Dictionary of art historians online, June 12, 2014(Breck, Joseph; born 1885 in Waban MA; died 1933 in Villars sur Ollon, Switzerland; Assistant Director of the Metropolitan Museum and curator of Decorative Arts during the installation of the Cloisters Museum)
  • LC pre-MARC database, June 23, 1997(hdg.: Breck, Joseph, 1885-)
  • The Pierpont Morgan wing, 1929:t.p. (Joseph Breck)

Wikipedia description:

Joseph Henry Breck (1885–1933) was an American curator and museum director. During his career he served as a Director of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Curator of the Decorative Arts Department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, assistant director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and first Director of The Cloisters.

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