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Dictionary of Art Historians

Grid of 8 scholars' portraits: From left to right. Top Row: Adolf Furtwängler, Linda Nochlin, Gylbert Coker, David Driskell; Bottom Row: Petrine Archer-Straw, Franz Kugler, Michael Camille, Gisela M. A. Richter.
From left to right. Top Row: Adolf Furtwängler, Linda Nochlin, Gylbert Coker, David Driskell; Bottom Row: Petrine Archer-Straw, Franz Kugler, Michael Camille, Gisela M. A. Richter.

A biographical database of historic art historians of western art. A free, scholarly resource for scholars, students, and publics. Continually updated.

A long-running digital humanities project, the Dictionary began as a set of index cards in a shoe box and has undergone many iterations. Play the video to learn more.

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  • Sims, Lowery Stokes

    First African American curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972-1999, Executive Director and President of the Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC. Sims was born in Washington, DC and grew…

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  • King-Hammond, Leslie

    King-Hammond is an art historian focusing on nineteenth and twentieth-century African American art and women artists. She is also the Founding Director of the Center for Race and Culture at…

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  • Möller, Emil

    Leonardo da Vinci scholar; influential teacher

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