Full Name: Allen L. Josephine
Other Names:
- Josephine Lansing Allen
- Josephine Allen
- Mrs. H. D Allen
Date Born: 02 July 1893
Place Born: Cairo, Egypt
Career(s): art historians
Overview
European paintings curator. Josephine L. Allen served as an associate curator in the Department of Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as Associate Curator in Charge of Loans. Her work focused on European paintings, specifically British and Venetian art. She wrote Portrait Drawings by Copley and contributed to Capriccio by Canaletto along with Marjorie J. Milne, Albert Ten Eyck Gardner, Murray Pease, and William C. Hayes. She also published articles in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, including studies on William Morris Hunt and John La Farge (1936). At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she was involved in the management and documentation of loans and collections and identified the stolen painting “St. Thomas” in 1944.
Selected Bibliography
- Allen, Josephine L. Portrait Drawings by Copley. New York: The Museum Press, 1939; (book)
- Allen, Josephine L. Eminent Americans: A Picture Book. New York: The Museum Press, 1939; (book)
- Allen, Josephine L., Marjorie J. Milne, Albert Ten Eyck Gardner, Murray Pease, and William C. Hayes. Capriccio by Canaletto. New York, 1946; (book)
- Allen, Josephine L., and Elizabeth E. Gardner. European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum. New York: Plantin Press, 1954; (book)
- Allen, Josephine L. “Exhibition of the Work of John La Farge.” Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (1936); (article)
- Allen, Josephine L. “The Bathers by William Morris Hunt.” Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (1936); (article)
- Allen, Josephine L. “Portrait of a Patriot.” Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin; (article)
Sources
Hutton, Ann Hawkes. Portrait of Patriotism. New York: Chilton Company, 1959; (book)
Archives
“News Release.” Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wednesday, January 19, 1949; (archival document)