Dictionary of Art Historians

Hopps, Walter C

Full Name
Hopps, Walter C
Other Names
Walter Hopps
Gender
male
Date Born
1933
Date Died
2005
Place Born
Eagle Rock, CA, USA
Place Died
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Home Country
United States
Institution
Menil Collection
Selected Bibliography
Marcel Duchamp: a Retrospective Exhibition. Pasadena, CA: Padadena Museum of Art, 1963; The Art Show [of Ed Kienholz]. Washington, DC: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 1968;
Sources
McKenna, Kristine. The Ferus Gallery: A Place to Begin. Steidl, 2009; Cool School [documentary video]; [obituaries:] Richard, Paul. "Walter Hopps, Museum Man With a Talent For Talent." Washington Post March 22, 2005 [see correction], p. C01; Lamb, Yvonne Shinhoster. "Walter Hopps; Curator of 20th-Century Art." Washington Post March 22, 2005,p. B06; Smith, Roberta. "Walter Hopps, 72, Curator With a Flair for the Modern." New York Times March 23, 2005 , p. C15.
Contributors
Lee Sorensen