Full Name: Richards, Louise S
Other Names:
- Louise Richards
Date Born: 27 September 1920
Date Died: 07 October 2013
Place Born: Columbus, Franklin, OH, USA
Place Died: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA
Home Country/ies: United States
Subject Area(s): prints (visual works)
Institution(s): Cleveland Museum of Art
Overview
Curator of Prints, Cleveland Museum of Art. Richards was born in Columbus, OH, and graduated from the Columbus School for Girls. After receiving an A.B. degree from Denison University in 1942 she was granted an M.A. degree in Art History from Oberlin College in 1944. Richards served five years as assistant to the curator of the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. She joined the Print division of the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1952, under the direction of Beatrice Proske. In 1967, Richards made the momentous discovery that a famous print ,The Battle of the Nudes by Antonio del Pollaiuolo, in the Museum’s collection was a first-state of the print, still today the only one known. Richards remained at the Museum for 34 years retiring in 1986 as Chief Curator of Prints and Drawings.
Richards authored and co-authored many exhibition catalogs for the Museum, many with Associate Curator Louise Prasse.
Sources
- “Louise S Richards.” Cleveland Plain Dealer https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/louise-richards-obituary?id=22285974
- Shinn, Dorothy. “Exhibit is a Draw for Print Collectors: Unique First-State Print is Stepping Off Point for a lot at Cleveland Museum.” September 16, 2002, p. E1.
- “Museum displays 70 of its treasures on delicate paper.” Cleveland Plain Dealer April 11, 2014.