Harry Bober (1915-1988) was an American art historian, a university professor, and a writer. He was the first Avalon Professor of the Humanities a New York University (NYU).[1]
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Bober's began his study of art history at the City University of New York. In 1936, he was among the first group of students to enroll in the Fine Arts Graduate Center at NYU. This would later Institute of Fine Arts. He earned an MA in 1940, and his Ph.D. in 1949. The 1950-51 year was spent as a Senior Research Fellow at the Warburg Institute.[2]
Bober taught at Harvard University 1951-54. In 1954 he returned to New York, joining the NYU faculty.[2]
Bober was professor of medieval art at the NYU's Institute of Fine Arts (IFA/NYU) from 1954 until his death in 1988.[3]
He also taught at Queens College, Smith College, and Johns Hopkins University.[1]
Complementing his career as an academic, he served as one of the founding members of the Board of Directors of the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR).[4]
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Harry Bober, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 110+ works in 150+ publications in 4 languages and 1,300+ library holdings .[5]