| Judy Goffman Cutler | |
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Judy Goffman Cutler |
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| Residence | Newport, Rhode Island, New York City |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Museum Director, Curator and Co-Founder of the National Museum of American Illustration/ Executive Director of the American Illustrators Gallery |
| Spouse | Laurence S. Cutler |
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| www.americanillustration.org | |
Judy Goffman Cutler is an art dealer, art collector, co-founder of the National Museum of American Illustration, and founder and Executive Director of the American Illustrators Gallery, NYC, the premier gallery showcasing major original artworks from the 'Golden Age of American Illustration'. Their collection includes works by Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, Elizabeth Shippen Green, NC Wyeth, Howard Pyle, Jessie Willcox Smith, Howard Chandler Christy, JC Leyendecker, Violet Oakley, James Montgomery Flagg, and many other illustrators. Judy is the co-founder and Advisory Director to ARTShows and Products, Corp. (ASaP) and is the co-founder of The Alliance for Art and Architecture LLC. She has authored and co-authored over fifty exhibition catalogues and art books published by Bison Books/Crescent Books (Random House), Harry N. Abrams, and Pomegranate Artbooks.[1]
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Cutler graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in fine arts and American Civilization and a Masters of Arts degree in education.[2]
Cutler began her career as an art dealer/ collector by recognizing the value of illustration as an integral part of our national heritage and its significant role in the fine arts spectrum. In the 1960s, she collected the original paintings of the greatest artists of the period commonly known as 'The Golden Age of Illustration.' [3]
In 1965, Cutler founded the American Illustrators Gallery in New York City, which features the finest original artworks of the greatest illustration artists and is the premier exhibitor, buyer and seller of American Illustration art. These renowned illustrators include Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, NC Wyeth, Howard Pyle and JC Leyendecker.[4] The gallery has been at the vanguard of what has become one of the most exciting markets in American art with the reawakening of the "Golden Age" in American Illustration. Cutler supervises all appropriate conservation, provenance research, and presentation for each of the artworks.[5]
In 1998, Cutler and husband Laurence, founded the National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI), a nonprofit independent, educational, and aesthetic organization administering and operating the Museum.[6] It is located at Vernon Court (1898) in Newport, a Beaux Arts 18th century French chateaux listed on the National Register of Historic Places and considered one of “the ten most beautiful mansions in America.” [7] The NMAI Advisory Board includes Sen. Claiborne Pell (ret.); Yale Prof. Emeritus Vincent Scully Jr.; entertainer Whoopi Goldberg; the late J. Carter Brown, Director Emeritas of the Natl. Gallery of Art; author Tom Wolfe; Today Show Host Matt Lauer; former Secretary of the Navy, Amb. William Middendorf; and artist Jamie Wyeth; amongst 45 other notables. [8]
The American Imagist Collection housed at the National Museum of American Illustration comprises the largest private collection of Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth, J.C. Leyendecker, Charles Dana Gibson, Maxfield Parrish and many other major illustrators from the 'Golden Age of American Illustration.'[9][10] The 'Golden Age" of American Illustration can be loosely defined as the art created between 1865 to 1945, ultimately ending with the original Saturday Evening Post. Cutler describes her collection as "art that culturally and socially defined its own times within the confines of what was happening chronologically in the United States." [11]
Cutler, along with her husband Laurence S. Cutler, is a co-founder of the American Civilization Foundation, a nonprofit organization established as an independent, educational and aesthetic organization created for the public enlightenment in art, architecture and landscape architectural projects.
Cutler currently spends her time with her husband, Laurence S. Cutler, between New York City and Newport, Rhode Island.