George Heard Hamilton
George Heard Hamilton (1910-2004)[1] was Professor of art history at Yale University, 1936-1966.
Hamilton was born in Pittsburgh and received his BA in English and an MA in History from Yale. His early specialism was the medieval world and he published his master's thesis on medieval manuscripts in 1933.
He worked at the Walters Art Gallery from 1934 but returned to New Haven in 1936 where he joining the faculty of Yale University where he remained for the rest of his career. He completed a Ph.D on Delacroix in 1942.
Hamilton had a wide range of appointments in the academic art world in addition to his position at Yale, including Slade professor at Cambridge University from 1971.
He married Polly Wiggin in 1946. He died in Williamstown, MA.[2]
Selected publications
- Manet and his Critics.
- The Art and Architecture of Russia. (Pelican History of Art)
- Painting and Sculpture in Europe. (Pelican History of Art)
References
- ↑ Hamilton, George Heard Dictionary of Art Historians, 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ George Heard Hamilton, 93, Museum Director and Author New York Times, 1 April 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
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