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John Walker (curator), the Glossary

John Walker III (December 24, 1906 – October 16, 1995) was an American art curator, and the second director of the National Gallery of Art, from 1956 to 1969.^[1]

37 relations: A Young Girl Reading, Abrams Books, Amberley, West Sussex, American Academy in Rome, Andrew Mellon, Armand Hammer, Bernard Berenson, Chester Dale, Curator, David E. Finley Jr., Edward Warburg, El Greco, England, Fishers Island, New York, Ginevra de' Benci, Harvard University, J. Carter Brown, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Joseph E. Widener, Leonardo da Vinci, Lincoln Kirstein, Little, Brown and Company, Los Angeles Times, National Gallery of Art, Paul J. Sachs, Pennsylvania, Philip Johnson, Pittsburgh, Rembrandt, The Independent, The New York Times, United Kingdom, United States, United States Commission of Fine Arts, Villa I Tatti, Washington, D.C., Yousuf Karsh.
National Gallery of Art

A Young Girl Reading

Young Girl Reading, or The Reader (La Liseuse), is an 18th-century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

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Abrams Books

Abrams, formerly Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (HNA), is an American publisher of art and illustrated books, children's books, and stationery.

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Amberley, West Sussex

Amberley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.

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American Academy in Rome

The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo in Rome, Italy.

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Andrew William Mellon (March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), known also as A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. John Walker (curator) and Andrew Mellon are National Gallery of Art.

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Armand Hammer

Armand Hammer (May 21, 1898 – December 10, 1990) was an American business manager and owner.

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Bernard Berenson

Bernard Berenson (June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance.

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Chester Dale

Chester Dale (May 3, 1883 – December 16, 1962) was an American banker and art collector. John Walker (curator) and Chester Dale are National Gallery of Art.

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Curator

A curator (from cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer.

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David E. Finley Jr.

David Edward Finley Jr. (September 1, 1890 – February 1, 1977) was an American cultural leader during the middle third of the 20th century. John Walker (curator) and David E. Finley Jr. are National Gallery of Art.

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Edward Warburg

Edward Mortimer Morris Warburg (June 5, 1908 – September 1992) was an American philanthropist and patron of the arts from New York City.

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El Greco

Doménikos Theotokópoulos (Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος,; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fishers Island, New York

Fishers Island (Pequot: Munnawtawkit) is an island that is part of Southold, New York, United States at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, off the southeastern coast of Connecticut across Fishers Island Sound.

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Ginevra de' Benci

Ginevra de' Benci is a portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci of the 15th-century Florentine aristocrat Ginevra de' Benci (born). It was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. US from Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein in February 1967 for a record price for a painting of between $5 and $6 million.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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J. Carter Brown

John Carter Brown III (October 8, 1934 – June 17, 2002) was the director of the U.S. National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992 and a leading figure in American intellectual life. John Walker (curator) and J. Carter Brown are National Gallery of Art.

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (5 April 1732 (birth/baptism certificate) – 22 August 1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism.

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Joseph E. Widener

Joseph Early Widener (August 19, 1871 – October 26, 1943) was a wealthy American art collector who was a founding benefactor of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. A major figure in thoroughbred horse racing, he was head of New York's Belmont Park and builder of Miami's Hialeah Park racetrack in Florida.

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.

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Lincoln Kirstein

Lincoln Edward Kirstein (May 4, 1907 – January 5, 1996) was an American writer, impresario, art connoisseur, philanthropist, and cultural figure in New York City, noted especially as co-founder of the New York City Ballet.

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Little, Brown and Company

Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW.

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Paul J. Sachs

Paul Joseph Sachs (November 24, 1878 – February 18, 1965) was an American investor, businessman and museum director. John Walker (curator) and Paul J. Sachs are American art curators.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Philip Johnson

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Commission of Fine Arts

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) is an independent agency of the federal government of the United States, and was established in 1910.

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Villa I Tatti

Villa I Tatti, The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies is a center for advanced research in the humanities located in Florence, Italy, and belongs to Harvard University.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Yousuf Karsh

Yousuf Karsh, FRPS (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was an Armenian-Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_(curator)

John Walker (curator), the Glossary

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National Gallery of Art

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