Alfred H. Barr Jr.
Historian
1902-01-28 – 1981-08-15
Alfred H. Barr Jr. was an American art historian and the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He played a key role in establishing modern art curation and museum practice in the United States. His exhibitions and writing strongly influenced twentieth-century art history.
Quotes by Alfred H. Barr Jr.
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Except the American woman, nothing interests the eye of American man more than the automobile, or seems so important to him as an object of esthetic appreciation.
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