Ambassador Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1992) Special Award
John Wilmerding
ジョン・ウィルマーディング
John Wilmerding
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1938-04-28 （Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.）
- Died
- 2024-06-06 （New York City, U.S.） age 86
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- art historian, collector, curator, professor, author
- Active Years
- 1960-2024
- Affiliations
- Dartmouth College (faculty), National Gallery of Art (senior curator, deputy director), Princeton University (Christopher Binyon Sarofim Professor of American Art)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul's School | — | — | secondary | — | United States |
| Harvard University | — | Art History | A.B. | 1956–1960 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | Art History | Ph.D. | 1960–1965 | United States |
St. Paul's School
Degree:
secondary
Country:
United States
Attended the boarding school in New Hampshire.
Harvard University
Art History
Degree:
A.B.
Period:
1956–1960
Year of Graduation:
1960
Country:
United States
Received A.B. (1960), later M.A. (1961) and Ph.D. (1965) in art history.
Harvard University
Art History
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1960–1965
Year of Graduation:
1965
Country:
United States
Dissertation titled 'A History of American Marine Painting Up to the Age of Steam.' Focus on American marine painting.
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A History of American Marine Painting
1968 Art historyA study based on his doctoral research outlining trends and artists in 19th-century American marine painting up to the age of steam.
marine painting19th-century American arttechnology and representation
Winslow Homer
1972 Art historyA book organizing the style and critical assessment of important American painter Winslow Homer.
monographic study19th–20th century art
American Views—Essays on American Art
1993 Essays / CriticismA collection of essays on American art addressing the significance of American art history and key artists.
art-historical discoursecultural history
The Pop Object: The Still Life Tradition in Pop Art
2013 Art history / exhibition catalogueExamines the tradition and transformation of still-life representation within Pop Art.
Pop Artstill life
Bibliography
- A History of American Marine Painting (1968)
- Robert Salmon, Painter of Ship & Shore (1971)
- Winslow Homer (1972)
- Important Information inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Painting in Nineteenth-Century America (1983)
- American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art (1980)
- American Views—Essays on American Art (1993)
- The Pop Object: The Still Life Tradition in Pop Art (2013)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly yet accessible prosedetailed visual analysis with contextual framing
- Recurring Motifs
- sea and marine paintingAmerican regional landscapesmonographs and museum collection studies
Health
-
congestive heart failure2024Was the cause of death in 2024; he died at age 86.
Legacy
Made major contributions to the study and dissemination of American art history, donating and endowing works to the National Gallery of Art. Educator at institutions like Princeton and associated with the establishment of a fund in his name to support education in American art.
Museums
- National Gallery of Art (John Wilmerding Collection exhibition) Washington, D.C., U.S. Opened in 2004
Archives
- Smithsonian Archives of American Art (oral history interview)
Trivia
- Born into prominent old New York families connected to the Havemeyer and Vanderbilt lines.
- Began collecting while at Harvard, purchasing a Fitz Hugh Lane painting as a student.
- Announced that his collection would remain at the National Gallery of Art in perpetuity (exhibited in 2004).
- In 2016 the Walton Family Foundation grant established the John Wilmerding Fund for Education in American Art at the National Gallery of Art.
- Died in 2024 in Manhattan of congestive heart failure at age 86.