Suhr, William, 1896-1984 | ||||||||||
type | Scholar/Critic/Expert | |||||||||
dates | 1896-1984 | |||||||||
city | New York City | |||||||||
state | NY | |||||||||
other cities | Berlin, Germany; Detroit, MI; | |||||||||
sex | M | |||||||||
history |
Trained in Berlin, Suhr came to the United States to work under Wilhelm Valentiner at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1927; in 1933 he moved to New York, where he was restorer to the Frick Collection while retaining his private clientele. He was chief conservator for the New York World’s Fair in 1939. After World War II he worked closely with the art market in New York, especially for Rosenberg and Stiebel and others. |
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decades | 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 |
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updated | 03/22/2024 12:09:28 | |||||||||
research links |
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