| Kurtz, Charles M. (Charles McMeen), 1855-1909 | ||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector Scholar/Critic/Expert Dealer/Gallery | |||||||||||||||
| dates | 1855-1909 | |||||||||||||||
| city | Newcastle | |||||||||||||||
| state | PA | |||||||||||||||
| other cities | Washington, DC; New York, NY; Buffalo, NY; Albany, NY; | |||||||||||||||
| sex | M | |||||||||||||||
| history |
Arts administrator, museum director, collector, private dealer and editor. Attended Washington & Jefferson College and the National Academy of Design. Began his career as the editor of National Academy of Design's "National Academy Notes," 1881-1889, American Art Union Magazine (1884), and New York Daily Star (1889). He was Director of the Art Dept., Southern Exposition (Louisville, Ky.), 1883-1886; Ass't. Chief, Dept. of Fine Arts, World's Columbian Exposition; Director, Art Dept., St. Louis Exposition & Music Hall Assoc., 1894-1899 (where he introduced the Glasgow school of painting, a group of Scottish artists and the Danish School in 1895); Asst. Director of Fine Arts, U.S. Commission to the International Universal Exposition, Paris, 1900; and Asst. Chief, Dept. of Fine Arts, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. From 1905-1909, Kurtz was director of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy (later the Albright Art Gallery), and editor of Academy Notes. |
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| decades | 1880-1890 1890-1900 1910-1920 |
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| updated | 03/22/2024 12:09:29 | |||||||||||||||
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