- John Charles Van Dyke
John Charles Van Dyke (1856–1932) was an American art historian and critic. He was born at
New Brunswick, New Jersey , studied at Columbia, and for many years inEurope . He was admitted to the New York bar in 1877 but never practiced law. He was appointed librarian at Sage Library, New Brunswick in 1878, then in 1899 professor of art history in Rutgers College. He was elected to theNational Institute of Arts and Letters . His publications on art subjects include:
* "How to Judge a Picture" (1888)
* "Art for Art's Sake" (1893)
* "A History of Painting" (1894; new edition, 1915)
* "Nature for its Own Sake" (1898; fourth edition, 1906)
* "Opal Sea: Continued Studies in Impressions and Appearances" (1906)
* "Studies in Pictures" (1907)
* "The Desert" (1906)
* "The Mountain" (1916)Professor Van Dyke wrote a series of critical guide books: "New Guides to Old Masters." He edited "Modern French Masters" (1896); "Old Dutch and Flemish Masters" (1901); "Old English Masters"; and a series of histories covering the history of art in America.
John C. Van Dyke was the son of Judge John Van Dyke, and great grandson of
John Honeyman , a spy forGeorge Washington who played a critical role at thebattle of Trenton .
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