Charles Percy Parkhurst

For other people named Charles Parkhurst, see Charles Parkhurst (disambiguation).

Charles Percy Parkhurst (January 23, 1913 – 25 June 2008) was an American museum curator best known for his work on the Roberts Commission, tracking down art looted during World War II.

Biography

Parkhurst was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Oberlin, Ohio. He earned a B.A. at Williams College in 1935, a M.A. at Oberlin College in 1938 and a M.F.A. at Princeton University in 1941.

During his tenure as Director of The Baltimore Museum of Art from 1962–1970, a Conservation Department was established in the Museum, a new floor was added to the American Wing, the Wurtzburger Collection of modern sculpture was added to the collection, and several friends groups were put together. Parkhurst also assisted in establishing the Maryland State Arts Council and the Maryland Revolutionary War Bicentennial Commission.^[1]

The Roberts Commission found and returned more than five million artifacts and art works to their rightful owners.^[2]

References

1. ^ Rosenthal, Gertrude, "Charles Parkhurst: His Years as the Museum's Director," The Baltimore Museum of Art Record, Vol. 1, No. 4 (December 1970): p. 3-6.
2. ^ Grimes, William (June 28, 2008). "Charles Parkhurst, Who Tracked Down Looted Art, Dies at 95". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/arts/design/28parkhurst.html. Retrieved 2008-07-01. "Charles Parkhurst, a museum director in Baltimore and Washington and one of the “monuments men,” an Allied Forces team that chased down leads, pried open crates and snooped around museums, salt mines and castles in search of art stolen by the Nazis during World War II, died on Thursday at his home in Amherst, Mass. He was 95." 

• Charles Parkhurst interview, 1982 Oct. 27, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. [1]

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Name	Parkhurst, Charles Percy
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Date of birth	January 23, 1913
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