Robert Rosenblum

Robert Rosenblum (1927-2006) was an American art historian and curator known for his influential and often irreverent scholarship on European and American art of the mid-eighteenth to twentieth century. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/09/arts/design/09rose.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Robert Rosenblum, Curator And Art Historian, Dies - New York Times ] ]

Rosenblum was born in New York City in 1927. He studied art history at Queens College and Yale University, and in 1956 received his Ph.D. from New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. [ [http://www.nysun.com/article/44814 Robert Rosenblum, 79, Fine Arts Scholar at NYU - December 8, 2006 - The New York Sun ] ]

Rosenblum's many important publications include Cubism and Twentieth Century Art (1960), Transformations in Late Eighteenth Century Art (1967) and Nineteenth Century Art (co-authored with H.W. Janson, 1984). However, he is perhaps best known for his innovations in curatorial practice, notably his inclusion of non-canonical works and his rejection of standard chronological ordering. [ [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2091823.ece Professor Robert Rosenblum - Obituaries, News - Independent.co.uk ] ]

Rosenblum held teaching positions at Princeton University, the University of Michigan, Yale University, Oxford University and the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. [ [http://www.nysun.com/article/44814 Robert Rosenblum, 79, Fine Arts Scholar at NYU - December 8, 2006 - The New York Sun ] ] He was also the Stephen and Nan Swid Curator of Twentieth-Century Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. [ [http://www.guggenheim.org/news/index.html Guggenheim Museum - News ] ]

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