Other names Alfred Kummer Moir Role Art Historian Name Alfred Moir | Fields art history Nationality American Alma mater Harvard University | |
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Born April 12, 1924
Minneapolis, Minnesota ( 1924-04-12 ) Institutions University of California, Santa Barbara Thesis The Character and Development of Caravaggism in Italy and its Regional Aspects (1953) Died November 13, 2010, Santa Barbara, California, United States Institution University of California, Santa Barbara Books The Italian followers of Caravaggio | ||
Alfred Moir (14 April 1924 - 13 November 2010) was an art historian, collector and author of numerous books on baroque art.
Moir (pronounced 'Moi-er') was the son of William Wilmerding Moir and Blanche Kummer. Between 1943 and 1946, he served in the U.S. Army, turning down an officer's commission to retire as Master Sergeant.
In 1948, Moir obtained his bachelor’s from Harvard, followed, in 1949, by an M.A. After being granted a Ph.D. by Harvard University in 1953, Moir taught at Newcomb–Tulane College, New Orleans. He joined the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1963, from where he retired emeritus in 1991.
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