Harold P Stern

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Name Harold Stern Role Historian		Died April 3, 1977
Books Birds, Beasts, Blossoms, and Bugs: The Nature of Japan

Harold Philip Stern (May 3, 1922 – April 3, 1977) was an American art historian and curator specializing in Asian art.

He worked at Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution and served as its director from 1971 to 1977.

Literary works

Masterpieces of Korean art, 1957

Masterprints of ukiyo-e hanga, 1960

Rimpa: Masterworks of the Japanese decorative school, 1971

The magnificent three: lacquer, netsuke and tsuba, 1972

Ukiyo-e paintings, Freer Gallery art, 1973

Birds, beasts, blossoms and bugs: the nature of Japan, 1976

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