Role Art historian | Name John Walsh | |
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Thesis Jan and Julius Porcellis: Dutch Marine Painters (1974) Books The J Paul Getty Museum, Jan Steen: The Drawing, Memoirs of A Middle Aged Ch Similar People David Rosand, Cynthia P Schneider, Hans Belting, Peter Sellars | ||
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John Joseph Walsh, Jr. (born 1937, Mason City, WA) is an American art historian, curator and museum director. He served as director of the J. Paul Getty Museum from 1983–2000, supervising the planning and completion of the Getty's Richard Meier-designed Getty Center and transforming the Getty's art collection through new acquisitions.
Walsh graduated from Yale University in 1961, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. Walsh earned a Ph.D from Columbia University. He worked in curatorial capacities at the Frick Collection and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, prior to assuming the directorship of the Getty. Walsh is now on the Board of Trustees of the Hammer Museum
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