Nationality American | Employer Harvard Art Museums | |
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Full Name Martha P. Tedeschi Born April 1, 1958 (age 58) ( 1958-04 ) Books Great Drawings from the Art Institute of Chicago People also search for Harriet K. Stratis, Kristi Dahm Alma maters Brown University, University of Michigan, Northwestern University | ||
Martha P. Tedeschi (born April 1, 1958) is an American art historian and curator. Tedeschi currently serves as the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums.
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Career
Tedeschi is a specialist on British and American prints and drawings. She has published extensively on artists such as Winslow Homer, John Marin, and James McNeill Whistler.
On March 9, 2016, Tedeschi was named the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums. She will begin her tenure effective July 1.
Education
Tedeschi received her BA in art history from Brown University. She then received a MA in art history and museum studies in 1982 from the University of Michigan. Her thesis focused on Girolamo Mocetto and was titled The Calumny of Appelles: An Early Sixteenth-Century Engraving by Girolamo Mocetto. In 1994, she received her PhD in art history from Northwestern University. Her dissertation was titled How Prints Work: Reproductions, Originals, and Their Markets in England, 1840–1900.