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Name
  
Franck Deren

Died
  
July 11, 2004, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Books
  
The painter and the photograph

Education
  
Awards
  
Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada

Frank Van Deren Coke, F. Van Deren Coke, or Van Deren Coke (July 4, 1921 – July 11, 2004) was an American photographer, scholar and museum professional. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and died in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Museum jobs

Coke was the founding director of the University of New Mexico Art Museum from 1962 to 1970. In 1970—during Beaumont Newhall's final year—he served as Deputy Director and from 1971 to 1972 as Director of George Eastman House. From 1979 to 1987 he was director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's photography department.

Notable Publications

  • Taos and Santa Fe : The Artists Environment, 1882-1942. OCLC 833769. 
  • The Painter and the Photograph : From Delacroix to Warhol. OCLC 256243099. 
  • Nordfeldt The Painter. OCLC 186959898. 
  • Andrew Dasburg. OCLC 5102073. 
  • Photography in New Mexico : from the daguerreotype to the present. OCLC 4494710. 
  • References

    Van Deren Coke Wikipedia


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