Jonathan Brown (art historian)
Jonathan Brown | |
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| Born | July 15, 1939 Oxford University; Gran Cruz, Order of Alfonso X el Sabio (Spain); Medalla de Oro de Bellas Artes (Spain); Catedratico, Museo Nacional del Prado (Spain)[citation needed ] |
Jonathan Mayer Brown (July 15, 1939 – January 17, 2022) was an American art historian, known for his work on Spanish art, particularly Diego Velázquez. He was Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Fine Arts at New York University.[1]
Early life and education
Brown was born on July 15, 1939, in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Leonard M. Brown, an insurance agent and Jean Brown, a librarian and art collector who was particularly intrigued by the Fluxus movement.[2] He studied Spanish literature at Dartmouth College and spent a year abroad in Madrid.[3] While in Spain, he became fascinated with the painter Diego Velázquez, which inspired a lifelong interest in Spanish art.[1] He graduated from Dartmouth in 1960 and continued on to Princeton University, where he received his PhD in 1964 with a dissertation titled "Painting in Seville from Pacheco to Murillo: A Study of Artistic Transition."[4]
Academic career
Brown began his teaching career at Princeton in 1965. The same year, Brown was promoted to associate professor. In 1972, he received the
Curation
Brown curated and co-curated a number of exhibitions throughout his career. While a faculty member at Princeton, he organized "
Personal life and death
Brown died at his home in Princeton on January 17, 2022, at the age of 82.[2][12][13]
Awards and honors
Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford University, 1981[14]
Comendador de la Orden de Isabel la Católica, 1986
Medalla de Oro de Bellas Artes (Spain), 1986
American Philosophical Society, 1988[15]
Gran Cruz, Order of Alfonso X el Sabio (Spain), 1996
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996[17]
Premio Elio Antonio Negrija, University of Salamanca, 1997
College Art Association Distinguished Scholar, 2011[18]
Corresponding member, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Selected publications
- (with Robert Enggass) Italy and Spain, 1600–1750: Sources and Documents, 1970 ISBN 0810110652
- LCCN 73-77440)
- LCCN 73-10481)
- Images and Ideas in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Painting, 1978 ISBN 0691039410
- (with ISBN 0300025076
- ISBN 9780821215067
- Velázquez: Painter and Courtier, 1986ISBN 9780300034660
- "Enemies of Flattery: Velázquez' Portraits of Philip IV", in Rotberg, Robert I. and Rabb, Theodore K., Art and History: Images and Their Meaning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- The Golden Age of Painting in Spain, 1991 LCCN 90-12564)
- Kings and Connoisseurs: Collecting Art in Seventeenth-Century Europe, 1995. (A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1994) ISBN 069104497X
- (editor) ISBN 978-0300064759
- (with Carmen Garrido) Velázquez: The Technique of Genius, 1998 ISBN 9780300101249
- (with Susan Grace Galassi), El Greco: Themes & Variations [exh. cat. booklet], 2001[19]
- (edited with J. H. Elliott), The Sale of the Century: Artistic Relations between Spain and Great Britain, 1604–1655, 2002 ISBN 9780300097610
- (with Susan Grace Galassi) Goya's Last Works [exh. cat.], 2006 ISBN 9780300117677
- Collected Writings on Velázquez, 2008 ISBN 9780300144932
- (with Susan Grace Galassi, Joanna Sheers, Pablo Pérez d'Ors) The Spanish Manner: Drawings from Ribera to Goya [exh. cat.], 2010 LCCN 2010-15467)
- Murillo: Virtuoso Draftsman, 2011 ISBN 9780300175707
- (edited with Luisa Elena Alcalá) Painting in Latin America 1550-1820: From Conquest to Independence, 2014 ISBN 9780300191011
- In the Shadow of Velázquez: A Life in Art History, 2014ISBN 9780300203967
- Art and Empire: The Golden Age of Spain [exh. cat.], 2019. ISBN 9780937108604
References
- ^ a b c Sorensen, Lee (September 23, 2016). "Brown, Jonathan M[ayer]". Dictionary of Art Historians. Archived from the original (Wayback Machine) on September 23, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Aton, Francesca (January 18, 2022), "Jonathan Brown, Art Historian Who Wrote Defining Books on Velázquez, Dies at 82", ArtNEWS, retrieved January 20, 2022
- ^ Princeton University (2015). "Department of Art and Archaeology, Research, Dissertations Completed." Accessed January 13, 2015.
- ^ "Awards for Distinction | Programs | College Art Association". www.collegeart.org. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ISSN 0004-3079.
- ^ Brown, Jonathan (2014). In the Shadow of Velázquez: A Life in Art History (New Haven: Yale University Press).
- ^ Jusepe de Ribera: prints and drawings; [catalogue of an exhibition The Art Museum, Princeton University, October–November 1973] in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- ^ Schulz, Andrew (2006). "Jonathan Brown and Susan Grace Galassi Goya's Last Works (Review)." caa.reviews (November 14, 2006). Accessed January 14, 2015.
- ^ Rodríguez G. de Ceballos, Alfonso (2011). "Pintura de los reinos. Identidades compartidas en el mundo hispánico." Archivo español de arte LXXXIV, no. 333: 105-6.
- Musée du Louvre. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "Muere el hispanista Jonathan Brown, gran experto en Velázquez". ABC.es. January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ Kagan, Richard; Lubar, Robert; Sullivan, Edward. "Jonathan Brown: A Life". Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ^ "The History of the Slade Professors". www.hoa.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts". www.nga.gov. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ "Jonathan Brown". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "Annual Conference | Programs | CAA". www.collegeart.org. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ Brown, Jonathan; Galassi, Susan Grace (2001). El Greco. Themes & Variations: Exhibition, The Frick Collection May 15 - July 29, 2001. Frick Collection. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
External links
Oral history interview at the Institute of Fine Arts, conducted by Elizabeth Buhe in 2014.
