Martha Tedeschi

Martha Tedeschi
Martha Tedeschi
Born	Martha P. Tedeschi; April 1, 1958 (age 66)
Nationality	Art historian; Curator
Spouse	Michael Lukasiewicz
Children	2 (Samuel and Jacob)
Academic background
Alma mater	Brown University; University of Michigan; Northwestern University
Thesis	How Prints Work: Reproductions, Originals, and Their Markets in England, 1840–1900 (1994)
Academic advisors	S. Hollis Clayson; Nancy J. Troy
Academic work
Discipline	Art history
Sub-discipline	Nineteenth-century American and British prints and drawings
Institutions	Art Institute of Chicago; Harvard Art Museums

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. She is a scholar of nineteenth-century American and British prints and drawings, especially works by artists such as Winslow Homer, John Marin, and James McNeill Whistler

Career

Born to John and Anne, Tedeschi received a

Art History from Brown University in 1980, and a Master of Arts in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Michigan in 1982. Her thesis at Michigan focused on Girolamo Mocetto and was titled "The Calumny of Appelles: An Early Sixteenth-Century Engraving by Girolamo Mocetto." In 1994, Tedeschi received a Doctor of Philosophy in Art History from Northwestern University. Her dissertation, supervised by S. Hollis Clayson and Nancy J. Troy

In 1999, Tedeschi was named the Print Trust Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago.^[1] In 2012, she was promoted to Deputy Director for Art and Research. Four years later, she was named the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums, succeeding Thomas W. Lentz.^[2]

Tedeschi is a member of the Association of Art Museum Curators, the Association of Art Museum Directors, and has served as President of the Print Council of America from 2009 through 2013.^[3] She has published extensively within the academic journal Print Quarterly.

Tedeschi is married to Michael Lukasiewicz, with whom she has two children: Samuel and Jacob.^[4]

Preceded by Thomas W. Lentz	Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director Harvard Art Museums 2016 – present	Incumbent

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