Robert Goldwater
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Robert Goldwater | |
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| Born | November 23, 1907 |
| Died | March 26, 1973 (aged 65) New York City, New York |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3, including Jean-Louis Bourgeois |
Robert Goldwater (November 23, 1907 – March 26, 1973) was an American art historian, African arts scholar and the first director of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, from 1957 to 1973. He was married to the French artist and sculptor Louise Bourgeois.
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In 1969, Nelson Rockefeller offered the entire Museum of Primitive Art collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which established a curatorial department for the care, study and exhibition of the works. A new wing was proposed, to be named in honor of Rockefeller's son Michael who disappeared in 1961 during an expedition in New Guinea with Dutch anthropologist René Wassing. Goldwater served as Consultative Chairman of the Metropolitan Museum's Department of Primitive Art from 1971 until his death. The wing, which contains both the Metropolitan Museum's existing holdings with those of the Primitive Museum's former holdings, opened to the public in January 1982. The departmental library was renamed the Robert Goldwater Library in Goldwater's memory.
Books
- Le Primitivisme dans l'art moderne. Denise Paulme. Paris : Presses universitaires de France (1988)
- The paintings of Arshile Gorky : a critical catalogue; by Jim M Jordan; Robert John Goldwater. New York : London : New York University Press (1982)
- Symbolism. London : Penguin Books (1979)
- Robert Goldwater : a memorial exhibition, October 1973 – February 1974, The Museum of Primitive Art, New York; by Robert John Goldwater; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dept. of Primitive Art, New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1973)
- Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from the Museum of primitive art. New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1969)
- What is modern sculpture? New York, Museum of Modern Art; distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn. (1969)
- Space and dream. M. Knoedler & Co. New York, Walker (1968; 1967)
- Primitivism in modern art. N.Y., Wittenborn (1966); Vintage books (1966)
- Senufo sculpture from West Africa. Museum of Primitive Art, New York, N.Y. Greenwich, Conn., Distributed by New York Graphic Society (1964)
- The Great Bieri. Museum of Primitive Art, New York (1962)
- Traditional art of the African nations; by Museum of Primitive Art, New York, Distributed by University Publishers (1961)
- Bambara sculpture from the Western Sudan. Museum of Primitive Art, New York, distributed by University Publishers (1960)
- Lipchitz. London : A. Zwemmer (1958)
- Modern art in everyday life. New York, Abrams (1955)
- Modern art in your life. New York, Museum of Modern Art (1953)
- Abstraction in art. New York, Abrams (1953)
- Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890); by Meyer Schapiro; Robert John Goldwater; New York : H.N. Abrams (1953; 1952)
- Rufino Tamayo. New York, Quadrangle Press (1947)
- Artists on art, from the XIV to the XX century. 100 illustrations; by Robert John Goldwater; Marco Treves. New York, Pantheon books (1958; 1947; 1945)
- Primitivism in modern painting. New York, London, Harper & Brothers (1967; 1938)
- Paul Gauguin. New York, H.N. Abrams (1928)
