Robert Tyler Davis
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Robert Tyler Davis | |
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Born | 1904 |
Died | 1978 |
Nationality | American |
Robert Tyler Davis (1904–1978) was an American
Albright-Knox Gallery, Director at the Portland Art Museum,[2] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts[1] and the Vizcaya-Dade County Art Museum, now Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Davis produced several publications including the book Native arts of the Pacific Northwest.
During his tenure at the
Albright-Knox Gallery, Davis produced a report funded titled The Art Museum and the Secondary School, it is in this report that the first documented occurrence of the term "visual literacy" is recorded in literature.[3]
References
- ^ a b Robert Tyler Davis at the SIA archives.
- ^ Lampen, Sarah (2017). A History of Engagement: The Portland Art Museum. Portland Art Museum. pp. 6–7.
- S2CID 233622183.