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Art historian, curator and museum director from the United States
John Walsh
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Art historian, curator and museum director from the United States
A.K.A.
John Joseph Walsh, Jr.
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Mason City, USA
Age
87 years
Education
Columbia University,
Yale University,
Notable Works
Jan Steen: The Drawing Lesson
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John Joseph Walsh Jr. (born 1937 in Mason City, Washington) is an American art historian, curator and museum director.He served as director of the J. Paul Getty Museum from 1983–2000, supervising the planning and completion of the Getty's Richard Meier-designed Getty Center and transforming the Getty's art collection through new acquisitions.
Walsh graduated from Yale University in 1961, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. Walsh earned a Ph.D from Columbia University.He worked in curatorial capacities at the Frick Collection and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, prior to assuming the directorship of the Getty. Walsh is now on the Board of Trustees of the Hammer Museum
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