Alfred Hamilton Barr, Sr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Alfred_Hamilton_Barr,_Sr.
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:birthDate 1902-01-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Detroit,_Michigan,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1981-08-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Sharon,_Connecticut,_United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Museum_of_Modern_Art
gptkbp:fieldOfWork modern art
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Alfred_Hamilton_Barr,_Sr.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alfred Hamilton Barr, Sr.
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Philip_Johnson
gptkb:Dorothy_C._Miller
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Roger_Fry
gptkb:Henri_Focillon
gptkbp:knownFor first director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Cubism_and_Abstract_Art_(1936)
What is Modern Painting? (1943)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:art_historian
museum director
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Victoria_Barr
gptkbp:positionHeld Director of the Museum of Modern Art
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Scolari_Barr
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alfred_H._Barr,_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6