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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.
Robert Goldwater was a scholar of modern art and African art, who wrote several books and founded the Museum of Primitive Art. He also advised Nelson Rockefeller on his art collection and facilitated its transfer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
I met Louise Bourgeois when her husband, the art historian Robert Goldwater, was still alive. He was an eminent African arts scholar, and at the time the first director of the Museum of Primitive Art. I thought there must have been a dialogue between his studies and her work.
May 27, 2020 · The next stop on our 150th anniversary tour of the libraries of The Met is The Robert Goldwater Library. Tucked away in a mezzanine level of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, the library is nonetheless one of the Museum's largest departmental libraries, supporting the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
(1907–73) American art historian. He was born in New York and studied at Columbia College (BA 1929), Harvard University (MA 1931), and New York University (PhD 1937). From 1934 he held various teaching positions, and in 1957 he became professor of art history at New York University.
Robert Goldwater (1907-1973) was a pioneer in the study of primitivism and modern art, and the director of the Museum of Primitive Art. He wrote influential books on Gauguin, symbolism, and African sculpture, and taught at NYU and Queens College.
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Robert Goldwater (1907-1973) was a critic, scholar, and curator of modern and primitive art. This web page lists his books, articles, reviews, and exhibition catalogues, covering topics such as Picasso, Gauguin, Seurat, and African sculpture.
