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Bernard Berenson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bernard G. Berenson, B. Berenson, Berenson, Bernhard Berenson, Bibi, BB, B.B.
American art critic and collector (1865-1959)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1865
- Died
- 1959
- Works
- 365
Top works
- "Un portrait de Titien à Budapest"
- Decline and recovery in the figure arts
- Pitture italiane del rinascimento; catalogo dei principali artisti e delle loro opere, con un indice dei luoghi (traduzione italiana di Emilio Cecchi)
- Zhivopists'i ital'ianskogo vozrozhdeniia
- "Quadri senza casa
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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2018 results
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- Market Orientation: The Construct, Research Propositions, and Managerial Implications
· 1990 · cited 13,175x
- Market Orientation: Antecedents and Consequences
· 1993 · cited 12,954x
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Quotes
- “Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.”
- “Florentine painting between Giotto and Michelangelo contains the names of such artists as Orcagna, Masaccio, Fra Filippo, Pollaiuolo, Verrocchio, Leonardo, and Botticelli. ... Forget that they were painters, they remain great sculptors; forget that they were sculptors, and still they remain architects, poets, and even men of science.”
- “Can any mortal portray himself with words, as perhaps he can with chalk or paint? ... A gifted verbal artist may convey some coherent idea of a person he attempts to portray, but not likely an objective one.”
- “Taste begins when appetite is satisfied.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Bernhard Valvrojenski , ( 1865-06-26 ) June 26, 1865, Butrimonys , Vilna Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- October 6, 1959 (1959-10-06) (aged 94), Florence , Italy
- Education
- Boston University , Harvard University
- Occupation
- Art historian
- Known for
- The Drawings of the Florentine Painters
- Spouse
- Mary Berenson
- Relatives
- Senda Berenson Abbott (sister)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Vilnius
- Place of death
- Florence
- Spouse
- Mary Berenson
- Educated at
- Boston Latin School
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- art history
- Image
- 1917 Bernard Berenson.jpg
- Work location
- Florence
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- Commons category
- Bernard Berenson
- date of birth
- 1865-01-01
- date of death
- 1959-01-01
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- archives at
- Courtauld Institute of Art
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Bernard Berenson
- influenced by
- Giovanni Morelli
- significant person
- Belle da Costa Greene
- start of work period
- 1889-01-01
- end of work period
- 1959-01-01
- unmarried partner
- Belle da Costa Greene
Sources (9)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Bernard Berenson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Bernard Berenson (June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. His book The Drawings of the Florentine Painters was an international success. His wife Mary is thought to have had a large hand in some of the writings.
Berenson was a major figure in the attribution of Old Masters, at a time when these were attracting new interest by American collectors, and his judgments were widely respected in the art world.
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