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James Rorimer
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Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1905-1966)
OverviewAI-generated
James Rorimer was an American art historian and curator born in Cleveland. He was educated at Harvard University and served as an employee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rorimer was a student of Paul Joseph Sachs and spoke English.
His notable works include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, and Medieval and Renaissance Galleries. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, and the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.
Rorimer died in 1966 from a myocardial infarction. His manner of death was natural causes.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Cloisters
- The Cloisters
- Medieval and Renaissance Galleries
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Occupation
- curator
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Paul Joseph Sachs
- Image
- La Jaconde missed (1944).jpg
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- date of death
- 1966-05-11
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1905-09-07
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
- name in native language
- James Rorimer
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