Bates Lowry

Bates Lowry (June 23, 1923 – March 12, 2004) was an art historian who was a director of the Museum of Modern Art and founding director of the National Building Museum.

Early life

He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio received an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago. He was in the United States Army during World War II. He returned to the University of Chicago after the war and earned a masters and Phd.

Career

He had teaching stints at the University of Chicago, University of California, Riverside, New York University Institute of Fine Arts, Pomona College, the University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Delaware and Brown University.[1]

In 1966 he was a founder of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art to raise funds for the protection of Italian art endangered in Florence, Italy flooding. He remained chairman until 1976.[1]

In 1968–69 he served a 10-month tenure as director the Museum of Modern Art. David Rockefeller, chairman of the museum, said he was dismissed because he had attempted to take on the job of curator of the painting and sculpture at the museum which caused strife in the department and because he did a major renovation to his office without MoMA board approval.[1]

In 1980 he became founding director of the National Building Museum and oversaw the establishment and renovation of its home in the 1881 Pension Building. He remained there until 1987.[1]

Personal life

Lowry died in Brooklyn, New York while visiting his daughter. He had been living in Boston at the time.[1]

Publications

1961: The Visual Experience: An Introduction to Art, Prentice-Hall Inc., ISBN 9780139424908
1965: Renaissance Architecture, George Braziller Inc., ISBN 9780807603352
1985: Building a National Image: Architectural Drawings for the American Democracy, 1789-1912, National Building Museum, ISBN 9780802708731
1994: Looking for Leonardo: Naive and Folk Art Objects Found in America, University of Iowa Press, ISBN 9780877454410
1998: The Silver Canvas: Daguerreotype Masterpieces from the J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust Publications, ISBN 9780892365364

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References

GRACE GLUECKPublished: March 18, 2004 (2004-03-18). "Bates Lowry, 80, Head of Building Museum – New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-12-10.

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Preceded by Rene d'Harnoncourt	Directors of the Museum of Modern Art 1968–1969	Succeeded by John B. Hightower

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[nytimes2004-1] GRACE GLUECKPublished: March 18, 2004 (2004-03-18). "Bates Lowry, 80, Head of Building Museum – New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-12-10.