Sharon Cather

Sharon Cather (5 August 1947 – 6 June 2019[1]) was an art historian who taught at Cambridge University and was a professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art, where she specialised in the preservation of wall paintings.[2][3]

Early life and education

Cather was born at Berkeley, California, and graduated in art history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She spent ten years working in the art department offices there, before undertaking MA study at Princeton University and going on to undertake PhD work under Professor John Shearman on Sebastiano Serlio.[4]

Career

From 1981 to 1982, Cather was at the American Academy in Rome, assisting Professor Irving Lavin with an exhibition on Gian Lorenzo Bernini's drawings.[4] From 1982, she lectured in the art history department of the University of Cambridge; in 1985, she helped to establish the Conservation of Wall Painting department at the Courtauld Institute of Art.[3]

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References
  1. Sharon Cather obituary
  2. "Sharon Cather", The Times, p. 50, 10 July 2019
  3. Professor Sharon Cather, Courtauld Institute of Art
  4. Salon (Society of Antiquaries of London Online Newsletter), issue 430, Society of Antiquaries of London, 4 July 2019 URL= https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?u=5557bc147d34993782f185bde&id=13290bc5db


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