Rene d'Harnoncourt
Austrian-American art curator and museum director
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, René d'Harnoncourt was an Austrian-born American art curator. He was Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from 1949 to 1967. Background Of Austrian, Czech, and French descent, Count Rene d'Harnoncourt was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Count Hubert d'Harnoncourt and his wife, the former Julie Mittrowsky. Although he showed an interest in art as a child, he received a technical education. After his family suffered severe financial losses, he moved to Paris in 1924, and went to Mexico in 1926. D'Harnoncourt initially eked out a minimal living as a commercial artist, but quickly acquired a reputation for his knowledgeable advice to American antique collectors.
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- Indian Art Of The United States (1941) (47)
- Ancient arts of the Andes (1954) (9)
- Arts of the South Seas. (1947) (8)
- [Letter from Rene d'Harnoncourt] (1942) (1)
- The Museum 1929-1954 (1954) (1)
- Mexicana: A Book of Pictures (1932) (0)
- Mexican arts : catalogue of an exhibition organized for and circulated by the American federation of arts, 1930- 1931 (0)
- The Loan Exhibition of Mexican Arts (0)
- The Painted Pig: A Mexican Picture Book (1960) (0)
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