Ivins, William Mills, 1881-1961
Variant namesAmerican author who wrote about woodcuts and about the history of books.
From the description of Letter, 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480247
From the guide to the William Mills Ivins letter, 1925, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
William Mills Ivins, graduate of Harvard and Columbia Law School, Curator of Prints and Acting Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, recipient of an honorary degree from Yale in 1946, author of How Prints Look, The Arts of the Book, and Prints and Visual Communication.
Theodore Sizer was curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1922 to 1927, lecturer at Case Western Reserve College from 1924 to 1927, professor of art history at Yale University from 1927 until 1947, and director of the Yale University Art Gallery from 1929 to 1947.
From the description of William Mills Ivins letters to Theodore Sizer, 1926-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78091821
Museum curator, director; New York, N.Y.
Lawyer, 1907-1916; Curator of Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916-1946; Honorary Curator of Prints, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1938- ; Assistant Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1933-1938; Acting Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1938-1940.
From the description of William Mills Ivins papers, 1878-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82845486
William Mills Ivins, graduate of Harvard and Columbia Law School, Curator of Prints and Acting Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, recipient of an honorary degree from Yale in 1946, author of How Prints Look, The Arts of the Book, and Prints and Visual Communication.
Theodore Sizer was curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1922 to 1927, lecturer at Case Western Reserve College from 1924 to 1927, professor of art history at Yale University from 1927 until 1947, and director of the Yale University Art Gallery from 1929 to 1947.
From the description of William Mills Ivins letters to Theodore Sizer, 1926-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702151880
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referencedIn | Oral history interview with Daniel Varney Thompson | Archives of American Art |
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Aesthetics |
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Social life and customs |
Wood-engraving |
Wood-engraving |
Wood-engraving, Italian |
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Birth 1881
Death 1961