Plaut, James S. (James Sachs), 1912-1996
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James S. Plaut (1912-1996) was an art administrator and writer from Chestnut Hill, Mass.
James S. Plaut, b. 1912, Art administrator, writer of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Art administrator, writer; Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Art administrator and museum director; Boston, Mass.
Plaut was born to a wealthy family in Cincinnati, Ohio, graduated from HarvardCollege, and received an M.A. from Harvard University. His uncle was Paul Sachs, a connoisseur and influential museology professor at Harvard andsor. Plaut held curatorial positions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and became Director of Boston's Institute of Modern Art in 1939 (later the Institute of Contemporary Art or ICA) where he staged early exhibitions of contemporary design and European avant-garde paintings and sculpture until his resignation in 1956. Plaut was also involved in many international exhibitions and expositions, serving as Deputy U.S. Commissioner to the World's Fair in Brussels, 1958, and was Secretary General of the World Crafts Council, 1967-1976 and a consultant on industrial design in Israel.
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