Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1888-12-08
Death 1955-08-14
Americans
French, English

Biographical notes:

Museum director, architect. Educated at Harvard (M.Arch. 1912) and University of Michigan (Ph.D. 1915). Founder and director of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University (1923-1925). Director of Philadelphia Museum of Art (1925-1955).

From the description of Papers of Sidney Fiske Kimball, 1918-1952 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 269301918

Sydney Fiske Kimball, b. Newton, Mass. Architect, architectural historian, professor of architecture and fine arts, and author. University of Michigan (1912-1919), University of Virginia (1919-1923), New York University (1923-1925), Philadelphia Museum of Art (1925-1955). Restored Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home, and Stratford, seat of the Lee family.

From the description of Sketch of west elevation of Monticello [manucript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57467154

Architect and museum director.

From the description of Letter, 1918 March 13, Ann Arbor, to Mr. Lewis. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 170925302

" ... incorrectly called the McIntire Amphitheater--an amphitheater is circular or oval in shape ... the theater was made possible by a $120,000 gift from Paul Goodloe McIntire ..." (Virginius Dabney, Mr. Jefferson's University : A History).

From the description of Blueprints of Amphitheatre of the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1920. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925289

Supervising Architect for Memorial gymnasium.

From the description of Plans and elevations for Memorial Gymnasium [manuscript], 1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648017855

(See: Nat'l Cyclop. of Amer. Biogr., 47, pp. 660-1)

1888 Born, Newton, Mass., December 8, 1888. 1909 A.B., Harvard University 1909 10 Teaching assistant in fine arts, Harvard University 1910 11 Architectural study in Europe as Sheldon fellow of Harvard 1912 M.Arch., Harvard University 1912 13 Instructor in architecture at University of Illinois 1913 Married Marie Goebel, Urbana, Ill., June 7, 1913 1913 15 Instructor in architecture at University of Michigan 1915 Ph.D., University of Michigan 1915 16 Assistant professor in architecture at Univ. of Michigan 1916 17 Sachs research fellowship at Michigan 1918 19 Assistant professor of fine arts at Univ. of Michigan 1919 23 Professor and head of department of architecture and fine arts, University of Virginia 1919 25 Lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1921 23 Supervising architect of Univ. of Virginia 1923 Established the Instit. of Fine Arts at New York University 1923 25 Director of the Instit. of Fine Arts and Morse professor of the literature of the arts of design, New York University; also lecturer at the National Academy of Design, New York City. 1924 55 Architect for New York University 1925 55 Director of Philadelphia Museum of Art until his retirement in January, 1955 1935 55 Member of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission 1955 Director of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation 1955 Elected director emeritus of the Philadelphia Museum of Art 1955 Died, Munich, Germany, August 14, 1955.

Bibliographical Note: Mary Kane, A Bibliography of the Works of Kimball. Ed. by Frederick D. Nichols, (Charlottsville, University of Virginia Press, 1959. 67p.)

From the guide to the Papers of Sidney Fiske Kimball, 1918-1952., (Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

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Subjects:

  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Printing
  • Architects
  • Architecture
  • Architecture
  • Architecture, Renaissance
  • Architecture, Rococo
  • Art museum architecture
  • Art museums
  • Art museums
  • Art museums
  • Art museums
  • Gymnasiums
  • Historic buildings
  • Historic preservation
  • Museum directors
  • Museum finance
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architecture, Domestic
  • Architecture
  • Art museums
  • Art museums
  • Art museums

Occupations:

  • Architect

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.) (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania--Philadelphia (as recorded)
  • Salem (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Stratford Hall (Va.) (as recorded)
  • Italy (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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