Wortz, Melinda.

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Dates:
Birth 1900

Biographical notes:

Art historian, art critic; Los Angeles, Calif. Born 1940.

Director of University of California at Irvine Fine Arts Gallery; Los Angeles, Calif. Wortz wrote about Los Angeles art activity of the late 1960s to 90s for national art periodicals and the California-published newspaper "ARTWEEK." She was closely involed with the Pasadena Art Museum before it became the Norton Simon Museum of Art. Her special area of interest was contemporary art, especially the California "light and space" artists. Dr. Wortz's career as a critic ended with the advent of Alzheimers disease at age 50.

From the description of Melinda Wortz papers, 1960-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577351

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Subjects:

  • Art, Modern
  • Art, American
  • Art critics
  • Art galleries, University and college
  • Art historians
  • Gallery directors
  • Women art historians

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Places:

  • California--Irvine (as recorded)
  • California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)