MacAgy, Douglas, 1913-

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Birth 1913

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Art historian, administrator, museum director. Died 1973.

MacAgy was chosen to revitalize the 70 year old California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, after WWII, then he was a special consultant to the director of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, as director of research for an art dealer in New York, as director of the Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts, and he was Director of National Exhibitions at the National Endowment for the Arts, 1968-1972.

From the description of Douglas MacAgy papers, 1916-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557223

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  • Art, Modern
  • Art historians
  • Arts administrators

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