Lee, Sherman E., 1918-2008

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Museum director; Cleveland, Ohio. Born 1918.

Lee's career has included positions as an author, curator, professor, and consultant of Chinese and Japanese art. In 1952, he joined the Cleveland Museum of Art as a curator of Oriental art, following jobs at the Detroit Institute of Art and the Seattle Art Museum. He served in the Navy during WWII and from 1946 to 1948, he was Advisor on Arts and Monuments at General MacArthur's headquarters in Tokyo. He has written many books, including Chinese Landscape Painting (1954), A History of Far Eastern Art (1964), and The Genius of Japanese Design (1981).

From the description of Sherman E. Lee papers, 1958-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80437647

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referencedIn Held, Julius Samuel, 1905-. Interviews with art historians, 1991-2002. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Interviews with art historians, 1991-2002 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Cándida Smith, Richard. Interviews with art historians, 1991-2002. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Sherman E. Lee papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf LEE, SHERMAN. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn James Cahill Papers, 1945-1996 Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
creatorOf Lee, Sherman. Lee, Sherman: Art World Personality Files. Whitney Museum of American Art, Library
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associatedWith Cahill, James, 1926- person
associatedWith Cleveland Museum of Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Getty Research Institute corporateBody
associatedWith Whitney Museum of American Art. corporateBody
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Japan
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Art, Asian
Art, Chinese
Art, East Asian
Art, Japanese
Art museum curators
Design
Museum directors
Painting, Chinese
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Birth 1918-04-19

Death 2008-07-09

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