Kermit S. Champa
Kermit Swiler Champa (1939–2004)[1] was Andrea V. Rosenthal Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University from 1970 to 2004.
Education[]
He earned a bachelor's degree in art history from Yale in 1960, where he also played trombone. He would go on to receive a doctorate from Harvard in 1965, where he studied under Clement Greenberg and Frederick B. Deknatel.[2]
Career[]
A specialist of Impressionist paintings, Champa first taught at Yale, before moving to Brown in 1970. At Brown, his students would include the noted art historian Olivier Berggruen.[3]
Selected publications[]
- German Painting of the 19th Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970.
- Studies in Early Impressionism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973.
- Mondrian Studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985.
- The Rise of Landscape Painting in France: Corot to Monet. Manchester, NH: Currier Gallery of Art, 1991.
- Masterpiece Studies: Manet, Zola, Van Gogh, & Monet. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994.
References[]
- ^ Champa, Kermit Swiler Dictionary of Art Historians, 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ Kermit S. Champa, 64, Author And Distinguished Art Historian
- ^ Champa, Kermit Swiler Dictionary of Art Historians, 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
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