Kenworth Moffett

Kenworth W. Moffett (1934–June 21, 2016) [1] was an American art curator and museum director. He was the first curator of twentieth-century art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts[2] and later the director of the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale (1987–1997), a position he left in order to attend to being the guiding light of the artist group he founded the "New New Painters".[3] From 1968 to 1979, prior to his becoming a museum curator and director, Moffett was a full professor of art history at Wellesley College. Moffett is the author of several books, including; volumes on Jules Olitski[4] and Morris Louis.[5] He also penned catalogue essays and published Moffett's artletter 2.0.

References

  1. ↑ death notice
  2. ↑ "Business Profiles and Company Information | ZoomInfo.com". zoominfo.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  3. ↑ "Director Quits To Follow Dream - tribunedigital-sunsentinel". articles.sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  4. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Jules-Olitski-Kenworpth-Moffet/dp/0810914034/184-2836643-8689159?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0
  5. ↑ http://www.alibris.com/Morris-Louis-in-the-Museum-of-Fine-Arts-Boston-Kenworth-W-Moffett/book/4470071

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