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Alfred H. Barr Jr.

Born

in Detroit, Michigan, The United States

January 28, 1902

Died

August 15, 1981

Genre

Museums, Art

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Alfred Hamilton Barr, Jr. (1902 -1981) known as Alfred H. Barr, Jr., was an American art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

From that position, he was one of the most influential forces in the development of popular attitudes toward modern art; for example, his arranging of the blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition of 1935, in the words of author Bernice Kert, was "a precursor to the hold Van Gogh has to this day on the contemporary imagination." ...more

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Alfred H. Barr Jr.’s books

Average rating: 3.99 · 94 ratings · 11 reviews · 72 distinct works

	Cubism and Abstract Art 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1974 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Picasso: Fifty years of his art by Alfred H. Barr Jr., The Museum of Modern Art 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1946 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1936 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Matisse: His Art and His Public 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1951 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defining Modern Art: Selected Writings by Alfred H. Barr Jr., Irving Sandler 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What is Modern Painting? 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1943 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Picasso: Forty Years of His Art by Alfred H. Barr Jr. (Editor), The Museum of Modern Art 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1939 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Machine Art: March 6 to April 30, 1934 by Alfred H. Barr Jr., The Museum of Modern Art, Philip Johnson (Foreword) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1934 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Painting and sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929-1967 by Alfred H. Barr Jr., The Museum of Modern Art really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Русский дневник. 1927–1928 by Alfred H. Barr Jr., Jere Abbott, Альфред Барр 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars