Henri Dorra | |
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Born | Alexandria, Egypt | January 17, 1924
Died | June 14, 2002 Santa Barbara, California, United States | (aged 78)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Art historian professor |
Parent(s) | Clement Dorra Aimee Castro |
Awards | Bowdoin Prizes (1949) Guggenheim Fellowship (1978) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of London Harvard University |
Thesis | The Style of Paul Gauguin from 1871 to 1891 (1954) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Art history |
Sub-discipline | Symbolism in French art |
Institutions | Corcoran Gallery of Art Philadelphia Museum of Art Indiana University–Purdue University University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Santa Barbara |
Influenced | Gabriel P. Weisberg |
Henri Dorra (January 17, 1924 – June 14, 2002) was an Egyptian-born American art historian and educator. A specialist on Symbolism in French art, Dorra was Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.