Daniel Robbins | |
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| Born | January 15, 1932 Brooklyn New York |
| Died | January 14, 1995 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Art history, Modernism, Exhibition curation |
| Movement | Cubism, Modernism |
Daniel J. Robbins (pseudonyms, Jeremiah Drummer and George Gregory Dobbs;[1] January 15, 1932 – January 14, 1995) was an American art historian, art critic, and curator, who specialized in avant-garde 20th-century art and helped encourage the study of it. Robbins' area of scholarship was on the theoretical and philosophical origins of Cubism.[1] His writings centered on the importance of artists such as Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger, Henri Le Fauconnier and Jacques Villon.[2][3] He was a specialist in early Modernism, writing on Salon Cubists (the Section d'Or group) and championed contemporaries such as Louise Bourgeois and the Color Field painters.[4] Art historian Peter Brooke referred to Robbins as "the great pioneer of the broader history of Cubism".[5]
- ^ a b Dictionary of Art Historians
- ^ Daniel J. Robbins, Rhode Island School of Design Museum Notes 83 (1996): 2–3 [obituary]
- ^ "Harvard University Library, OASIS: Online Archival Search Information System, 2010". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ^ Kimmelmann, Michael, Daniel Robbins, 62; Was Art Historian And a Modernist, The New York Times, January 18, 1995
- ^ Peter Brooke, On "Cubism" in context, Gleizes, Metzinger and 'Salon Cubism', online June 2012