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David Edward Finley Jr. (September 1, 1890 – February 1, 1977) was an American cultural leader during the middle third of the 20th century. He was the first director of the National Gallery of Art, the founding chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a prime mover in the founding of the National Portrait Gallery, and founding chairman of the White House Historical Association. During the Second World War, Finley led the Roberts Commission, which led the rescue of much of the threatened artworks of Europe.[1][2]
- ^ David A. Doheny, David Finley, Quiet Force for America’s Arts, National Trust for Historic Preservation and University of Virginia Press, 2006 Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 0-89133-398-3
- ^ David Finley Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Thomas E. Luebke, ed. Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013).