Craig Hugh Smyth

Craig Hugh Smyth
Born July 28, 1915
New York, NY
Died December 22, 2006
Englewood, NJ
Occupation Renaissance art historian

Craig Hugh Smyth (1915-2006) was an American art historian who studied Renaissance art, with a special emphasis on the artist Bronzino.[1] During World War Two, he established the Allied Munich Central Collecting Point for Nazi-looted art, as part of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program.[2]

Biography

Smyth attended Princeton University, where he earned his BA (1938), MFA (1941), and PhD (1956), all in art history.[3] He joined the naval reserve during World War Two, and soon became part of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives division. As an MFAA officer, in 1945 he established the Allied collecting point in Munich. After the war, he led the first academic program in conservation in the United States at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University (1950-1973). He was also the director of Harvard University's Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti in Florence (1973-1985).[4]

Works and publications

Notes and references

  1. Cropper, Elizabeth (2009), "CRAIG HUGH SMYTH" (PDF), Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 153 (4), retrieved 2013-12-03
  2. "ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MUNICH COLLECTING POINT". 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. Sorensen, Lee (2000), "Smyth, Craig Hugh", Dictionary of Art Historians, retrieved 2013-12-03
  4. Heydarpour, Roja (1 January 2007). "Craig Hugh Smyth, 91, Dies; Renaissance Art Historian". The New York Times. p. 7.

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