Judy Goffman Cutler

Judy Goffman Cutler
Residence Newport, Rhode Island, New York City
Education University of Pennsylvania
Occupation Museum Director, Curator and Co-Founder of the National Museum of American Illustration/ Executive Director of the American Illustrators Gallery
Spouse(s) Laurence S. Cutler
Website www.americanillustration.org

Judy Goffman Cutler is an American art dealer, co-founder of the National Museum of American Illustration, and founder and Executive Director of the American Illustrators Gallery, NYC. She has authored and co-authored over fifty exhibition catalogues and art books published by Bison Books/Crescent Books (Random House), Harry N. Abrams, and Pomegranate Artbooks.[1]

Education and career

Cutler graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in American Civilization and Art History and a Masters of Science degree in education.[2]

In 1969, Cutler founded the American Illustrators Gallery in New York City, focusing on illustrators including Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, NC Wyeth, Howard Pyle and JC Leyendecker.[3]

In 1998, Judy and husband Laurence Cutler, founded the National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI) and the American Civilization Foundation, a nonprofit, educational organization that administers and operates the Museum.[4] Located at Vernon Court (1898) in Newport, a Beaux Arts 18th century French chateaux, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and in 1904 was considered one of “the ten most beautiful mansions in America.”[5]

In 1994, Cutler co-founded ARTShows and Products (ASaP), exhibition organizers, fine art publishers, licensors, and derivative art developers, operating in 42 countries as ASaP Worldwide. ASaP represents JC Leyendecker, Maxfield Parrish, Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cézanne, and others.

Works authored and co-authored

References

  1. "Founding of the Museum." NMAI: The National Museum of American Illustration. http://www.americanillustration.org/html/m_founders.html. 13 Aug. 2009.
  2. "Administration." NMAI: The National Museum of American Illustration. http://www.americanillustration.org/html/m_administration.html. 13 Aug. 2009.
  3. "American Illustrators Gallery." American Illustrators Gallery. Web. 28 Aug. 2009. <http://www.americanillustrators.com>
  4. Frith, Susan. "A Museum of One's Own." University of Pennsylvania Gazette July-Aug. 2002. http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0702/frith.html.
  5. Berman, Ann E. "Newport News: An Illustration Museum Debuts in Rhode Island." Architectural Digest, Dec. 1999: 76+. Print.

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