BIO
Professor, 1969
Ph.D. 1970, University of California, Los Angeles
MA 1966, Arizona State University
B.S. 1964, Iowa State University
Assistant Curator & Charge de Misssion, The J.Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1970-1976
KRESS FELLOW 1970-1971
Director, CSUN Fine Arts Gallery 1972-1981
Director, Museum Studies, Art Department, CSUN, 1975-2004
Guest Curator and Charge de Mission, Musee du Louvre, Dept. Old Master Paintings 1980-1981
The J.Paul Getty Trust Publication Award- Monograph on Francois Le Moyne/Boucher- 1984
Fondation Paribas Publication Award ( Musee du Louvre- Arthena) - 1985
CSUN President's Club Award for OUTSTANDING PROFESSOR and Best Scholarly Publication - 1985
Officer in the Order of the PALMES ACADEMIQUES, French Ministere de la Culture, 1986
Director and Head Expert, Christie's International PLC, London, Paris, Monte Carlo, OMP & OMD, 1988-1994
Appointed Chair of the West Coast National Selection Committee, Fulbright Awards, 1995-1996
Has published scores of scholarly studies in leading art magazines such as The Burlington Magazine, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, The J.Paul Getty Museum Journal, Artibus et Historiae, Apollo, Art in America, etc... and is today recognized as one of the leading world experts in European Old Master Paintings, namely 17th and 18th century French painting, from Baroque to Neo-Classicism.
Has also curated and/or organized or contributed to major museum exhibitions worldwide such as the famous THE ROCOCO AGE, organized by Atlanta High Museum in the Fall of 1983, or the BOUCHER exhibiiton ( Paris, Detroit, New York) in 1991.
FALL 08 SYLLABI:
315 10622 PERSPECTIVE ART HIST M 1800 2045 SG100
315 10766 PERSPECTIVE ART HIST W 1400 1645 SG100
425 10395 HIST ITALIAN REN M 1400 1650 SG103
431 10398 HIST BAROQUE ART W 1800 2050 SG103