Arthur François Emile van Schendel (18 May 1910, in
Ede – 6 February 1979, in
Amsterdam
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) was a Dutch art historian and museum director. From 1959 to 1975 he was General Director of the
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
[ Lucette ter Borg,]
Gedonderjaag in het Rijksmuseum
, ''de Volkskrant
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'', 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2013. He also served two terms as President of the
International Council of Museums (ICOM) from 1965 to 1971.
His father
Arthur van Schendel
Arthur van Schendel (15 March 1874 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 11 September 1946 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer of novels and short stories. One of his best known works is ''Het fregatschip Johanna Maria''. His son Arthur F.E. van Sche ...
was a Dutch writer of novels and short stories.
Publications
* ''Le dessin en Lombardie jusqu’à la fin du XVe siècle''
r Brussel, 1938 & Amsterdam, Breitner, 1939.
* ''De restauraties van Rembrandt’s Nachtwacht''
l in: Old Holland, 1947.
* ''De schimmen van De Staalmeesters''
l in: Old Holland, 1956.
References
Bibliography
* Vries, de, A.B., Arthur van Schendel (1910-1979), in: The Burlington Magazine, 1979.
* Thiel, van P.J.J., All the Paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue, Department of Paintings of the Rijksmuseum, Maarssen, G. Schwartz, 1976.
External links
Arthur Van Schendel in Dictionary of Art Historians
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1910 births
1979 deaths
People from Ede, Netherlands
Dutch art historians
Directors of museums in Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam