Jane Campbell Hutchison (July 20, 1932 – July 12, 2020) was an American art historian specialising in the old master prints of the

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. She was best known for her 1990 biography of Albrecht Dürer, which was translated into German and Japanese. She was born in

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and grew-up in the suburb of District Heights, Maryland. After studying art history at Oberlin College, Hutchison in 1964 obtained a doctorate from the

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with a dissertation on the Master of the Housebook supervised by James Watrous. She taught at the University of Wisconsin for almost 50 years, from 1964 to 2012. She died, aged 87, in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Publications

* ''The Master of the Housebook'' (1972) * ''Early German Artists: Martin Schongauer, Ludwig Schongauer, and Copyists'' ( The Illustrated Bartsch, vol. 8, part 1) * ''Early German Artists: Wenzel von Olmütz, Mair von Landshut and Monogrammists'' (The Illustrated Bartsch, vol. 9, part 2) * ''Albrecht Dürer: A Biography'' (Princeton University Press, 1990)Review by Ellen Schultz
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'', November 18, 1990. * ''Albrecht Dürer: A Guide to Research'' (New York, Garland, 2000)

References

1932 births 2020 deaths American art historians Women art historians Oberlin College alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Academics from Washington, D.C. {{US-art-historian-stub