Jules David Prown (born March 14, 1930, in
Freehold) is an American
art historian
Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...
. Prown is the Paul Mellon Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at
Yale University, where he has focused on
American art and the art of
John Singleton Copley
John Singleton Copley (July 3, 1738 – September 9, 1815) was an Anglo-American painter, active in both colonial America and England. He was probably born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Anglo-Irish. Afte ...
since 1961.
Career
Born to Max Prown and Matilda Cassileth in
Freehold, Prown attended the
Peddie School
The Peddie School is a college preparatory school in Hightstown, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is a non-denominational, coeducational boarding school located on a campus, and serves students in the ninth through twelfth gr ...
. He received his Bachelor of Arts from
Lafayette College (1951). He then continued on to receive two Master of Arts degrees from
Harvard University (1953) and the
University of Delaware in Early American Culture (1956), respectively. Prown completed his Doctor of Philosophy in
Art History from Harvard (1961). There, his
dissertation was titled "The English Career of John Singleton Copley, R.A," in which he studied the painter
John Singleton Copley
John Singleton Copley (July 3, 1738 – September 9, 1815) was an Anglo-American painter, active in both colonial America and England. He was probably born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Anglo-Irish. Afte ...
.
Upon graduating from Harvard, Prown began teaching at
Yale University, where he has remained throughout his career. He is now the Paul Mellon Professor Emeritus of the History of Art. He has also held the posts of Curator of
American Art at the
Yale University Art Gallery and is the Founding Director of the
Yale Center for British Art.
In 1964, Prown was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...
in
Fine Arts
In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...
.
See also
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List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1964
*
List of Lafayette College people
*
List of Harvard University people
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List of University of Delaware people
The following is a list of University of Delaware people, which includes alumni, current and former faculty, and recipients of honorary degrees.
Alumni
Business
* Kurt Akeley (b. 1958), computer graphics engineer
* Mary Pat Christie (b. 1963), ...
References
External links
Yale University profileDictionary of Art Historians profile
1930 births
Living people
Peddie School alumni
People from Freehold Township, New Jersey
American art historians
Lafayette College alumni
University of Delaware alumni
Harvard University alumni
Yale University faculty
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