William S. Eisenhart III (August 24, 1946 – June 25, 1995) was an American writer on art.

Biography

Eisenhart was born in

York, Pennsylvania York (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Yarrick''), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the south-central region of the state. The populatio ...

. He attended Exeter, and then

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

where he majored in English, and then moved to Manhattan in 1970. He worked on productions of the

Nederlands Dans Theater Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT; literal translation Netherlands Dance Theatre) is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the ''Amare'' building in The Hague. NDT also performs at other venues in the Netherlands, including Amste ...

and the Opera Theater of St. Louis. His biography ''The World of Donald Evans'' won the

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

in 1982. Eisenhart died in New York City at the age of 48 on June 25, 1995, as the result of a fall from the roof of his home.

References

External links

''The world of Donald Evans''
Willy Eisenhart, Donald Evans, Abbeville Press (1994)
''Man of iron: a portrait of Willy Eisenhart for piano''
Virgil Thomson, Willy Eisenhart, G. Schirmer (1978
a musical portrait of Willy Eisenhart
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eisenhart, Willie American art critics American art historians American male biographers Princeton University alumni 1946 births 1995 deaths Writers from York, Pennsylvania Writers from New York City Phillips Exeter Academy alumni 20th-century American biographers Journalists from New York City Journalists from Pennsylvania 20th-century American male writers Historians from New York (state) 20th-century American journalists American male journalists