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- Born:
- Dec. 10, 1845, Calvƶrde, Prussian Saxony [Germany]
- Died:
- March 1, 1929, Berlin, Ger. (aged 83)
- Subjects Of Study:
- decorative art
- visual arts
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Wilhelm von Bode
German art critic
Wilhelm von Bode (born Dec. 10, 1845, Calvƶrde, Prussian Saxony [Germany]ādied March 1, 1929, Berlin, Ger.) was an art critic and museum director who helped bring Berlinās museums to a position of worldwide eminence.
Having studied art, Bode became an assistant at the Berlin Museum in 1872. In 1906 he was named general director of all the royal Prussian museums, a post he held until his retirement in 1920. He wrote books and essays on the decorative arts as well as on his particular specialtiesāRembrandt, 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painting, and Italian Renaissance sculpture. He greatly influenced the American collectors J.P. Morgan, Henry Clay Frick, and Peter A.B. Widener.
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