Albert Elsen
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Albert Edward Elsen, Jr. (October 11, 1927 – February 2, 1995) was an American art historian and educator. A scholar of the work of Auguste Rodin, Elsen was the Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University.[1]
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Born | Albert Edward Elsen, Jr. (1927-10-11)October 11, 1927 New York City, United States |
Died | February 2, 1995(1995-02-02) (aged 67) Stanford, California, United States |
Occupation(s) | Art historian Educator |
Spouses |
Sharon McClenahan
(m. 1993–1995) |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1966) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Thesis | Rodin's Gates of Hell (1955) |
Doctoral advisor | Meyer Schapiro |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Art history |
Sub-discipline | Nineteenth- and twentieth-century French art |
Institutions | Carleton College Indiana University Stanford University |
Notable students | Kirk Varnedoe |
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