Thomas P. F. Hoving (born January 15, 1931), is an American museum executive and consultant and the former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City,
Biography
He was born in New York City to Walter and Mary (Osgood Field) Hoving. The City of New York As the son of Walter Hoving, the successful head of Tiffany & Company, Thomas grew up surrounded by New York's upper social strata. Walter Hoving ( December 2, 1897 – November 27, 1989) was a Swedish -born American businessman best known as the Tiffany & Co ( is a US jewelry and silverware company founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City As recounted in his memoir, Making the Mummies Dance, this early experience would be invaluable in his later dealings with the Met's donors and trustees.
After graduating from Hotchkiss School in 1949, he received a B. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A. in 1953, a M. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. F. A. in 1958, and a Ph. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. D. in 1959, all from Princeton University. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. He went to work for the Met in 1959, serving on the staff of the medieval department at The Cloisters until 1965, when he became curator of the department. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Cloisters is the branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicated to the art and architecture of the European Middle Ages. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. He left the Met in 1966 to become New York Mayor John V. Lindsay's parks commissioner, but in 1967 returned to the Met as director after the incumbent, James J. Rorimer, died suddenly on March 11, 1966. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. John Vliet Lindsay ( November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American Politician who served as a member of the Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. James J Rorimer (1905&ndash1966 was an American museum curator and the former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. He assumed the directorship on March 17, 1967 and presided over a massive expansion and renovation of the museum, successfully adding many important collections to its holdings. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.
He left the Met on June 30, 1977 to start an independent consulting firm for museums, Hoving Associates. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays From 1978 to 1984 he was an arts correspondent for the ABC newsmagazine 20/20. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. A newsmagazine, also spelled news magazine, is usually a weekly Magazine featuring articles or segments on current events 20/20 is an American television Newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. He edited Connoisseur Magazine from 1981 to 1991; along with his memoirs of his time at the Met, he is also the author of books on a number of art-related subjects, including art forgeries, Grant Wood, Andrew Wyeth, Tutankhamen, and the 12th-century walrus ivory crucifix known as the Bury St. Edmunds Cross. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Art forgery refers to creating and in particular selling works of Art that are falsely attributed to be work of another usually more famous artist Grant DeVolson Wood ( February 13, 1891 &ndash February 12, 1942) was an American painter, born in Anamosa, Andrew Newell Wyeth (born July 12, 1917) is an American realist painter and regionalist artist. The Cloisters Cross, also referred to as the "Bury St Edmunds Cross" is a 12th century Romanesque altar cross decorated with ninety-two intricately carved figures Additionally, in 1999, he wrote the text for the Art For Dummies book in the "...For Dummies" series.
Career at the Met
Hoving's tenure at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was characterized by his distinctive approach to expanding the Met's collections. Rather than build more comprehensive holdings of relatively modest works, he pursued a smaller number of what he termed "world-class" pieces. This course of action, which often involved spending well in excess of the Met's customary budgets, caused considerable controversy among the museum's trustees and in the greater art world. Trustee is a Legal term that refers to a holder of property on behalf of a beneficiary. However, many of the pieces that Hoving personally pursued for the Met, including the Euphronios krater depicting the death of Sarpedon, Velázquez's Juan de Pareja, and the Temple of Dendur, now rank among the museum's most popularly acclaimed acquisitions. The Euphronios krater (or Sarpedon krater) is an ancient Greek Terra cotta Krater, a bowl used for mixing wine with water. In Greek mythology, Sarpedon (Σαρπηδὠν referred to at least three different people Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez ( June 6, 1599 &ndash August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter who was the leading Juan de Pareja ( 1610 - 1670) a native of Seville ( Spain) and Mulatto son of a female slave is primarily known as a member of the household The Temple of Dendur is a Nubian temple built during the Roman period around 15 BC
The expansion of the Met during Hoving's directorship was not confined to its collections. Hoving also spearheaded a number of building projects and renovations of the Met itself, from a controversial expansion of its galleries into Central Park to the construction of its underground parking garage. In fact, two of the building's most characteristic features – the huge exterior banners announcing current shows, and the broad plaza and steps leading from Fifth Avenue to the Met's entryway – are products of Hoving's tenure. At one point, he even floated a plan to remove the Met's "great staircase" leading from the central lobby to the second-floor galleries. That particular project, at least, remained unrealized.
References
- Watson, Peter (2007). The Medici Conspiracy. New York: Public Affairs. ISBN 978-1-58648-438-5.
- McPhee, John (1969). John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning writer widely considered one of the pioneers of narrative nonfiction A Roomful of Hovings. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Farrar Straus and Giroux is an American book Publishing company founded in 1946 by Roger W
- Hoving, Thomas (1993). Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Simon and Schuster. Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L ISBN 978-0-671-88075-0.
- Hoving, Thomas. King of the Confessors. Simon and Schuster: New York, 1981.
- Hoving, Thomas. King of the Confessors: A New Appraisal. cybereditions. com: Christchurch, NZ, 2001.
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 Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1967–1977 |
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