Marceau, Henri, 1896-1969
Biography
Henri Gabriel Marceau, an internationally known scholar, art historian and architect, was the Director of the Museum from 1955 to 1964. In 1926, Henri Marceau was appointed assistant curator of the Johnson Collection. Two years later he was promoted to curator. He also maintained a position as an assistant professor at University of Pennsylvania's School of Fine Arts from 1925 until 1929, when he took on the additional role of Curator of Fine Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In 1933 his position at the Museum was revised to Curator of Paintings, and then to Chief, Department of Paintings and Sculpture in 1937. At this time Marceau also became Associate Director, handling much of the Director's work when Fiske Kimball was away on acquisition missions or on vacations in Europe during the summers. Marceau worked closely with Kimball at other times, and took on full directorship after Kimball's retirement. Marceau maintained his role as Curator of the Johnson Collection throughout these various appointments, and beyond them, until his death.
Found in 215 Collections and/or Records:
Art: Musical Chairs, 1955 February 7
"Art: Musical Chairs." Clipping from Time Magazine.
Correspondence from Alfred Barr, Jr. to Walter Arensberg, 1951 October 5
Correspondence from Alfred Barr, Jr., Director of the Museum Collections at the Museum of Modern Art, to Walter Arensberg. Includes manuscript on the Portrait of Yvonne Landsberg.
Correspondence from Alfred E. Stendahl to Henri Marceau, 1951 December 19
Correspondence from Alfred E. Stendahl to Henri Marceau, Associate Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from Arturo Schwarz to Evan H. Turner, 1969 March 6
Correspondence from Arturo Schwarz to Evan H. Turner, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Correspondence from C. Earle Miller to Walter and Louise Arensberg, 1953 October 4
Correspondence from C. Earle Miller to Walter and Louise Arensberg.
Correspondence from Carl Zigrosser to Marcel Duchamp, 1962 March 30
Correspondence from Carl Zigrosser, Acting Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Marcel Duchamp.
Correspondence from Carl Zigrosser to Marcel Duchamp, 1962 March 30
Correspondence from Carl Zigrosser, Acting Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Marcel Duchamp [copy].
Correspondence from Carl Zigrosser to Marcel Duchamp, 1962 April 9
Correspondence from Carl Zigrosser, Acting Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Marcel Duchamp.
Correspondence from Carl Zigrosser to Marcel Duchamp, 1962 May 1
Correspondence from Carl Zigrosser, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Marcel Duchamp.
Correspondence from Edgar C. Schenck to Henri Marceau, 1954 November 19
Correspondence from Edgar C. Schenck, Director of the Albright Art Gallery, to Henri Marceau, Associate Director for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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