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Marceau, Henri, 1896-1969

 Person

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 221 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence from George Kubler to Henri Marceau, 1954 December 6

 Object — Box: 181, Folder: 6
Identifier: FKR_B181_F006_004
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from George Kubler, Department of the History of Art at Yale University, to Henri Marceau, Assistant Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1954 December 6

Correspondence from George Kubler to Henri Marceau, 1954 November 16

 Object — Box: 181, Folder: 6
Identifier: FKR_B181_F006_020
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from George Kubler, Department of the History of Art at Yale University, to Henri Marceau, Assistant Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1954 November 16

Correspondence from George Kubler to Henri Marceau, 1954 November 9

 Object — Box: 181, Folder: 6
Identifier: FKR_B181_F006_025
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from George Kubler, Department of the History of Art at Yale University, to Henri Marceau, Assistant Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1954 November 9

Correspondence from Henri Marceau to Albert C. Kelly, 1952 December 22

 Object — Box: 81, Folder: 3
Identifier: FKR_B081_F003_002
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Henri Marceau, Associate Director for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Albert C. Kelly, Chambers, Clare & Gibson.

Dates: 1952 December 22

Correspondence from Henri Marceau to André Lejard, 1951 November 9

 Object — Box: 180, Folder: 8
Identifier: FKR_B180_F008_023
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Henri Marceau, Associate Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to André Lejard, Société d'Exploitation des Éditions du Chêne.

Dates: 1951 November 9

Correspondence from Henri Marceau to David R. Kenerson, 1954 November 26

 Object — Box: 181, Folder: 6
Identifier: FKR_B181_F006_010
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Henri Marceau, Associate Director for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to David R. Kenerson.

Dates: 1954 November 26

Correspondence from Henri Marceau to Dr. Rothrock, 1953 September 1

 Object — Box: 180, Folder: 11
Identifier: FKR_B180_F011_053
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Henri Marceau, Associate Director for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Dr. Rothrock, Rohm and Haas Company.

Dates: 1953 September 1

Correspondence from Henri Marceau to Edgar C. Schenck, 1954 November 24

 Object — Box: 181, Folder: 6
Identifier: FKR_B181_F006_013
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Henri Marceau, Associate Director for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Edgar C. Schenck, Director of the Albright Art Gallery.

Dates: 1954 November 24

Correspondence from Henri Marceau to Edgar C. Schenck, 1954 October 18

 Object — Box: 181, Folder: 6
Identifier: FKR_B181_F006_043
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Henri Marceau, Associate Director for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Edgar C. Schenck, Director of the Albright Art Gallery.

Dates: 1954 October 18

Correspondence from Henri Marceau to Fiske Kimball, 1951 July 25

 Object — Box: 180, Folder: 7
Identifier: FKR_B180_F007_009
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Henri Marceau, Associate Director for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Fiske Kimball, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Dates: 1951 July 25

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