Charles Lang Freer medal
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The Charles Lang Feer medal was established in 1956 by the Smithsonian Institution
in honor of Charles Lang Freer
, the founder of the Freer collection. The medal is conferred intermittently, honoring distinguished career contributions made by scholars in the history of art.
Smithsonian Institution
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in honor of Charles Lang Freer
Charles Lang Freer
Charles Lang Freer was an American railroad-car manufacturer from Detroit, Michigan who gave to the United States his art collections and funds for a building to house them. The Freer Gallery of Art founded by him is part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C..-Early life:Freer was...
, the founder of the Freer collection. The medal is conferred intermittently, honoring distinguished career contributions made by scholars in the history of art.
Recipients
- First – Osvald SirenOsvald SirenOsvald Sirén was a Finnish-born Swedish art historian, whose interests included the art of 18th century Sweden, Renaissance Italy and China.Sirén held the J.A...
, February 15, 1956. - Second – Ernst Kühnel, May 3, 1960.
- Third – Yashiro YukioYukio Yashirowas a Japanese academic, art historian, Botticelli scholar and Director of the Institute for Art Research in Tokyo.In 1960, he became the founding director of the Museum of Japanese Art in Nara, Nara...
, September 15, 1965. - Fourth – Tanaka IchimatsuIchimatsu Tanakawas a prominent Japanese academic, an art historian, curator, editor, and sometime public servant who specialized in the history of Japanese art. He was born in .-Education:...
, May 2, 1973. - Fifth – Laurence SickmanLaurence SickmanLaurence Chalfant Stevens Sickman was an American academic, art historian, sinologist and Director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.-Education:...
, September 11, 1973. - Sixth – Roman GhirshmanRoman GhirshmanRoman Ghirshman was a Ukrainian-born French archeologist who specialized in ancient Iran.A native of Kharkiv, Ghirshman moved to Paris in 1917 to study Archeology and Ancient Languages...
, January 16, 1974. - Seventh – Max Lohr, May 2, 1983.
- Eighth – - Stella Kramrisch, 1985.
- Ninth – - Alexander Coburn Soper III, 1990.
- Tenth – - Sherman LeeSherman LeeSherman Emory Lee was an American academic, writer, art historian, and expert on Asian art. He was Director of the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1958 to 1983....
, 1998. - Eleventh – - Oleg GrabarOleg GrabarOleg Grabar was a French-born art historian and archeologist, who spent most of his career in the United States, as a leading figure in the field of Islamic art and architecture.-Academic career:...
, 2001.
External links
- Smithsonian: Freer medal, obverse image; reverse image