Dorothy Kosinski

American art historian

Dorothy M. Kosinski is an American scholar of nineteenth and twentieth-century art, curator and the former director (2008--2023) of The Phillips Collection, an art museum in Washington, D. C.

## Biography[edit]

Kosinski was born in Meriden, Connecticut, into a Catholic family[1] and grew up in Wallingford, Connecticut, and got her BA from Yale University and her MA and PhD degrees from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.[2] After being an intern and curatorial assistant at the Guggenheim Museum, she became a curator for the Bruce Museum[3] in Greenwich, Connecticut, and, from 1985 to 1997,[4] for the private collection of cubist art left by Douglas Cooper[5] in Basel, Switzerland.[6] From 1995 to 2008, she worked at the Dallas Museum of Art, where she worked in different capacities before she eventually[4] became senior curator of painting and sculpture, then was appointed director at The Phillips Collection,[5] where she succeed Jay Gates.[7] She was also an independent curator for the National Gallery in Prague,[4] the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg,[8] the Kunstmuseum Basel,[4] and the Royal Academy of Arts.[5] Her experience amounts to over 30 exhibitions.[9]

Kosinski has published on artists including Gustave Courbet,[10] Henri Matisse,[11] and Vincent van Gogh[12] and on various topics in nineteenth and twentieth-century art.[13] Her book "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor" was among "The best books of 2007" listed by the Financial Times.[14] In total, Kosinski can look back on over 35 publications.[15] As an expert of nineteenth and twentieth-century art Kosinski has been quoted by the New York Times[16][17] and the Washington Post.[18][19]

President Obama appointed her in 2012 to the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory council to the National Endowment for the Humanities.[20] In December 2017 Kosinski was awarded the Order of the Star of Italy for her "outstanding contributions to the arts and promotion of Italian culture".[21]

She is a member of the US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture.[6] She is also director of the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation[22] and of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, as well as a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors.[4]

Kosinski is married to the Swiss-born architect Thomas Krahenbuhl. They have one daughter.[1]

## Publications[edit]

* 1987: Douglas Cooper Und Die Meister Des Kubismus and the Masters of Cubism, Univ of Washington Pr, ISBN 9783720400527
* 1990: Picasso, Braque, Gris, Leger: Douglas Cooper Collecting Cubism, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, ISBN 9780890900499
* 1994: Fernand Leger 1911-1924: The Rhythm of Modern Life (Art & Design), Prestel Pub, ISBN 9783791313726
* 1999: The Artist and the Camera, Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300081688
* 2001: Henry Moore, Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300089929
* 2005: Dialogues, Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300109269
* 2006: Van Gogh's Sheaves of Wheat, Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300117721
* 2007: Matisse, Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300115413
* 2012: Per Kirkeby, Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300181227
* 2013: Angels, Demons, and Savages, Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300186482
* 2013: Giorgio de Chirico: Myth and Archaeology, Silvana Editorale, ISBN 9788836626274
* 2013: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Dallas Museum of Art: The Richard R. Brettell Lecture Series, Dallas Museum of Art, ISBN 9780300187571
* 2015: Gauguin to Picasso, Masterworks from Switzerland: The Staechelin & Im Obersteg Collections, GILES, ISBN 9781907804601
* 2017: Markus Lüpertz, Sieveking, ISBN 9783944874593
* 2020: Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition, Rizzoli Electa, ISBN 9780847866649

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Kosinski's Path To the Phillips". The Washington Post. 2008-02-10. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
2. ^ Boyle, Katherine (2014-02-28). "Who's who: The women leading top Washington-area museums". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
3. ^ Charles, Eleanor (20 January 1985). "CONNECTICUT GUIDE". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
4. ^ a b c d e "Dorothy Kosinski". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
5. ^ a b c Trescott, Jacqueline (5 December 2007). "Phillips Collection Taps Dallas Curator To Succeed Director". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
6. ^ a b "Dorothy Kosinski". US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
7. ^ Times, The New York (6 December 2007). "Museum Leaders Named". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
8. ^ "Administration". www.phillipscollection.org. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
9. ^ Gopnik, Blake (2008-02-10). "Blake Gopnik - Eager to Get Busy at the Phillips". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
10. ^ Gopnik, Blake (2008-02-10). "Blake Gopnik - Eager to Get Busy at the Phillips". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
11. ^ "Matisse | Yale University Press". yalebooks.yale.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
12. ^ "Van Gogh's Sheaves of Wheat | Yale University Press". yalebooks.yale.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
13. ^ Rubell, Mera (18 May 2010). "The Phillips' Female Force". Washington Life Magazine. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
14. ^ "The best books of 2007". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
15. ^ Gopnik, Blake (2008-02-10). "Blake Gopnik - Eager to Get Busy at the Phillips". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
16. ^ Vogel, Carol (24 November 2000). "INSIDE ART; Dispersing A Private Cache". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
17. ^ Cohen, Patricia (10 January 2015). "Writing Off the Warhol Next Door". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
18. ^ Trescott, Jacqueline (2008-12-19). "Phillips Collection Receives Largest Gifts Ever, Endowment Reaches $38 Million". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
19. ^ "Left at altar by Corcoran, University of Maryland has new partner in the arts". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
20. ^ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". White House Office of the Press Secretary. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
21. ^ "Dorothy Kosinski Awarded Order of the Star of Italy". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
22. ^ Foundation, The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz. "Board". www.cafritzfoundation.org. Retrieved 2018-09-14.

## External links[edit]

* Kosinski at The Phillips Collection website

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