Background
Brinton, Christian was born on September 17, 1870 in Homestead Farm, W. Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Hill and Mary (Herr) Brinton.
Brinton, Christian was born on September 17, 1870 in Homestead Farm, W. Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Hill and Mary (Herr) Brinton.
Studied University of Heidelberg and Paris, and Ecole du Louvre.
Editor The Critic, 1900-1904. Director foreign art, Sesquicentennial International Expn. Contributor to Iconographic Dictionary of Art.
Member Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence. Associate of America Scandinavian Foundation. Member American-Russian Institute, Philadelphia.
Fellow Philadelphia Museum of Art. Member International Jury of Awards, Department of Fine Arts, San Francisco Exposition, 1915. Member of the Belgian League of Honor.
Director foreign art, Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, 1926. Clubs: The Players (New York).