Background
SMYTH, Craig was born on July 28, 1915 in New York, United States. Son of George Hugh Smyth and Lucy Salome Humeston.
SMYTH, Craig was born on July 28, 1915 in New York, United States. Son of George Hugh Smyth and Lucy Salome Humeston.
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1938. Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1956.
Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1975.
Senior museum aid, research assistant National Gallery Art, Washington, 1941-1942. Officer-in-charge, director Center Art Collecting Point, Munich, 1945-1946. Lecturer Frick Collection, New York City, 1946-1950.
Assistant professor Institute Fine Arts New York University, 1950-1953, associate professor Institute Fine Arts, 1953-1957, professor Institute Fine Arts, 1957-1973, acting director Institute Fine Arts, acting head department fine arts Graduate School Arts and Sciences, 1951-1953, director institute, head department fine arts Graduate School, 1953-1973. Professor fine arts Harvard University, 1973-1985, professor emeritus, 1985—2006. Samuel Kress professor Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts National Gallery Art, Washington, 1987-1988.
Director Villa I Tatti Harvard University Center Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence, 1973-1985. Art historian in residence American Academy in Rome, 1959-1960. Member United States National Committee History Art, 1955-1985.
Alternate United States member Comité International d'Histoire de l'Art, 1970-1983, United States member, 1983-1985. Chairman advisory committee Jean Paul Getty Research Institute History of Art and Humanities, 1982-1999. Member architect selection committee Jean Paul Getty Trust, 1983-1984.
Member organizing committee, keynote speaker 400th Anniversary of Uffizi Gallery, 1981-1982. Visiting scholar Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1971, member, 1978, visitor, 1983, 85-86. Visiting scholar Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck Society, Rome, 1972, 73.
Member visiting committee department art and archaeology Princeton University, 1956-1973, 85-89. Member advisory committee Villa I Tatti, 1985-1992. Trustee Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, 1985-1987, The Burlington magazine, since 1987.
Member commission Educational & Cultural Exchange between Italy and United States, 1979-1983.
Author: Mannerism and Maniera, 1963, review edition with introduction by E. Cropper, 1992, Bronzino as Draughtsman, 1971, Michelangelo Architetto (with Her Majesty Millon), 1988, English edition, 1988, Repatriation of Art from the Collecting Point in Munich After World World War II, 1988. Editor: Michelangelo Drawings (National Gallery of Art), 1992. Editor (with Peter M. Lukehart), contributor: The Early Years of Art History in the United States, 1993.Founding chairman (periodical) I Tatti Studies: Essays in the Renaissance, 1984-1985. Contributor to professional journals.
Honorary trustee Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1968–2006. Trustee Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1973-2006. Member mayor's committee Piazza Della Signoria, Florence, 1975-1978.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, College Art Association American (board directors 1953-1957, secretary 1956), Accademia Fiorentina delle Arti del Disegno (academician, associate), Accademia di San Luca (honorary 1995), Harvard Club (New York City), Century Association (New York City), Phi Beta Kappa.
Son of; married Barbara Linforth, June 24, 1941. Children: Alexandra, Edward Linforth (Ned).