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Bowron, Edgar Peters was born on May 27, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of James Edgar Bowron and Dorothe Peters Lowles.
( Published to coincide with the opening of the Audrey Jo...)
Published to coincide with the opening of the Audrey Jones Beck building in March of 2000, this lavishly illustrated catalogue--the first single volume dedicated to this extraordinary collection--features one hundred of the most important European paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The works, which range in date from the early Renaissance to the beginning of the twentieth century, are all handsomely featured as full-page color plates. The accompanying text is highly accessible, providing interesting insights into the artists' lives and explaining--in general terms--the stylistic evolution of the history of European painting. Furthermore, important new research on unpublished works has been incorporated into the entries. The European painting collection of the Museum of Fine Arts has grown tremendously over the past fifty years through the generosity of major donors and patrons. The 1944 bequest by Edith A. and Percy S. Straus forms the foundation of the permanent collection, including works by such well-known Italian and Northern Renaissance artists as Fra Angelico, Rogier van der Weyden, and Hans Memling. The next milestone was the acquisition of the Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection, which comprises splendid pictures spanning many centuries, such as major works by Giovanni di Paolo, Frans Hals, Canaletto, Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas. Purchases and gifts, including substantial donations from Samuel H. Kress and the Kress Foundation from the 1930s through the 1960s, further strengthened the holdings of Renaissance and Baroque pictures with exceptional works such as Sebastiano del Piombo's Portrait of Anton Francesco degli Albizzi and Orazio Gentileschi's Portrait of a Young Woman as a Sibyl. The renowned John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection includes a significant number of important Impressionist and modern paintings, represented herein with works by Edouard Manet, Gustave Caillebotte, Mary Cassatt, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Signac, Georges Braque, and Vassily Kandinsky. Represented as well are some of the museum's most important recent acquisitions, such as Still Life with Golden Bream, a stunning canvas by Francisco de Goya, and Still Life of Flowers and Fruit, a ravishing work by Jan van Huysum. With beautiful reproductions and informative commentary, Masterworks of European Painting will be of great appeal to art lovers and scholars alike.
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Bowron, Edgar Peters was born on May 27, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of James Edgar Bowron and Dorothe Peters Lowles.
Bachelor, Colgate University, 1965; Master of Arts, Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1969; Philosophy Doctor, Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1979.
Education lecturer Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1969-1970. Registrar Minneapolis Institute Arts, 1970-1973. Curator Renaissance and Baroque art Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1973-1978.
Administrative assistant to director and curator Renaissance and Baroque art Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, 1978-1981. Director North Carolina Museum Art, Raleigh, 1981-1985. Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot director, professor fine arts Art Museum Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985-1990.
Senior curator paintings National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991-1996. Audrey Jones Beck curator of European art Museum Fine Arts, Houston, since 1996. Art advisory panel Internal Revenue Service, since 1994.
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Trustee Museum Fine Arts, Boston, 1988-1990. Member art advisory panel Internal Revenue Service, since 1994. Member National Education Association (arts and artifacts indemnity advisory panel 2000-2004), Association Art Museum Directors (trustee 1987-1990), Master Drawings Association (board directors 1987-2007).
Children: James Edgar III, Clara Beatrice, St. John Grenfell.