Gerald Douglas Bolas

Background

Bolas, Gerald Douglas was born on November 1, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Norman Theodore and Elizabeth Louise (Douglas) Bolas.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, City University of New York, 1998. Tchg.asst. University of California-Santa Barbara, 1973-1974. National Endowment for Humanities museum intern Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1975-1976, assistant to director, 1976-1977.

Career

Teaching assistant University California, Santa Barbara, 1973-1974. National Endowment of the Humanities museum intern Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1975-1976, assistant to director, 1976-1977. Director Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, 1977-1988, Portland Art Museum, Oregon, 1988-1992, Ackland Art Museum, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1994.

Adjunct professor art history Washington University, 1982-1988, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1994. Advisor Missouri Arts Council, St. Louis, 1981-1982. Field reviewer Institute Museum Services, Washington, 1980-1983.

Panelist National Education Association, 1989, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1990, 95, North Carolina Arts Council, 1995. Board directors Asian Art Society of Washington University, 1983-1988. Member Northern California advisory committee Archives of America Art.

Active Lake Oswego Arts Commission, 1993-1994.

Achievements

• Gerald Douglas Bolas has been listed as a noteworthy museum director, art historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Paris in Japan: The Japanese encounter with European painting

    (art book)

  • Paris In Japan: The Japanese Encounter with European Painting

Membership

Member Northern California advising committee Archives of America Artist Fellow Winterthur Museum 1993, Smithsonian Institution, 1993. Member College Art Association, Association Art Museum Directors

Connections

Married Deborah Jean Wohletz, November 25, 1978. Children: Ellen Claire, John David.

Father:

Norman Theodore Bolas

Mother:

Elizabeth Louise (Douglas) Bolas

Spouse:

Deborah Jean Wohletz

child:

John David Bolas

child:

Ellen Claire Bolas