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Sill, Gertrude Grace was born on January 3, 1927 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Edwin Joseph and Gertrude (Keating) Grace.
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Sill, Gertrude Grace was born on January 3, 1927 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Edwin Joseph and Gertrude (Keating) Grace.
Bachelor, Smith College, 1948. Master of Arts, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1978.
Lecturer, consultant Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1976-1978. Curator George Cope Exhibit Dayton Art Museum, Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1978-1979. Adjunct professor art history Fairfield University, Connecticut, since 1978.
Curator George Cope, West Chester's Home Artist, 1978, George Brainerd Burr exhibit, Osborne Memorial, Rye, New York, 1980, John Haberle, Master of Illusion, Whitney Museum American Art, Stamford, Connecticut, 1985, New England Seascapes, Realism and Romanticism in 19th Century New England Painting, 1989, Whitney Museum American Art, Stamford, Images of the Divine, Christian Art from the Rotjman Foundation, Walsh Gallery, Fairfield (Connecticut) University. Consultant curator Night by Haberle and Related Paintings, New Britain Museum American Art, Artful Deception, Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1992. Also lecturer; curator Connecticut, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Museum Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1985-1986.
Lecturer art history Connecticut State College, New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, Museum Fine Arts, Houston, Metropolitan Museum Art, Museum Fine Arts, Boston, New Britain Museum American Art, Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, Portland (Maine) Museum Art.
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President, Chairman of the Board Peqot Library., Southport, 1977-1981. President of the board directors Westport Community Art Association, 1954-1958. Member Bridgeport Architectural Conservancy, 1980-1983.
Member College Art Association, International Association Art Critics, Association American Art Historians.
Married Davis Andrews Sill, September 9, 1950. Children: Andrews, Lucinda.