Background
Cowart, Jack was born on February 7, 1945 in Fort Riley, Kansas, United States. Son of William John and Geraldine (Coles) Cowart.
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The catalogue of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 2, 1986 - March 29, 1987. Illustrated with 188 color plates.
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Author: Jack Cowart, Pierre Schneider, John Elderfield, Publisher: Harry N Abrams Keywords: drawings, paintings, morocco, matisse Pages: 293 Published: 1992-09 Language: English Category: Individual Artists, Arts & Photography, ISBN-10: 0810925273 ISBN-13: 9780810925274 Binding: Paperback List Price: 24.95 USD
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The catalogue of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 2, 1986 - March 29, 1987. With 400 illustrations, including 188 plates in full color.
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Cowart, Jack was born on February 7, 1945 in Fort Riley, Kansas, United States. Son of William John and Geraldine (Coles) Cowart.
In 1972, he received his Doctor of Philosophy in the history of art from Johns Hopkins University and then went on to serve in curatorial posts at The Wadsworth Athenaeum and Saint Louis Art Museum.
He has held leadership positions at numerous American art museums including the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the National Gallery of Art in addition to being an expert on Henri Matisse and Roy Lichtenstein. Doctor Jack Cowart has played a major role in the art community for more than thirty years. Cowart then assumed the position of head of the department of 20th-century art at the National Gallery of Art (1983-1992), where he helped Herb and Dorothy Vogel find a home for their collection, supervised the transfer humorously portrayed in the film Herb and Dorothy, and laid the groundwork for their donation of 50 works each to 50 states.
Cowart was then deputy director/chief curator and executive director at the Corcoran Gallery of Artist
After seven years at the Corcoran, Cowart became the head of the Lichtenstein Foundation. Throughout his career, Jack Cowart has mounted numerous exhibits such as “Henri Matisse Paper Cut-Outs” in 1977 and “Roy Lichtenstein 1979-1980” that opened in Saint Louis in 1981 and then traveled to the in New York under the title “Lichtenstein Insights/Oversight.” He has published widely on Henri Matisse, Roy Lichtenstein, and other American and European 20th century modern and contemporary artists.
In 2001, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication awarded him a Chevalair de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Member American Federation Art (exhibition advisory committee).
Married Susan Louise Farr. 2 children.