Background

Ayres, Linda L. was born on May 25, 1947 in Berlin, Maryland, United States. Daughter of John Pershing and Hilda Margaret (Smallwood) Ayres.

Education

Bachelor, Washington College, 1969. Master of Arts, Tufts University, 1973. Bicentennial coordinator Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1975, assistant to director, 1975-1976.

Research assistant National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 1977-1978, assistant curator American art, 1978-1984.

Acting curator American art National Gallery, 1983. Curator painting and sculpture Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 1984-1989.

Associate director exhibitions public programs Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1989-1990, deputy director, 1990.

Career

Bicentennial coordinator Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974—1975, assistant to director, 1975—1976. Research assistant National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 1977—1978, assistant curator American art, 1978—1984. Acting curator American art National Gallery, 1983.

Curator painting and sculpture Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 1989—1990, deputy director, 1990.

Achievements

• Linda L. Ayres has been listed as a noteworthy art historian, curator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Winslow Homer in the Eighteen Seventies: Selections from the Valentine-Pulsifer Collection

    (Book by John Wilmerding, Linda Ayres)

  • Winslow Homer in the 1870s: Selections from the Valentine-Pulsifer Collection
  • American Paintings: Selections from the Amon Carter Museum

Membership

Member American Association Museum.

Connections

Married David Emmert Brewster, April 21, 1977.

Father:

John Pershing Ayres

Mother:

Hilda Margaret (Smallwood) Ayres

Spouse:

David Emmert Brewster