Background
Mount, Marshall Ward was born on December 25, 1927 in Jersey City. Son of Elmer Marshall and Pauline (Ward) Mount.
(Great exhibition catalog featuring art and objects from a...)
Great exhibition catalog featuring art and objects from art collections in New Jersey. 100 black and white illustrations of artifacts and artwork from Africa. Sculpture, wooden carvings, figures, maskes, tools, ceremonial objects, stone carvings, fiber arts. Works from the Bamana, Dogon, Toma, Iaai, Luba, Bobo, Benin, Yoruba, and other African cultures. Softcover. Unpaginated - 90 pages. Measures 8 by 10 1/2 inches. Interesting book / exhibit catalog, nicely illustrated.
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Mount, Marshall Ward was born on December 25, 1927 in Jersey City. Son of Elmer Marshall and Pauline (Ward) Mount.
AB, Columbia College, 1948. AM, Columbia University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1966.
Professor art history, chairman department Finch College, New York City, 1958—1975. Professor, acting head department creative arts University Benin, Nigeria, 1977—1980. Director L. Kahan Gallery African Arts, New York City, 1981—1982.
Adjunct assistant professor Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, since 1982. Adjunct professor New York University, 1960, Parsons School Design, 1970—1971, Hunter College, 1972. Visiting professor University Iowa, Iowa City, 1970, Rutgers University, 1987—1988.
Leader art study tours Office Academy Liaison, Montreal, Canada, 1970, 1975—1977. Director art history program Finch in San Marino, Italy, 1973—1975. Cataloger Zim College African Art, Brooklyn Children's Museum, 1977, 1979.
Lecturer Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, since 1982.
(In its painting and sculpture since 1920, African art has...)
(Great exhibition catalog featuring art and objects from a...)
Member of African Studies Association, College Art Association.
Married Isabel Berkery Mount, September 9, 1950 (divorced 1990). 1 child Christopher Ward.