Background
Parkhurst, Charles was born on January 23, 1913 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Percy and Isabella (Woodbridge) Parkhurst.
Parkhurst, Charles was born on January 23, 1913 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Percy and Isabella (Woodbridge) Parkhurst.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1935. AM, Oberlin College, 1938. Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1941.
Road and bridge construction worker Danali Park, Alaska Road Commission
teacher music, coach basketball, Wasilla, Alaska., 1935-1937;
assistant curator (registrar), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942-1943;
deputy chief, monuments, fine arts and archives section, Allied Military Government in both United States Zones, Germany, 1945-1946;
assistant curator, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1946-1947;
assistant professor art and archaeology, Princeton (New Jersey) U.
assistant director, Princeton (New Jersey) Art Museum, 1947-1949;
head department fine arts, director Art Museum, professor of history and appreciation of art, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1949-1962;
director, Baltimore Museum Art, 1962-1970;
assistant director, chief curator, National Gallery Art, Washington, 1971-1983;
retired, National Gallery Art, Washington, 1983;
co-director Museum Art, Williams College, 1983-1984;
member visiting faculty, Williams College, 1980;
Clark visiting professor, Williams College, 1985-1986;
acting director graduate program in art history, Williams College, 1986-1987;
director Bachelor of Medicine Prendergrast Systematic Catalogue project, Williams College, 1983-1987;
interim director, Smith College Museum Art, 1991-1992;
emeritus director, Smith College Museum Art, 1992. Faculty fellow Fund for Advancement Education, 1952-1953. Fulbright research scholar U. Utrecht, Netherlands, 1956-1957.
Visiting faculty University of Minnesota, 1953, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964, Johns Hopkins University, 1971, University of Wisconsin, 1979, Williams College, 1980-1992. Lecturer on art, color theory of Roger Bacon and Giotto and vernacular Italian drama ca. 1300; chairman Maryland.
Arts Council, 1967-1968. Chairman Maryland. Revolutionary War Bicentennial Commission, 1968-1970, Governor's Council on Arts in Maryland., 1966-1968. Trustee, officer Williamstown Regional Art Conservation Laboratory, 1983-1990.
Independent consultant Asian Art Museum, 1993-1994.
Commissioner National Museum American Art, 1983-1993. Overseer Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1982-1986. Trustee Amon Carter Museum, 1977-1985, Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut, 1994-1996.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1962. Member College Art Association (president 1958-1960, board directors), Intermus. Conservation Association (co-founder), Association Art Museum Directors, American Association Museum (president 1966-1968, founder, member museum accreditation committee 1970-1976).
Married Elizabeth Huntington Rusling, June 15, 1938 (divorced 1962). Children: Andrew, Christopher, Bruce. Married Rima Zevin Julyan, September 1, 1962 (divorced 1972).
1 child, Brooke; stepchildren: Candace, David, Mark. Married Carol Canda Clark, July 18, 1986.