Background

Fusco, Peter Richard was born on April 24, 1945 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of Peter and Dorothy Clara (Fischer) Fusco.

Education

Bachelor, Williams College, 1967. Diploma, Sorbonne, Paris, 1966. Diploma, Brown University, 1969.

Master of Arts, Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1974. Student, Attingham (England) School for Decorative Arts, 1982.

Career

Associate curator Los Angeles County Museum Art, Los Angeles, 1975-1977, curator, 1977-1980, senior curator, 1981-1984. Curator Jean Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, since 1984. Adjunct professor University Southern California, 1977.

Member indemnity committee National Endowment Arts, 1983-1986.

Achievements

• Peter Richard Fusco has been listed as a noteworthy museum curator, art historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth-Century Sculpture from North Amer ican Collections

Membership

Member American Association Art Museum, Art Historians Southern California (president 1981-1982).

Connections

Married Laurie Lee Smith, April 21, 1971.

Father:

Peter Fusco

Mother:

Dorothy Clara (Fischer) Fusco

Spouse:

Laurie Lee Smith