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Eleanor Axson Sayre (March 26, 1916 – May 12, 2001) was an American curator, art historian, and a specialist on the works of Goya. She was the first woman to serve as departmental curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Eleanor Axson Sayre (ur. 26 marca 1916 w Filadelfii, zm. 12 maja 2001 w Cambridge) – amerykańska historyczka i konserwatorka sztuki. Specjalizowała się m.in. w twórczości Francisca Goi.
17 maj 2001 · Eleanor Axson Sayre, an authority on the prints of Francisco Goya and one of the first female curators at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, died Saturday. She was 85 and lived in Cambridge, Mass.
Seated Giant. Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Spanish. by 1818 (possibly 1814–18) Not on view. Executed entirely in aquatint, this is one of Goya’s most technically ambitious yet enigmatic prints. A giant dominating a desolate landscape is captured in a moment of transition.
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Eleanor Axson Sayre was a well-known art expert and an accepted authority on the works on the artist Goya. She was one of the first female curators at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Sayre was the recipient of such prizes from the Spanish government as the Lazo de Dama del Orden de Isabella la Catolica for her dedication to the interpretation ...
Art historians Jewish refugees Museum curators Printmakers World War, 1939-1945 Sayre, Eleanor A Brown, Robert F Ashmolean Museum Bryn Mawr College Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Lyman Allyn Museum Museo del Prado Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art Yale University.
