Gerald Nordland (1927–2019) was an American

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and art critic.

Biography

Nordland was dean of the

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(1960–64), then at the

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(1964–1966), the

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(1966–1973), and director of the

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(1977–1985), and the

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New Wight Art Gallery (1973–1977). He co-founded ''

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'' magazine and authored over 60 publications.

Awards and honours

* 1985

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– for Fine Arts Research

Publications

Including co-authored books, and exhibition catalogues:
*''Gaston Lachaise, 1882–1935: sculpture and drawings'' (Los Angeles, 1964) **''Gaston Lachaise, 1882–1935'' (Ithaca, NY, 1974) *''Ray Parker'' (Washington, 1966) *''Gaston Lachaise: the man and his work'' (New York, 1974) *''Fourteen abstract painters'' (Los Angeles, 1975) *''Catalog of the UCLA collection of contemporary American photographs'' (Los Angeles, 1976) *''Richard Diebenkorn Monotypes'' (Los Angeles, 1976) *''Alberto Burri: a retrospective view, 1948–77'' (Los Angeles, 1977) *''Reuben Nakian: recent works'' (New York, 1982) *''Ulfert Wilke, a retrospective'' (Salt Lake City, 1983) *''Richard Diebenkorn'' (New York, 1987) *''Ynes Johnson'' (1996) *''Twentieth century American drawings from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation collection'' (Little Rock, Ark, 1998) *''Reuben Diebenkorn: revised and expanded'' (New York, 2001) *''Jon Schueler: to the North'' (London, 2002) *''Uncompromising Vision: The art of Jack Jefferson'' (2004)

References

External links

Loyola University Chicago. Archives & Special Collections. Gerald Nordland Papers, 1902-2013, Undated

Oral history interview with Gerald Nordland, 2004 May 25-26
1927 births 2019 deaths American art critics Directors of museums in the United States Directors of the Milwaukee Art Museum {{US-art-display-stub