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Kermit S. Champa
Born
Kermit Swiler Champa

(1939-08-20)August 20, 1939
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedJuly 22, 2004(2004-07-22) (aged 64)
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
SpouseJudith Tolnick
Children3
Academic background
Alma materYale University
Harvard University
ThesisThe Genesis of Impressionism (1965)
Doctoral advisorFrederick B. Deknatel
InfluencesClement Greenberg
Academic work
DisciplineArt history
Sub-disciplineImpressionism
InstitutionsBrown University
Notable studentsOlivier Berggruen

Kermit Swiler Champa (August 20, 1939 – July 22, 2004) was an American art historian and educator. A scholar of Impressionism, Champa was the Andrea V. Rosenthal Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University from 1970 to 2004.

Career

Born in Lancaster to Valentino Anthony and Gladys Swiler, Champa earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Yale University in 1960, where he played trombone. He went on to receive a Doctor of Philosophy in Art History from Harvard University in 1965, where he studied under Frederick B. Deknatel and Clement Greenberg.[1] Champa wrote a doctoral dissertation about the Impressionist period, under Deknatel.[2]

A specialist on Impressionist paintings, Champa first taught at Yale as an Assistant Professor of Art History.[3] He then moved to Brown University in 1970. A year later, he was honored by the Government of Germany with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1974, Champa became a full Professor and was named the Andrea V. Rosenthal Professor of the History of Art and Architecture in 1995. He taught there until death in 2004 from lung cancer.[4]

Selected works

  • German Painting of the 19th Century, 1970
  • Studies in Early Impressionism, 1973
  • Mondrian Studies, 1985
  • The Rise of Landscape Painting in France: Corot to Monet, 1991
  • Masterpiece Studies: Manet, Zola, Van Gogh, and Monet, 1994

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kermit Swiler Champa, 1939-2004".
  2. ^ http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990037993860203941/catalog [bare URL]
  3. ^ "Obituary: Kermit Champa".
  4. ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (17 August 2004). "Kermit S. Champa, 64, Author and Distinguished Art Historian". The New York Times.
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