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Rene d'Harnoncourt was born on 17 May, 1901 in Austria, is an American art curator. Discover Rene d'Harnoncourt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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Born 17 May, 1901
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Date of death 13 August, 1968
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Nationality Austria

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1901

René d'Harnoncourt (May 17, 1901 – August 13, 1968) was an Austrian-born American art curator.

1903

That year, he married Sarah Carr (1903-2001) and became host of the radio program Art in America.

1924

After his family suffered severe financial losses, he moved to Paris in 1924, and went to Mexico in 1926.

D'Harnoncourt initially eked out a minimal living as a commercial artist, but quickly acquired a reputation for his knowledgeable advice to American antique collectors.

1927

In 1927, d’Harnoncourt went to work for Frederick W. Davis, who operated one of the most important antiquities and folk art shops in Mexico City.

Davis was among the first to collect, display and sell the work of the emerging Mexican artists such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and Rufino Tamayo; others who frequented the shop included Miguel Covarrubias and Jean Charlot.

D'Harnoncourt assisted in buying and selling antiques and contemporary works and also organized displays and exhibits in the showroom.

1929

In 1929 and 1930, d'Harnoncourt organized an exhibition of Mexican fine and applied arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York that then traveled to other American cities.

1933

D'Harnoncourt left Davis's shop in 1933 and moved to the United States.

1934

Among many others, Margaret Lefranc was a guest speaker several times during 1934–1935, educating listeners on American and European art.

He briefly taught at Sarah Lawrence College.

1936

In 1936, d'Harnoncourt became the general manager of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB), a New Deal agency created to revive Native American arts and crafts.

1939

To promote Native American craftwork, d'Harnoncourt, along with Frederic Huntington Douglas, developed an exhibit of Native American arts and crafts for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco.

1941

Its success led to an even larger show at New York's Museum of Modern Art, the influential Indian Art of the United States exhibition that opened in January 1941.

1943

D'Harnoncourt's only child, Anne Julie d'Harnoncourt (1943–2008), served as Director and eventually CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1982 until her death.

1944

In 1944, the Museum of Modern Art appointed D'Harnoncourt to be vice president in charge of foreign activities.

He proved to be an expert exhibit installer and notable collector.

1949

He was Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from 1949 to 1967.

Of Austrian, Czech, and French descent, Count Rene d'Harnoncourt was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Count Hubert d'Harnoncourt and his wife, the former Julie Mittrowsky.

Although he showed an interest in art as a child, he received a technical education.

In 1949, the museum named him director, a position he would hold until 1967.

1954

He was responsible for a series of significant exhibitions over the course of his tenure as director, including Lipchitz (1954), Rodin (1963), and Picasso (1967).

D'Harnoncourt was also an advisor to Nelson Rockefeller.

1965

In 1965, he was appointed to a commission to choose modern art works for the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection in Albany, New York.

He was a tireless advocate of modern art.

1967

D'Harnoncourt retired from the position of director in 1967.

He was killed on Long Island by a drunk driver roughly a year later.