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Blanton curator heads to National Gallery of Art
Jonathan Bober, the Blanton Museum of Art’s expert curator of prints, drawings and European art, will be leaving the University of Texas museum to accept a position at the National Gallery of Art, Blanton officials announced today.
Bober, who has been with the Blanton since 1988, will become the National Gallery’s Curator and Head of the Department of Old Master Prints. He will leave the Blanton effective April 30.
During his tenure at the Blanton, Bober was responsible for the acquisition of more than 11,000 works of art including the Suida-Manning Collection of Old Master paintings, prints and drawings and the Leo Steinberg Collection of 3,200 prints assembled by the leading art critic. Bober’s in-depth scholarship of the Genoese Renaissance master, Luca Cambiaso, resulted in the first major US exhibition of the artist — Luca Cambiaso, 1527 - 1585, in partnership with Genoa’s Palazzo Ducale — and the first publication on the artist in English.
“Over his 23 years of dedicated service, Jonathan Bober has made an exceptional contribution to The Blanton. His focus on, and great passion for deepening the museum’s collection of prints and drawings and paintings from Europe, has distinguished him in numerous ways,” Blanton director Ned Rifkin said. “All of us at rhe Blanton wish him every possible success in his new position and will look for great things from him in the future.”
Bober will give one of his last gallery talks at the Blanton when lectures on the current print exhibit “Salvator Rosa: Etchings.” The talk is 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. Museum admission is free on Thursdays. www.blantonmuseum.org
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