Susan Landauer
American art historian and curator (1958–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Susan Landauer (1958–2020) was an American art historian, author, and curator of modern and contemporary art based in California.[1] She worked for three decades, both independently and as chief curator of the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA) and co-founder of the San Francisco Center for the Book.[2][3] Landauer was known for championing movements and idioms of California art, overlooked artists of the past, women artists, and artists of color.[2][4][5][6] She organized exhibitions that gained national attention; among the best known are: "The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism" (Laguna Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1996),[7] "Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement" (SJMA, 2006),[8] and retrospectives of Elmer Bischoff,[9] Roy De Forest (both at the Oakland Museum of California, 2001 and 2017, respectively),[6] and Franklin Williams (2017, Museum of Sonoma County).[10] Her work was recognized with awards and grants from the International Association of Art Critics, National Endowment for the Arts and Henry Luce Foundation, among others.[11][12][13][14] Critics, including Roberta Smith and Christopher Knight, praised her scholarship on San Francisco Abstract Expressionism, De Forest, Richard Diebenkorn, and Bernice Bing, among others, as pioneering.[15][16][17][18] In 2021, Art in America editor and curator Michael Duncan said that "no other scholar has contributed as much to the study of California art."[1] Landauer died of lung cancer at age 62 in Oakland on December 19, 2020.[3]
Susan Landauer | |
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Born | 1958 Oakland, California, United States |
Died | 2020 Oakland, California, United States |
Nationality | American |
Education | Yale University, University of California Berkeley |
Known for | Contemporary and modern art curation, art historical writing, museum leadership |
Awards | International Association of Art Critics, National Endowment for the Arts, Henry Luce Foundation, College Art Association |