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Gary Tinterow OAL (born 1953 in Louisville) is an American art historian and curator. A specialist on 19th-century French art, Tinterow is currently Director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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Gary Tinterow
Born	1953 (age 68–69) Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Occupation	Art historian Curator
Spouse	Christopher Gardner
Relatives	Ann Richards (first cousin once removed)
Academic background
Alma mater	Brandeis University Harvard University
Academic work
Discipline	Art history
Sub-discipline	19th-century French art
Institutions	Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Career

Born in Louisville, but raised in Houston, Tinterow graduated from Bellaire High School in 1972. He then received a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Brandeis University in 1976.[1] His senior honors thesis was on Jewish architecture and was titled "Post-World War II Synagogue Architecture in America."[2] Tinterow then proceeded to receive a Master of Arts in Art History from Harvard University in 1983.[3]

After graduating from Harvard, Tinterow was hired at Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he would remain until 2012. There, he served as the Engelhard Chairman of the Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art. During that tenure, Tinterow was part of a group of curators to help formalize the Association of Art Museum Curators.

In 2012, Tinterow returned to his native Texas and was named Director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, following the death of the preceding director, Peter Marzio.[4]

In 2003 and 2012, respectively, Tinterow was named Chevalier and Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France.[5]

Personal life

Tinterow is married to Christopher Gardner, an antiquarian. Tinterow is also a first cousin once removed of Ann Richards, former Governor of Texas, through his mother's side.

See also

• List of Brandeis University people
• List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: T–V
• List of Harvard University people
• List of members of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
• List of people from Houston

References

External links

• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston profile

Preceded by Peter Marzio

Director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2012 – present

Incumbent

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[de] Gary Tinterow

Gary Tinterow (* in Houston) ist ein amerikanischer Kunsthistoriker. Er leitet seit 2012 das Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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