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John Joseph Walsh Jr. (born 1937 in Mason City, Washington) is an American art historian, curator and museum director. He served as director of the J. Paul Getty Museum from 1983 to 2000, supervising the planning and completion of the Getty's Richard Meier-designed Getty Center and transforming the Getty's art collection through new acquisitions.[1]

John Walsh
Born	1937 (age 84–85) Mason City, Washington
Alma mater	Columbia University
Scientific career
Institutions	J. Paul Getty Museum
Thesis	Jan and Julius Porcellis: Dutch Marine Painters (1974)
Doctoral advisor	Julius S. Held

Walsh graduated from Yale University in 1961, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.[2] Walsh earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He worked in curatorial capacities at the Frick Collection and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, prior to assuming the directorship of the Getty.[3] Walsh is now on the Board of Trustees of the Hammer Museum[4]

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[de] John Walsh (Kunsthistoriker)

John Joseph Walsh, Jr. (* 1937 in Mason City, Washington) ist ein amerikanischer Kunsthistoriker. Er leitete von 1983 bis 2000 als Direktor das J. Paul Getty Museum.

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