Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Related Questions
Read Next
Art texture. Close-up of yellow abstract painting. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
10 Modernist Art Movements
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) lived in in this three-story Victorian house in Hartford, Connecticut, for the 20 most productive year of his career. The Mark Twain House & Museum.
7 Awe-Inspiring Buildings to Visit in Connecticut
The Jeff Koons tulips sculputure outside the Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao, Spain, Basque Country.
What’s the Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art?
The Fortune-Teller, oil on canvas by Georges de La Tour, probably the 1630s; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. (101.9 x 123.5 cm.) (The Fortune Teller)
10 Paintings You Should See at the Met in New York City
Discover
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson
Vietnam War Timeline
Remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken late on July 13, 2015 from a distance of 289,000 miles
Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?
Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece
Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents
earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950
Data analysis of the Super Bowl's "winningest" teams, game locations, MVP winners by position, teams with the most game losses. football, sports, infographic
From Sport to Spectacle: The History of the Super Bowl
In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.
6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

Alfred H. Barr, Jr.: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Alfred-H-Barr-Jr
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Alfred Hamilton Barr, Jr.
Born January 28, 1902 • Detroit • Michigan
Died August 15, 1981 (aged 79) • Connecticut
Lonnie G. Bunch III
Lonnie G. Bunch III
American museum director
Franz Boas
Franz Boas
German-American anthropologist
Beaumont Newhall
American photography historian, writer, and curator
Curt Sachs
German musicologist
Frederic Ward Putnam.
Frederic Ward Putnam
American anthropologist
Edward W. Gifford
American anthropologist
Museum of Modern Art
Yoshio Taniguchi
Japanese architect
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
French art dealer and publisher
Bastian
Adolf Bastian
German ethnologist
Victor-Charles Mahillon
Belgian music scholar
Wilhelm von Bode
German art critic
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American architect
Kevin Young
Kevin Young
American poet, essayist, and editor
I.M. Pei
I.M. Pei
American architect
Frank Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Frank Gehry
Canadian American architect
Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead
American anthropologist
Richard Meier: Atheneum
Richard Meier
American architect
Norman Foster: 30 St Mary Axe
Norman Foster
British architect
Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie
Israeli-Canadian-American architect
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American paleontologist