Born: August 1, 1881, Cambridge, Massachusetts [Died] June 9, 1955. Cambridge, Massachusetts. American scholar of Oriental art and travel explorer. Graduated from Harvard University. Entered the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where he continued his research under Okakura Kakuzo (→Okakura Tenshin), head of the Oriental art department. Later served as director of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art and director of the Oriental art department at Harvard University's Fogg Art Museum. He frequently visited Japan and China. Known for The Enduring Art of Japan (1950) and other writings. During World War II, he served on the Committee for the Preservation and Salvation of Art and Historical Sites in War Zones, and his maps and reports on Japanese art and ruins are said to have saved Kyoto and Nara from war damage. Warner |
[生]1881.8.1. マサチューセッツ,ケンブリッジ [没]1955.6.9. マサチューセッツ,ケンブリッジ アメリカの東洋美術研究家,探検旅行家。ハーバード大学出身。ボストン美術館に入り,東洋美術部長岡倉覚三 (→岡倉天心 ) のもとで研究を続け,のちペンシルバニア美術館主事,ハーバード大学フォッグ美術館東洋美術部主事を歴任。しばしば日本,中国を訪問。『不滅の日本美術』 The Enduring Art of Japan (1950) ,その他の著述で知られる。また,第2次世界大戦中は「戦争地域における美術および歴史遺跡の保護救済に関する委員会」に所属,彼の日本美術,遺跡についての地図および報告書は,京都,奈良を戦災から救ったといわれている。 ウォーナー
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