Edward F. Fry
Edward F. Fry | |
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| Born | Edward Fort Fry May 6, 1935 |
| Died | April 17, 1992 (aged 56) Gladwyne, Pennsylvania |
| Education | B.A. Princeton University (1953); M.A. Harvard University (1961); Sorbonne University and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (1961-1963) |
| Known for | art historian, curator, educator |
| Spouse | Alexandra (Sandra) Ericson (m. 1985) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada (1972) |
Edward F. Fry (May 06, 1935 – April 17, 1992) was a prominent art historian, curator, critic and educator whose specialty was Cubism and art of the late 20th century. He was a curator at the Guggenheim Museum, New York in 1967 and organized an exhibition of Hans Haacke, which was famously cancelled and resulted in his being fired in 1971.
He then acted as a curator at large and critic, and taught, co-directing documenta 8 (1986) and helping organize a show for the Museum of Modern Art in New York (1989) as well as consulting on other shows and participating in conferences. He taught at several of the Big Three (colleges) in the United States, at the University of Pennsylvania, in Canada and elsewhere. Of the 14 books on art which he authored, co-authored or to which he contributed, his book on Cubism with 13 editions, published in 1966, is best known.