Gary Schwartz (art historian)

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ISBN 9780670808762
  • Rembrandt (1992) ISBN   9780810937604
  • The Complete Etchings of Rembrandt (1994) ISBN   9780486281810
  • Bets and Scams: A Novel of the Art World (1996) ISBN   9780714530086
  • The Night Watch (2002) ISBN   9789040095559
  • The Rembrandt Book (2006) ISBN   9780810943179
  • Rembrandt's Universe: His Art, His Life, His World (2006) ISBN   9780500093313
  • Meet Rembrandt: Life and Work of the Master Painter (2011) ISBN   9789086890576
  • Emotions: Pain and Pleasure in Dutch Painting of the Golden Age (2014) ISBN   9789462081703
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    3. Brenson, Michael. "An Idiosyncratic Expert Redraws Rembrandt", The New York Times , February 28, 1987. Accessed May 5, 2022. "Gary Schwartz was born in Brooklyn in 1940. His mother was Hungarian; his father, who worked in and eventually took over his father's sweater factory, was of Polish origin. The family moved to Far Rockaway when he was 12."
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    Gary Schwartz
    Born (1940-06-12) June 12, 1940 (age 82)
    Brooklyn, New York, United States
    Occupation Art historian
    SpouseLoekie Hendriks (m. 1968)
    Children2 (Ditke and Baruch)
    Academic background
    Alma mater New York University
    Johns Hopkins University (did not graduate)
    Doctoral advisorAdolf Katzenellenbogen
    Influences Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann
    H. W. Janson
    Jan Gerrit van Gelder
    Horst Gerson