VOLUME II: THE PASSIONATE EYE (grant not accepted)

FAIN: RO-*1067-77

Founders Society, Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI 48202-4008)
Margaret Sterne (Project Director: May 1977 to October 1990)

To assist the publication of the definitive biography by Dr. Margret Sterne, of Dr. William R. Valentiner, a major figure as a connoisseur, writer and art museum innovator. Dr. Valentiner was director of the Detroit Institute of Arts from 1924 to 1945. He built the most significant collections of art in America outside of N.Y. City and Washington, D.C., in 3 fields: Dutch and Flemish art, Italian sculpture and modern European art.