Arthur F. E. Van Schendel
Dutch art historian, conservator and museum director
About Arthur F. E. Van Schendel
Lived 1910 – 1979 (aged 68–69). Arthur F. E. Van Schendel was a Dutch art historian and conservator.
Arthur François Emile van Schendel (18 May 1910, in Ede – 6 February 1979, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch art historian and museum director. From 1959 to 1975 he was General Director of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. He also served two terms as President of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) from 1965 to 1971. His father Arthur van Schendel was a Dutch writer of novels and short stories.
Publications Le dessin en Lombardie jusqu'à la fin du XVe siècle [fr], Brussel, 1938 & Amsterdam, Breitner, 1939. De restauraties van Rembrandt's Nachtwacht [nl], in: Old Holland, 1947. De schimmen van De Staalmeesters [nl], in: Old Holland, 1956.
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Dutch art historian, conservator and museum director
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Arthur F. E. Van Schendel was born in 1910 in Ede.
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Arthur F. E. Van Schendel died in 1979 in Amsterdam.
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Arthur F. E. Van Schendel was an art historian and conservator.
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Arthur F. E. Van Schendel was Dutch.
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