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Florence Nightingale Levy

1870 – 1947

American curator and museum director

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Lived 1870 – 1947 (aged 77). Florence Nightingale Levy was an American curator and art historian.

Florence Nightingale Levy (August 13, 1870 – November 15, 1947) She also studied at Columbia University with John La Farge and John C. Van Dyke. From 1909 to1917, she was a staff curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. From 1922 to 1926, she was part-time director of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Levy was also general manager of the Art Alliance of America (1917–19), executive secretary of the Arts Council of New York City (1927–32), and executive secretary of the American Fine Arts Society. Her notes are used as a source for the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, often being quoted as Florence N. Levy.

Publications Art In New York Exhibition of War Portraits A Guide to the Works of Art in New York City

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American curator and museum director (1870–1947)

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Florence Nightingale Levy was born on 13 August 1870 in New York City.

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Florence Nightingale Levy died on 15 November 1947 in New York City.

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Florence Nightingale Levy was a curator and art historian.

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Florence Nightingale Levy was American.

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· Wikidata: Q5460734

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