Jules Prown Explained

Jules Prown
Birth Name:Jules David Prown
Birth Date:14 March 1930
Birth Place:Freehold, New Jersey, US
Occupation:Art historian
Alma Mater:Lafayette College
Harvard University
University of Delaware
Thesis Title:The English Career of John Singleton Copley, R.A
Thesis Url:https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990039067700203941/catalog
Thesis Year:1961
Doctoral Students:Amy Meyers
Alexander Nemerov
Discipline:American art
Workplaces:Yale University

Jules David Prown (born March 14, 1930, in Freehold) is an American art historian. Prown is the Paul Mellon Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at Yale University, where he has focused on American art and the art of John Singleton Copley since 1961.

Career

Born to Max Prown and Matilda Cassileth in Freehold, Prown attended the Peddie School.[1] He received his Bachelor of Arts from Lafayette College (1951). He then continued on to receive two Master of Arts degrees from Harvard University (1953) and the University of Delaware in Early American Culture (1956), respectively. Prown completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Art History from Harvard (1961).[2] There, his dissertation was titled "The English Career of John Singleton Copley, R.A," in which he studied the painter John Singleton Copley.

Upon graduating from Harvard, Prown began teaching at Yale University, where he has remained throughout his career. He is now the Paul Mellon Professor Emeritus of the History of Art. He has also held the posts of Curator of American Art at the Yale University Art Gallery and is the Founding Director of the Yale Center for British Art.

In 1964, Prown was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117557021/jules-prown-of-peddie-school/ "Shirley Ann Martin To Wed Jules Prown"
  2. Web site: Jules Prown . Yale University . January 28, 2023.
  3. Web site: Jules D. Prown . . January 28, 2023.