| Martha Tedeschi | |
| Birth Name: | Martha P. Tedeschi |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1958 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Art historian Curator |
| Alma Mater: | Brown University University of Michigan Northwestern University |
| Thesis Title: | How Prints Work: Reproductions, Originals, and Their Markets in England, 1840–1900 |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.proquest.com/openview/15712802c5ad254577926f4b5bcf21bc/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y |
| Thesis Year: | 1994 |
| Academic Advisors: | S. Hollis Clayson Nancy J. Troy |
| Spouse: | Michael Lukasiewicz |
| Children: | 2 (Samuel and Jacob) |
| Workplaces: | Art Institute of Chicago Harvard Art Museums |
| Discipline: | Art history |
| Sub Discipline: | Nineteenth-century American and British prints and drawings |
Martha P. Tedeschi (born April 1, 1958) is an American art historian and curator. Tedeschi currently serves as the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums. She is a scholar of nineteenth-century American and British prints and drawings, especially works by artists such as Winslow Homer, John Marin, and James McNeill Whistler.
Born to John and Anne, Tedeschi received a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Brown University in 1980, and a Master of Arts in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Michigan in 1982. Her thesis at Michigan focused on Girolamo Mocetto and was titled "The Calumny of Appelles: An Early Sixteenth-Century Engraving by Girolamo Mocetto." In 1994, Tedeschi received a Doctor of Philosophy in Art History from Northwestern University. Her dissertation, supervised by S. Hollis Clayson and Nancy J. Troy, was titled "How Prints Work: Reproductions, Originals, and Their Markets in England, 1840–1900."
In 1999, Tedeschi was named the Print Trust Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago.[1] In 2012, she was promoted to Deputy Director for Art and Research. Four years later, she was named the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums, succeeding Thomas W. Lentz.[2]
Tedeschi is a member of the Association of Art Museum Curators, the Association of Art Museum Directors, and has served as President of the Print Council of America from 2009 through 2013.[3] She has published extensively within the academic journal Print Quarterly.
Tedeschi is married to Michael Lukasiewicz, with whom she has two children: Samuel and Jacob.[4]