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Amy Meyers

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Amy Meyers
Born
Amy R. Weinstein
NationalityAmerican
Other namesAmy R.W. Meyers
Occupation(s)Curator
Art historian
SpouseCharles "Jack" Meyers III
ChildrenRachel Meyers
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Yale University
ThesisSketches from the Wilderness: Changing Conceptions of Nature in American Natural History Illustration, 1680-1880 (1985)
Doctoral advisorHoward R. Lamar
Jules Prown
Bryan Wolf
Academic work
DisciplineAmerican art
British art
InstitutionsHuntington Library
Yale University

Amy R. Weinstein Meyers is an American art historian. Meyers is the former Director of the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven and Chief Executive Officer of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London.

Career

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Meyers received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago in 1977 and a Doctor of Philosophy from Yale University in American Studies in 1985.[1] At Yale, her dissertation was titled "Sketches from the Wilderness: Changing Conceptions of Nature in American Natural History Illustration, 1680-1880," and was advised by Professors Howard R. Lamar, Jules Prown, and Bryan Wolf.

Meyers worked as Curator of American Art of the Huntington Library, beginning in 1988. In September 2002, Meyers began her appointment as Director of the Yale Center for British Art.[2] In June 2019, Meyers retired from Yale and was succeeded by Courtney J. Martin.[3]

Personal life

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Meyers married Charles "Jack" Meyers III, a fellow Yale graduate (Class of 1972), with whom she has one daughter, Rachel.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Te Paske, Joelle (July 26, 2019). "An Interview with Amy Meyers, Recently Retired Director of the Yale Center for British Art". College Art Association. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "Amy Meyers to Retire in 2019 as Director of the Yale Center for British Art". Yale University. June 16, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Courtney J. Martin Named Director of Yale Center for British Art". Yale Center for British Art. April 10, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Amy Meyers Named New Director of Yale Center". ArtDaily. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
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