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Charles Franklin Montgomery (1910–1978) was an American art connoisseur, teacher, and scholar. ==Professional life== After graduating from Harvard University in 1932, Montgomery worked for the ''Herald Tribune'', owned an orchard, and began collecting antiquities. His work as a dealer and consultant grew into a significant scholarly career.〔Wendell D. Garrett, "Charles Franklin Montgomery," ''Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society'' Vol. 8, Pt. 1, April 1978, http://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44517602.pdf (accessed 15 January 2015), 26-27.〕 Montgomery had a particular interest in pewter, a subject on which he was an authority and "enthusiastic evangelist."〔John D. Davis, ''Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg'' (Williamsburg, Va.: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2003), xi, (Google Books ) (accessed 19 February 2015).〕 His well-illustrated 1973 book, ''A History of American Pewter'', serves as a concise introduction to the subject, but also touches upon broader themes in the study of decorative arts and social history.〔Dean A. Fales, Jr., Review of ''A History of American Pewter'', ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography'' Vol. 98, No. 3 (July 1974), 386-388, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20090876 (accessed 19 February 2015).〕 In 1949, Montgomery was appointed associate curator and executive secretary of the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum; in 1954, he was appointed director of the Museum.〔Charles Franklin Montgomery Papers, 1947-1974, The Frick Collection, http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord2.php?-action=browse&-recid=7419 (accessed 3 December 2014).〕〔Thomas J. Schlereth, Introduction to Charles F. Montgomery, "The Connoisseurship of Artifacts," in ''Material Culture Studies in America'', ed. Thomas J. Schlereth (Nashville, Tenn.: The American Association for State and Local History, 1982), 143-145.〕 He began teaching courses in the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture in 1952 and during the early years of the program was responsible for raising funds for fellowship grants. He remained part of the program until 1970.〔Garrett, 28-29.〕 Under Montgomery's direction, the Winterthur's graduate program was the first to offer professional training for careers in historic administration and historic house museums.〔Patrick H. Butler III, "Past, Present, and Future: The Place of the House Museum in the Museum Community," in ''Interpreting Historic House Museums'', Jessica Foy Donnelly, ed., (Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press, 2002), 31, (Google Books ) (accessed 19 February 2015).〕 Montgomery then served as curator and Professor of Art History at Yale University, where his exhibitions included "American Art, 1750-1800: Towards Independence," a bicentennial exhibit that later traveled to the Victoria and Albert Museum.〔Garrett, 28-29.〕 Montgomery was a member of the editorial board of the ''American Walpole Society Notebook''.〔Schlereth, 144.〕 He was elected to the Walpole Society (1955) and the American Antiquarian Society (1958).〔Garrett, 29.〕 The Decorative Arts Society offers an Award and Prize, named for Montgomery, that honor outstanding scholarly work on the decorative arts.〔"Awards," Decorative Arts Society website, http://www.decartssociety.org/awards_smith.1.html (accessed 19 February 2015).〕 Yale's History of Art Department includes a decorative arts professorship named for Montgomery.〔Edward S. Cooke, Jr., faculty page, Yale University Department of the History of Art, http://arthistory.yale.edu/faculty/faculty/faculty_cooke.html (accessed 19 February 2015).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles F. Montgomery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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