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Earl Alexander Powell III (born October 24, 1943),〔("Earl A. Powell III." Online Press Kit. National Gallery of Art. 2012. ) Accessed 2012-10-13.〕 nicknamed Rusty Powell, is an American art historian and museum director. From 1980 to 1992, he was Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He was appointed Director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in September 1992. He was appointed to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in 2003 and elected chairman in 2005. He was appointed to a second four-year term on August 30, 2012, and continues to serve as chairman. ==Early life== Earl Powell was born in October 1943 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, to Earl Alexander Powell II and Elizabeth Duckworth Powell.〔("Powell, Earl [Alexander], III, 'Rusty'." Dictionary of Art Historians. No date. ) Accessed 2012-10-13.〕 His grandfather operated a photoengraving business, which Powell credits as influential in sparking his later love of art.〔Tanguy, Sarah. "Glittering Conversation About the World of Art." ''Washington Times.'' March 30, 1994.〕 The Powells moved to Rhode Island. "Rusty", as Powell was known, graduated from Providence Country Day School in 1962.〔Van Siclen, Bill. "Forging Another Link in the R.I. Art Connection." ''Providence Journal.'' May 10, 1992.〕 He was a standout football player in high school.〔Wilson, William. "LACMA at a Turning Point." ''Los Angeles Times.'' August 5, 1992.〕 Powell graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts with a bachelor's degree in art history and European history (with honors) in 1966.〔〔 He was a pre-med major, but barely passed his introductory chemistry class.〔Dobrzynski, Judith H. "An Art Lover Who Awakened a Generation." ''New York Times.'' October 28, 1997.〕 Powell switched to art history, and studied under the legendary art history professors S. Lane Faison, Jr.,〔 Whitney Stoddard,〔Johnson, Ken. "Whitney Stoddard, 90, Art Historian and Teacher." ''New York Times.'' April 14, 2003.〕 and William Pierson, Jr.〔Grimes, William. "William H. Pierson Jr., 97, Art Historian." ''New York Times.'' December 12, 2008.〕 Powell enlisted in the United States Navy in 1966, winning a spot in the Navy Officer Candidate School.〔 His active duty service, which lasted until 1969,〔 included a tour of duty in Vietnam as a navigator during the Vietnam War.〔 He left active duty service and entered the United States Navy Reserve, serving until 1980.〔〔 After leaving the Navy, Powell considered becoming an architect. His old professor, S. Lane Faison, strongly discouraged him. As Powell later, recalled, Faison said, "That's stupid. You should go into art history. It's the only thing you were ever good at."〔 Powell enrolled at Harvard University, where he obtained a Master of Arts from the Fogg Museum in 1970.〔 He entered the doctoral program in art history at Harvard in 1970. While working on his degree, he served as a teaching fellow. Powell's dissertation was on the work of the early American painter Thomas Cole, and he received his doctorate in 19th-century American and European art history in 1974.〔〔Muchnic, Suzanne. "2 L.A. Museum Directors On National Gallery List." ''Los Angeles Times.'' April 2, 1992.〕 The same year he received his Ph.D., Powell took a position as assistant professor of art history at the University of Texas at Austin.〔"President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts." Press release. Office of the President. The White House. August 16, 2012.〕 In 1976, Powell left the University of Texas to take a position as a curator at the National Gallery of Art (NGA).〔 The NGA's director at the time, J. Carter Brown, recruited Powell away from teaching. "I first spotted (Powell) in Austin, Texas. It occurred to me that he had rare potential, someone who had a passion for art, but yet had his feet on the ground. He was a people person, yet he could also handle the administrative details...," Brown later said.〔Marshall, Matthew. "Bittersweet Time for Museum Head." ''Los Angeles Times.'' October 2, 1992.〕 Powell stayed at the NGA for four years, rising to the position of executive curator in 1979.〔Richard, Paul. "The Big Shoes of J. Carter Brown." ''Washington Post.'' February 2, 1992; Richardson, Lynda. "Chronicle." ''New York Times.'' October 2, 1992.〕 Brown later said, "Rusty was my right hand for years".〔Vogel, Carol. "National Gallery Appoints Director to Succeed Brown." ''New York Times.'' April 29, 1992.〕 During his time as curator, Powell organized some of the NGA's biggest exhibitions, including "The Splendor of Dresden: Five Centuries of Art Collecting" in 1978 and "American Light: The Luminist Movement" in 1980.〔 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「Earl A. Powell III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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