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Richard D. Oldenburg (born c. 1933) was director of the Museum of Modern Art from 1972 to 1995. Oldenburg was born in Stockholm, brother of artist Claes Oldenburg. The family moved to the United States when he was a child as his father was in the Sweden diplomatic service.〔(Oldenburg Will Head Modern Museum - New York Times - June 29, 1972 )〕 He received a B.A. from Harvard University and attended one year of Harvard Law School before becoming an assistant director of financial aid at Harvard. He served in the United States army from 1956 to 1958.〔(Oldenburg Will Head Modern Museum - New York Times - June 29, 1972 )〕 After the military he was a manager at Doubleday and in 1963 he joined Macmillan Company where became managing director of the trade division.〔(Oldenburg Will Head Modern Museum - New York Times - June 29, 1972 )〕 ==Museum of Modern Art== In 1969 Oldenburg joined MoMA and was responsible for what MoMA said was the largest publishing program of any museum in the world.〔(Oldenburg Will Head Modern Museum - New York Times - June 29, 1972 )〕 In 1972 he was named acting director of the museum in January following the resignation of John B. Hightower. In June 1972 he was named the official director of the museum.〔(Oldenburg Will Head Modern Museum - New York Times - June 29, 1972 )〕 During his tenure, Oldenburg oversaw the expansion of the museum building to more than double its size, increased both the museum's endowment and its attendance and helped organize several blockbuster exhibitions, including the Matisse retrospective in 1992.〔Carol Vogel (September 10, 1993), (Oldenburg Quits as Head of Modern ) ''New York Times''.〕 Other important shows during Oldenburg's tenure included "Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism" in 1989; "Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture & Design" in 1986; "Primitivism in 20th-Century Art" in 1984; "Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective" in 1980, and "Cezanne: The Late Work" in 1978.〔Carol Vogel (March 17, 1995), (Modern's Ex-Chief Joins Sotheby's ) ''New York Times''.〕 Under his direction, the museum attendance grew from 853,996 in 1972 to 1.28 million in 1992.〔Carol Vogel (September 10, 1993), (Oldenburg Quits as Head of Modern ) ''New York Times''.〕 While at MoMA, Oldenburg served as president of the Association of Art Museum Directors in 1987 and 1988. Referring to then Governor Mario Cuomo's proposal for a cut of 56 percent in the budget for the New York State Council on the Arts in 1991, Oldenburd called it "extremely disproportionate, a sign of the low priority Governor Cuomo puts on arts and cultural programs in general."〔Grace Glueck (February 2, 1991), (Arts Officials Voice Shock at Cuomo Cuts ) ''New York Times''.〕 When he retired in 1995, he became the museum's director emeritus and served as an honorary member of the institution's board of trustees.〔Carol Vogel (September 10, 1993), (Oldenburg Quits as Head of Modern ) ''New York Times''.〕 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「Richard Oldenburg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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