Humanities, September 1st, 2007
SCHOLAR, CURATOR, AND COLLECTOR WILLIAM H. GERDTS is the author of over twenty-five books on American art. An expert in American Impressionism, he is also well known for his work on nineteenth-century American still-life painting, of which he is a distinguished collector as well. He is also a bibliophile. An expert recently looked over his personal library of illustrative books on painting, sculpture, and graphic art, and called it the greatest American art library in the world.
PART ONE:
THE COLLECTOR as a YOUNG MAN
BRUCE COLE: Where did you grow up and how did you first become interested ...
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