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Thomas Hoving controversial Metropolitan Museum director

#1 User is offline   Lippy 

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Posted 10 December 2009 - 09:10 PM

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Posted 10 December 2009 - 09:41 PM

Aw, man.... sad.gif

His False Impressions book was one of the first I read on the subject and created an indomitable image of an insatiable character in my mind.

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Posted 11 December 2009 - 02:04 AM

I know he had a lot of detractors, but he really made a huge impact on the Met and bringing it into the 20th c. He wrote a couple of really good novels as well.
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Posted 11 December 2009 - 03:19 AM

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