Curator, Business (2-Jan-1872 — 24-Jul-1951)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

John Anderson. Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection. New York: W. W. Norton. 2003. 237pp.

Howard Greenfeld. The Devil and Dr. Barnes: Portrait of an American Art Collector. New York: Viking Press. 1987. 306pp.

Henry Hart. Dr. Barnes of Merion: an Appreciation. New York: Farrar, Straus. 1963. 252pp.

Mary Ann Meyers. Art, Education & African-American Culture: Albert Barnes and the Science of Philanthropy. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. 2004. 452pp.

William Schack. Art and Argyrol: The Life and Career of Dr. Albert C. Barnes. New York: Thomas Yoseloff. 1960. 412pp.

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