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Charles Parkhurst

Charles Percy Parkhurst (1913–2008), American museum curator who recovered works stolen by Nazis

Charles Percy Parkhurst

He had a fellowship with Paul J. Sachs, a Byzantine expert, at Dumbarton Oaks, but never a superb linguist, Parkhurst felt that he was unqualified for this position and left to become a research assistant at the National Gallery of Art along with his fellow student Craig Hugh Smith.

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Parkhurst went on to obtain his master’s in fine art at Princeton University in 1941 with his mentor, Clarence Ward’s urging as there was no higher level degree in art history at the time.

Parkhurst

Charles Percy Parkhurst (1913–2008), American museum curator who recovered works stolen by Nazis

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