Fiske Kimball Biographical Sketch

1935-1950

The Pennsylvania Museum of Art changed its name in the late 1930s to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At this time the Museum constituted a constellation of cultural agencies and architectural landmarks including: the central museum building, Memorial Hall (a structure remaining from the 1876 Centennial Exposition), the Rodin Museum, and a string of 17th and 18th century houses in Fairmount Park (called the Museum's "colonial chain"), including Lemon Hill, Mount Pleasant, Cedar Grove, and Letitia Street House.

Throughout his career Kimball was a voracious reader and expansive researcher resulting in a massive list of publications. Around the time of this photograph major publications included:

• Mr. Samuel McIntire, Carver, The Architect of Salem , 1940
• The Creation of the Rococo , 1943
• "Jefferson and the Arts" , 1943
• "The Life Portraits of Jefferson and their Replicas" , 1944
• Great Paintings in America , 1948

Portrait of Fiske Kimball, ca. 1943, courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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