HName: Hill, Dorothy Kent DateBorn: 1907 Placeborn: New York, NY Datedied: 1986 Placedied: [returning from] Princeton, NJ HDescrip: First curator of classical art at the Walters Gallery, Baltimore. Hill studied at Vassar (class of 1928) and continued Johns Hopkins University, graduating in 1933. Her dissertation, on Greek pottery, was titled Conventions of Attic Black-figured Drawing, written under David M. Robinson (1880-1958). Hill was immediately hired by the nascent Walters Art Gallery. Henry Walters had bequeathed over 23,000 art works in 1931 to the city. Other curators hired for the new museum included Dorothy Miner (q.v.). Hill set about cataloging the collection of ancient art, rising to curator of Classical Art in 1937. In 1948 she began editing the Journal of the Walters Art Gallery. She was succeeded in 1977 by Diana Buitron [Oliver]. HCountry: United States HBiography: Poultney, James. W., and Low, Theodore L. "Dorothy Kent Hill Retires." Walters Art Gallery Bulletin (February 1977): 1-2; [obituary:] Poultney, James. W. "Dorothy Kent Hill, 1907-1986." American Journal of Archaeology 90, no. 4 (October 1986): 473-474. HBibliography: |