Beatrice Gilman Proske

Beatrice Gilman Proske
Born (1899-10-31)October 31, 1899
Thornton, New Hampshire
Died February 2, 2002(2002-02-02) (aged 102)
Ardsley, New York
Nationality American
Occupation Curator, art historian

Beatrice Irene Gilman Proske (1899–2002) was the research curator of sculpture at the Hispanic Society of America in New York City from 1925 through 1973. She was curator of the museum from 1968 through 1969.[1] She was the author of studies on Spanish sculpture and American sculpture.[2]

Life

Gilman was born in Thornton, New Hampshire, on October 31, 1899.[3] She attended Simmons College in Boston, receiving her B.S. in 1920.[1] From 1922 through 1923 Gilman attended the School of American Sculpture. In 1920 Archer Milton Huntington hired her as an art book cataloger at the library of the Hispanic Society. She went on to catalog the collection of sculpture of the Hispanic Society. She also cataloged the collection of American sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries of the collection of Brookgreen Gardens, the first garden of American sculpture open to the public.[2]

In 1935 she married Herbert Proske.[1]

Proske held numerous positions at the Hispanic Society, including Chief of Prints and Photographs, Assistant Curator of Sculpture, Research Curator of Sculpture, and then Curator of the Museum.[1] She worked at the Hispanic Society for 52 years.[2] She was appointed Curator of Sculpture, Emerita, in 1973.[1]

Proske died on February 2, 2002, in Ardsley, New York, at the age of 102.[4]

Selected publications

The following is a list of Proske's selected publications:[2]

  • Gregorio Fernández (1920)
  • The Sculpture Catalog of the Hispanic Society (1930-1932)
  • Castilian Sculpture, Gothic to Renaissance (1951)
  • Pompeo Leoni (1956) ISBN 0317006142
  • Juan Martínez Montañés; Sevillian sculptor (1967)
  • Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture (1968)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Proske, Beatrice Gilman. "The early years of the Hispanic Society of America". Internet Archive. Getty Research Institute. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Beatrice G. Proske, conservadora de la Hispanic Society de Nueva York". El Pais. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Beatrice Gilman Proske (1899-2002)". Aristos. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Deaths: Proske, Beatrice Gilman". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
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