Alfred H. Barr, Jr. (born 1902 in Detroit; died 1981) was an art historian and the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Barr received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1946. Barr specialized in early twentieth-century painting. The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Award for museum scholarship was created in his honor. 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ...

Quotes

On the Museum of Modern Art: Barr said:

"This museum is a torpedo moving through time, its head the ever-advancing present, its tail the ever-receding past of 50 to 100 years ago" Alfred Barr, Director of Collections, Museum of Modern Art. Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988

Works

• Barr, Alfred H., Jr. "Chronicles." Painting and Sculpture in The Museum of Modern Art 1929- 1967. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1977, 619-650.

Bibliography

• Roob, Rona. "Alfred H. Barr, Jr.: A Chronicle of the Years 1902-1929." The New Criterion, special summer issue 1987, 1-19.

• Barr, Margaret Scolari. "Our Campaigns: Alfred H. Barr, Jr., and the Museum of Modern Art: A Biographical Chronicle of the Years 1930-1944." The New Criterion, special summer issue 1987, 23-74.