Word: deknatel
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Rosenfield said before vacation, "almost half the concentrators in Fine Arts specialize in modern art. There has not been a tenured modernist on the department's faculty since Frederick B. Deknatel died three years...
James S. Ackerman, professor of Fine Arts, called Deknatel "one of the most sympathetic people" he had ever known. "Everybody loved him," Ackerman said. "He was the father of the department. I don't think he ever had a student or colleague who wasn't fond...
Ackerman praised Deknatel for his "great sensitivity as a critic" and for his role in "bringing a divided department together." He added, "He didn't write much--he was more devoted to musing. I think that in a place where people published so much, this gave him pain...
...knew Professor Deknatel from the beginning of his career," said Sydney J. Freedberg, professor of Fine Arts. "His views and methods of thinking had enormous influence on more than a generation of undergraduates. On the graduate level, the pupils he helped form went on to become teachers in other schools and curators of museums...
Seymour Slive, Gleason Professor of Fine Arts, lauded Deknatel for his contributions to the appreciation of modern art. "When Professor Deknatel began teaching modern art at Harvard in the 1930s not many people either knew or cared about the difference between a Picasso or a Matisse," Slive said. "Today things are different. His pioneer work and the scores of students he trained helped bring about the change...