Jean Sutherland Boggs
| Jean Sutherland Boggs | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Grace Jean Sutherland Boggs June 11, 1922 Negritos, Peru |
| Died | August 22, 2014 (aged 92) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Academic, art historian, and civil servant |
Jean Sutherland Boggs, CC FRSC (June 11, 1922 – August 22, 2014) was a Canadian academic, art historian and civil servant. She was the first female Director of both the National Gallery of Canada and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She was also a specialist in the work of Edgar Degas.
Grace Jean Sutherland Boggs was born in Negritos, Peru, on June 11, 1922 to Oliver Desmond and Humia Marguerite (née Sutherland). Sutherland Boggs attended Alma College in St. Thomas, Ontario, graduating in 1938. Boggs would later receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Trinity College in 1942. She received a A.M. in 1946 and a Ph.D. in 1953 from Radcliffe College.
From 1942 to 1944, she was an education secretary for the Art Association of Montreal (today known as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts). In 1948, she joined the faculty of Skidmore College as an assistant professor. From 1949 to 1952, she was an assistant professor at Mount Holyoke College. From 1954 to 1962, she was an assistant and associate professor at the University of California. In 1962, she was appointed curator for the Art Gallery of Toronto. In 1964, she was appointed Steinberg Professor of Art History at Washington University in St. Louis.
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