. . . "1095495584"^^ . . "Portrait of Kurtz by Joaqu\u00EDn Sorolla, 1909"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Charles M. Kurtz"@en . . . . . "3748"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "1855"^^ . . "1855"^^ . . . "22687118"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "1909"^^ . . . . "1909-03-21"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Charles M. Kurtz (1855 \u2013 21 March 1909) was an American art critic, writer, and museum curator. He was born in 1855 to Davis Brook Kurtz and Julia Wilder. The family's ancestry was traceable to Darmstadt, Germany. He and his 4 siblings grew up in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington & Jefferson College in 1876. He then studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City, later earning an M.A. from Washington & Jefferson in 1878. In 1881 he published the first edition of the National Academy Notes. He married Julia Stephenson in 1885, and they had 3 daughters. In 1891 he was appointed as one of Halsey Ives's assistants in the Fine Arts Department of the World's Columbian Exposition, where he introduced American art audiences to Glasgow School, the Danish School, Mih\u00E1ly Munk\u00E1csy, Joaquim Sorolla. He also worked as the Assistant Director of Fine Arts for the United States for the Paris Exposition of 1900. He was the art director for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. He was known for being an outspoken opponent of tariffs on imported art. He died on March 21, 1909. His papers are on file at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art."@en . . "1909-03-21"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "Charles M. Kurtz"@en . "Charles M. Kurtz"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "curator, art critic, writer"@en . "Charles M. Kurtz (1855 \u2013 21 March 1909) was an American art critic, writer, and museum curator. He was born in 1855 to Davis Brook Kurtz and Julia Wilder. The family's ancestry was traceable to Darmstadt, Germany. He and his 4 siblings grew up in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington & Jefferson College in 1876. He then studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City, later earning an M.A. from Washington & Jefferson in 1878. In 1881 he published the first edition of the National Academy Notes. He married Julia Stephenson in 1885, and they had 3 daughters."@en .