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Also Known As Robert Studley Forrest Hughes
Born July 28, 1938 • Sydney • Australia
Died August 6, 2012 (aged 74) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America” • “The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia’s Founding” • “The Shock of the New”
Subjects Of Study modern art
Harold Rosenberg
American art critic
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist and critic
Wyndham Lewis
Wyndham Lewis
British artist and writer
Harlan Ellison.
Harlan Ellison
American author
Enwezor, Okwui
Okwui Enwezor
Nigerian-born art curator
James Agee
American author
Amédée Ozenfant
French painter
François-Joseph Fétis
Belgian music scholar
Hartmann, Sadakichi
Sadakichi Hartmann
American art critic
Nigel Dennis
British author
Winthrop Sargeant
American music critic
Eduard Hanslick
Eduard Hanslick
Austrian music critic
Huneker, James Gibbons
James Gibbons Huneker
American art critic and writer
David McCullough
David McCullough
American historian
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Australian actress
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Australian actress
Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch
Australian-born American publisher
Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman
Australian performer
Gladiator
Russell Crowe
Australian actor
Naomi Watts
Naomi Watts
Australian actress