Michael Sullivan (art historian)
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Michael Sullivan is a British art historian and one of the major Western pioneers in the field of modern Chinese art history and criticism.
Sullivan is a graduate of Rugby School and graduated from Cambridge
in architecture in 1939. He was in China from 1940–1946 with the International and Chinese Red Cross followed by teaching and doing museum work in Chengdu, where he met and married Wu Huan (Khoan), a biologist who gave up her career to work with him.
He received a PhD from Harvard University
(1952) and a post-doctoral Bollingen Fellowship. He subsequently taught in the University of Singapore, and returned to London in the 1960s to teach at the School of Oriental and African Studies
. Then he became Head of the Department of Oriental Art at Stanford University
from 1966 to 1984, before settling in Oxford
as a Fellow by Special Election at St Catherine's College, Oxford
.
He lives in Oxford, England.
Sullivan is a graduate of Rugby School and graduated from Cambridge
University of Cambridge
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in architecture in 1939. He was in China from 1940–1946 with the International and Chinese Red Cross followed by teaching and doing museum work in Chengdu, where he met and married Wu Huan (Khoan), a biologist who gave up her career to work with him.
He received a PhD from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
(1952) and a post-doctoral Bollingen Fellowship. He subsequently taught in the University of Singapore, and returned to London in the 1960s to teach at the School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
. Then he became Head of the Department of Oriental Art at Stanford University
Stanford University
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from 1966 to 1984, before settling in Oxford
University of Oxford
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as a Fellow by Special Election at St Catherine's College, Oxford
St Catherine's College, Oxford
St Catherine's College, often called Catz, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its motto is Nova et Vetera...
.
He lives in Oxford, England.
Publications
His books include- Symbols of Eternity, Oxford University Press, 1979, ISBN 9780198173519; University of California Press, 1984, ISBN 9780520049185
Reviews
- "Review: A Great Leap Forward for Modern Chinese Art History? Recent Publications in China and the United States-A Review Article", Ralph C. Croizier, The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 57, No. 3 (Aug., 1998), pp. 786-793