| LC control no. | no2018049371 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sage, Cornelia B. (Cornelia Bentley), 1880-1936 |
| Variant(s) | Sage, Cornelia Bentley, 1880-1936 Quinton, Cornelia Bentley Sage, 1880-1936 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1880 |
| Death date | 1936-05-17 |
| Place of birth | Buffalo (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | San Francisco (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Art museums |
| Affiliation | Albright Art Gallery (Buffalo, N.Y.) California Palace of the Legion of Honor |
| Profession or occupation | Art museum directors Painters Art critics |
| Found in | Albright Art Gallery (Buffalo, N.Y.). Catalogue of the permanent collections of sculpture and original paintings at present on exhibition, 1913: page 7 (Cornelia B. Sage, director) Buffalo Evening News, May 18, 1936 page 22 (Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton, 56, former director of the Albright Art gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., and internationally famous art critic, died here [i.e. San Francisco] Sunday [i.e. May 17, 1936]; resigned her position as director of the Albright Art Gallery early in 1924 to become director of the museum given to San Francisco by Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Speckles; born in Buffalo in 1880; married Maj. William Warren Quinton, Oct. 31, 1917) OCLC database, March 29, 2018 (access points: Sage, Cornelia Bentley (17 records); Sage, Cornelia Bentley, 1875- (2 records); Sage, Cornelia Bentley, 1876?-1936 (1 record); Sage Quinton, Cornelia B. (1 record); usage: Cornelia B. Sage (3 records), Cornelia Bentley Sage (1 record)) Albright-Knox Art Museum website, viewed March 29, 2018 (Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton, American, 1876 or 1880-1936; Buffalo native Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton was a painter, administrator, and groundbreaking promoter of the arts in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She began her career at the museum in May 1905 as an assistant to Director Charles M. Kurtz. After Kurtz's premature death, Sage Quinton was appointed in his place, making her the first woman to serve as director of a major art museum in the United States. She officially assumed the directorship on October 15, 1910, and served in this role through August 1, 1924) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no2007145544 |
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