Delphine Fitz Darby
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Delphine Fitz Darby | |
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| Born | January 10, 1902 Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 14, 1995 (aged 93) Highlands County, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupations | Art historian, professor, writer |
Delphine Fitz Darby (January 10, 1902 – November 14, 1995) was an American art historian and writer. She was a professor at Smith College and at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research concerned Spanish Baroque painter Francesc Ribalta and his student, Jusepe de Ribera.
Fitz was born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Charles W. Fitz and Elsie Rimmer Long Fitz.[1] She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1923,[2] earned a master's degree there in 1925, and completed doctoral studies there in 1929.[3][4] She was the only doctoral student of medievalist Georgiana Goddard King,[5] and won a Carnegie Fellowship to do research in Spain.[6]
Career
Darby was an assistant professor of art at Smith College from 1930 to 1931.[3][7] She also taught at the University of Maryland, College Park.[8] Her scholarship concerned Spanish painter Francesc Ribalta, and his student, Jusepe de Ribera.[9] During World War II, she defended the exhibition of Italian art at the National Gallery.[10]
