Sharon Cather
{{Short description|American art historian (1947–2019)}}
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Sharon Cather (5 August 1947 – 6 June 2019[https://www.thetimes.com/article/sharon-cather-obituary-djwxmnrpw Sharon Cather obituary]) was an art historian who taught at Cambridge University and was a professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art, where she specialised in the preservation of wall paintings.
Early life and education
Cather was born at Berkeley, California, and graduated in art history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She spent ten years working in the art department offices there, before undertaking MA study at Princeton University and going on to undertake PhD work under Professor John Shearman on Sebastiano Serlio.Salon (Society of Antiquaries of London Online Newsletter), issue 430, Society of Antiquaries of London, 4 July 2019 URL= https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?u=5557bc147d34993782f185bde&id=13290bc5db
Career
From 1981 to 1982, Cather was at the American Academy in Rome, assisting Professor Irving Lavin with an exhibition on Gian Lorenzo Bernini's drawings. From 1982, she lectured in the art history department of the University of Cambridge; in 1985, she helped to establish the Conservation of Wall Painting department at the Courtauld Institute of Art.
In 2014 Cather was awarded the People's Republic of China Friendship Award (China) after a long period of collaboration with the Dunhuang Academy.
In 2017, Cather received the Plowden Medal from the Royal Warrant Holders Association citing “her commitment and leadership in research, innovation and education in wall painting conservation” towards “a more holistic, methodical and scientific approach to conserving wall painting across the world—whether in an English cathedral or an Indian palace”.
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{{citation |url=https://courtauld.ac.uk/people/sharon-cather |title=Professor Sharon Cather |publisher=Courtauld Institute of Art}}
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Category:Academics of the Courtauld Institute of Art
Category:Academics of the University of Cambridge
Category:Conservator-restorers
Category:People from Berkeley, California
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
Category:American art historians
Category:American women art historians
Category:Historians from California
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