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Lynn McAllister, Ph.D., ISA accredited
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EDUCATION
Academic Education
Ph.D. -- HISTORY OF ART, Cornell University, May 1980.
Major Areas of Study: Modern Art; Renaissance Art; 19th and 20th century Intellectual History.
M.A. -- HISTORY OF ART, Cornell University, 1976.
15th to 20th century European and American Art; prints, paintings and sculpture.
M.A. -- HISTORY OF ART, University of Colorado, 1974.
Emphasis on general history of Western art.
B.A. -- University of Washington, Art Education.
Academic Honors
1977-78: Samuel H. Kress Fellow, Department of the History of Art, Cornell University.
1975-76: Josephine De Karman Fellowship for Outstanding Women in the Humanities, Areojet General Corporation.
1973: Academic paper presented at the UCLA Art History Symposium.
Publications
1995: ARTIFACT, A REGIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE FINE ARTS AND ANTIQUES, July/August 1995, "Beyond Aesthetics, Appraisals," pp. 33-34.
1995: NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: A Biographical Dictionary, edited by Jules Heller and Nancy G. Heller, Garland Publishing, New York and London; "Cie Goulet," pp. 219-220.
1993: MODERNISM AND BEYOND: WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE NORTHWEST, Part I, Women Defining Themselves, Modernism 1900-1940, Midmarch Publishing; "Stirrings of Modernism in the Northwest."
1991: THE PRINTS OF LEROY NEIMAN: Catalogue Raisonne of Serigraphs and Etchings, 1980-1990, Knoedler Publishing, New York, 1991; "Being There."
1988: SPENCER MOSELEY, 1950's to 1980's: A Retrospective Exhibition, Lynn McAllister Gallery Exhibition.
1986: DRAWING POWER, Northwest Invitational Drawing Show, Lynn McAllister Gallery Exhibition.
1981: ANDY WARHOL: An Exhibition of Sports Paintings, "Pentimenti/Partial Portraits." Catalogue essay for exhibition sponsored by the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 1981.
1980: Ph.D. Dissertation: "Andy Warhol: Critical Evaluation of His Images and Books." Cornell University.
1974: M.A. Thesis: "Olidon Redon, Charles Darwin and the Great Chain of Being." University of Colorado.
Appraisal Education
1981-88: INDIANA UNIVERSITY: Appraisal courses in conjunction with the International Society of Appraisers Certified Program for Personal Property Appraisals.
-- Introduction to Personal Property Appraising
-- Personal Property Methodology and Reasoning
-- Personal Property Appraiser's Fiduciary Responsibilities
-- Appraisals of Paintings, Prints and Sculpture
-- Appreciable Residential Contents
-- Certified Appraiser of Personal Property Program
1985-1999: Additional Museum-Sponsored Appraisal Seminars:
MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY:
-- The Appraisal of Old Furniture
Identification and authentification of antique furniture through hands-on examination of construction techniques; research relating construction methods with stylistic periods to determine age and quality; analysis of furniture restoration and conservation to determine impact on valuation.
-- Interior Designers, Antique Furniture: How to Tell a Fake from a Real
Seminars on the following subjects: historical periods and dates; styles; woods, cuttings methods and color; evidence of authenticity and age; identifying hardware; construction details, alterations and labels; restoration, preservation and refinishing; hands-on workshop examining actual antique furniture pieces.
Art Museum Education
1979-80: Metropolitan Museum of Art Workshop Program. Year-long program conducted at museum in New York City and Washington D.C.
1980-81: Columbia University and Museum Collaboratives Seminar, "Principles of Management for Non-Profit Institutions." Certificate awarded.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Personal Property Appraisal
1980-1999:
-- Independent appraiser operating my own appraisal business. Appraisal of antique furniture at the Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA.
-- Appraisal for the Washington State Consortium of Museums Collection, "Works of Art on Paper."
-- Approved appraiser for the Internal Revenue Service for the Western region. Appraisal projects on-site at museums in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
-- Expert witness for the Internal Revenue Service in court trials.
-- Created and composed the index and categories of selection for a computerized collector's buying service entitled "Collector's Data Service: A Global Computer Listing of Life's Finer Things."
-- Personal Property Appraisals for residentials contents including: furniture, decorative arts, china, silver, carpets, fine art and prints conducted across the United States including California, Michigan, New York, Nevada and Minnesota.
Private Dealer and Brokerage
1980-1999:
-- Resale of important works of art, antiques and decorative arts through Christie's and Sotheby's auction houses in New York City.
-- Acquisition and sale of fine art and antiques for private and corporate collectors and estates.
Commercial Gallery Experience
1982-1991: Owner and director of for-profit gallery featuring prints, paintings and sculpture by Northwest and nationally known artists.
1986-1993: Owner and director of art glass gallery featuring Northwest, national and international glass artists.
1989: Conceived, financed and initiated an exhibition of 100 works of art by Northwest glass artists held at the World Trade Center in Tokyo, Japan.
Teaching Experience
1992: HISTORY OF NORTHWEST ART: 1870 to the Present, co-sponsored by the Seattle Art Museum and Seattle Communicty College. College credit class taught on-site at the Seattle Art Museum.
1975-1980: VISUAL ANALYSIS OF FINE ART, Cornell University. Yearly course that examines major works of art in each historical period thorugh class discussions, slide lectures and on-site lectures at the Johnson Art Museum on the Cornell campus.
1978-1980: HISTORICAL TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS OF THE ARTIST, York University, Toronto, Canada.
1975: AMERICAN ART, 1940 to the Present, University of Colorado, summer session.
Museum Experience
1978-80: Director, Handwerker Art Gallery, Ithaca College, New York.
1976-1977: Curator, Ithaca College Permanent Art Collection.
1978: Established an exchange of three contemporary art exhibitions between the Handwerker Art Gallery and the New Museum in New York City.
Foreign Languages
1980's to 1990's:
-- Graduate examinations in French and German.
-- One year of French, reading and spoken.
-- Two years of Spanish, reading and spoken.