Gary Schwartz (art historian)
Gary Schwartz is an American art historian, resident in the Netherlands, who is an authority on the art of Rembrandt and Dutch Golden Age painting and prints. In 2009 he received the Prince Bernhard Cultural Foundation Prize for the Humanities.
Schwartz was inspired to study art history after taking an introductory course under H.W. Janson.Selected publications
Dutch
- Rembrandt: Zijn leven, zijn schilderijen, 1984.
English
- Rembrandt: All the etchings reproduced in true size, 1977.
- Rembrandt: His Life, His Paintings: A new biography with all accessible paintings illustrated in colour. Viking, New York, 1985.
- Rembrandt. H.N. Abrams, New York, 1992.
- The Complete Etchings of Rembrandt: Reproduced in original size. Dover Publications, New York, 1994.
- Bets and Scams: A novel of the art world. Marion Boyars, New York, 1996.
- The Night Watch. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2002.
- The Rembrandt Book. Abrams, New York, 2006.
- Rembrandt's Universe: His art, his life, his world. Thames and Hudson, London, 2006.
- Meet Rembrandt: Life and work of the master painter. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2011.
- Emotions: Pain and Pleasure in Dutch Painting of the Golden Age. Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, 2014.
