User:Eddie891/John D. Skilton

John Davis Skilton Jr. (February 28, 1909 –January 22, 1992) was an American art curator and member of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program. He served as curator of the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Parke-Bernet Gallery. Skilton was awarded the Verdienst Kreuz, first class for his service in World War II. As a monument man, he saved the. From 1942-1943 he served as curatorial assistant at the National Gallery of Art

Biography
Skilton was born on February 28, 1909 in Cheshire, Connecticut, to parents John D. Skilton Sr. and Ida Beistel Skilton. Skilton was educated from 1924 to 1927 at the Peddie School in New Jersey, and at the Roxbury School, where he graduated from in 1929. He then attended Yale University, receiving a Bachelor of Art and Master of Art in 1933 and 1936, respectively. In 1935 he earned a Carnegie Scholarship and studied at the University of Paris, and Skilton also studied at New York University Institute of Fine Arts from 1936 to 1939.

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