American art historian (1917–1993)
George Roseborough Collins (September 2, 1917 – January 5, 1993) was an American art historian and educator . An expert on the work of the architect Antoni Gaudí , Collins was Professor of Art History at Columbia University .
Career
A native of Springfield , Collins graduated from Newton High School in 1935.[ 1] He received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1939, and then continued on to earn a Master of Fine Arts in 1942.[ 2] Four years later, Collins became Professor of Art History at Columbia University . In 1962, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship . In 1986, Collins retired from teaching. He became an expert on the work of the architect Antoni Gaudí .
In 1989 and 1993, the papers of Collins were donated by his wife, Christiane Crasemann, to the Art Institute of Chicago .[ 3] He would die in that year in Falmouth after battling Alzheimer's disease .[ 4]
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