Barbara Rose, Critic and Historian of Modern Art, Dies at 84
Barbara Rose, Critic and Historian of Modern Art, Dies at 84 She wrote a celebrated college textbook, but, extending her reach beyond academia, she preferred exploring the unfolding art of the present. Barbara Rose in 2016. She was perhaps best known as the author of the textbook “American Art Since 1900.”Credit...Chris Felver/Getty Images By Deborah Solomon Dec. 27, 2020 Barbara Rose, the influential art historian and critic who began her career as a champion of Minimalism and wrote about culture with an authority informed by her close friendships with two generations of artists in New Y...