Royal Cortissoz
(1869-1948)
American art historian
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Royal Cortissoz (February 10, 1869 – October 17, 1948, last name pronounced kor-TEE-zus) was an American art historian and from 1891 until his death, the art critic for the New York Herald Tribune. During his tenure at the newspaper, he consistently championed traditionalism and decried modernism. Of the latter, he once wrote, "It will someday prove a kind of Victorian 'dud,' with a difference, obviously, but a 'dud' just the same." In addition to his work as a critic, he penned the inscription above the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial: "In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever."
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10 February 1869
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17 October 1948 (aged 79)
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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