Annette Blaugrund, an art historian, former curator and museum director, has written a number of award-winning books about American art and artists. She has worked as director of the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts (1997-2007); as the Andrew W. Mellon senior curator of paintings, drawings and sculpture at the New York Historical Society (1989-1995); and as a curator at the Brooklyn Museum (1980-1985) and has held positions at several other institutions. Dr. Blaugrund has written six books about American art and contributed seven chapters and twenty-nine articles to other books