Koehler, S.R. (Sylvester Rosa), 1837-1900

Author and curator.

From the description of Papers of S. R. Koehler, 1868-1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81305099

Sylvester Rosa Koehler (1837-1900) was a curator, editor, and art historian.

Koehler was Curator of Prints at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, honorary curator of prints of the Smithsonian, and editor of the American Art Review.

From the description of Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers, 1833-1904, bulk, 1870-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78377042

Sylvester Rosa Koehler was born in Leipzig, Germany on February 11, 1837, and arrived in the United States in 1849. He was the editor of the American Art Review and a writer of art critiques and articles. He was appointed curator of the print department at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and was made an honorary curator of the section of graphic arts at the U.S. National Museum at the Smithsonian. He lectured at Lowell Institution (Boston), Drexel Institution (Philadelphia), and the U.S. National Museum in Washington. He died in 1900.

Source: Leonard, John (ed). Who's Who in America. 1899-1900. Chicago, A. N. Marquis & Company, 1899.

From the guide to the Sylvester Rosa Koehler Correspondence, 1877-1896, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)