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Farewell Professor Rhyne

By Staff on February 16, 2012 11:23 AM
Professor Charles S. Rhyne

Professor Charles S. Rhyne [art history 1960–1997] died on Sunday, April 14, as the result of a massive stroke. An eminent art historian, he was internationally renowned for his wide-ranging interests in the field, from the English landscape painter John Constable to the theory and practice of conservation, Northwest Coast American Indian art, and the use of digital images in research and teaching.

He was born in Philadelphia in 1932, the second son of the Rev. Dr. S. White and Ruth D. Rhyne. He was a graduate of Central High School, Philadelphia, and Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio. Between high school and college he attended Temple University’s Tyler Art School. As a student he ran track and cross-country and was proud of the fact that his Ohio Conference record for the 880 stood for many years.

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