Robert Farris Thompson
Robert Farris Thompson (
1932 — present) is the Colonel John Trumbull Professor of the
History of Art at
Yale University. Having served as Master of
Timothy Dwight College since 1978, he is currently the longest serving master of a residential college at Yale.Thompson is considered one of the most notable American experts on African art, and has presided over exhibitions of
African art at the
National Gallery in
Washington D. C..
* 1971
Black Gods and Kings: Yorubo Art at UCLA* 1974
African Art in Motion: Icon and Act in the Collection of Katharine Coryton White* 1974
African Art and Motion: Art Illustrated Guide to the Exhibition* 1984
Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy* 1993
Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas* 2005
Tango : The Art History of Love*
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Biography from the Yale Alumni Magazine*
Timothy Dwight College
