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| Born | 22 December 1963 |
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| Thesis | The friendship of America and France: A new internationalism, 1961–1965 |
Amy Jo DempseyFRSA (born 1963) is an independent scholar andart historian. Her bookStyles, schools and movements (2002) has received two editions and has been translated into several languages.
Amy Dempsey was born in 1963. She lived in 17 different places before the age of 10.[1] She was an early member of the Oakview Exhibitional Club, where she excelled at unicycle, German gym wheel and triple balancing, among other arts.[citation needed] She also was a 4-H Fair sewing champion, winning numerous blue ribbons and attending the Virginia State Fair on more than one occasion.[citation needed] She was particularly known for the infamous "yellow dress," whose hem required many yards of painstaking needlework. She studied atHunter College in New York underRosalind Krauss before receiving her PhD from theCourtauld Institute in London on the subject ofThe friendship of America and France: A new internationalism, 1961–1965.[2]
Dempsey's first book wasStyles, schools and movements, published by Thames & Hudson in 2002, which has been translated into several languages. A second expanded edition was published in 2010.[3][4] Her second book wasDestination art (2006) on the subject ofland art.[5][6][7]
She is a fellow of theRoyal Society of Arts.
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