James Thrall Soby
♂ American, 1906–1979
James worked at MoMA from about 1941 to 1966 as Curator and Competition Judge , and he was head of the Department of Painting and Sculpture from 1943–1945 .
19 exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR
Image of Freedom
29 October 1941 to 1 February 1942
Charles Sheeler, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Ansel Adams and Monroe Wheeler, among others, were involved.
Salvador Dalí
19 November 1941 to 11 January 1942
Salvador Dalí and James Thrall Soby were involved.
Tchelitchew: Paintings and Drawings
28 October to 29 November 1942
Pavel Tchelitchew and James Thrall Soby were involved.
National War Poster Competition
25 November 1942 to 3 January 1943
Stuart Davis, Monroe Wheeler, James Thrall Soby and John Taylor Arms, among others, were involved.
Yank Illustrates the War
17 March to 18 April 1943
James Thrall Soby, George Baker, Howard J. Brodie and William Pène du Bois, among others, were involved.
Painting, Sculpture, Prints
24 May to 15 October 1944
Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró and Paul Klee, among others, were involved.
Ben Shahn
30 September 1947 to 4 January 1948
Ben Shahn, Dorothy C. Miller and James Thrall Soby were involved.
New York Private Collections
20 July to 12 September 1948
Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Paul Klee and Ben Shahn, among others, were involved.
Twentieth Century Italian Art
28 June to 18 September 1949
Giorgio de Chirico, Amedeo Modigliani, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and Umberto Boccioni, among others, were involved.
Paul Klee
20 December 1949 to 19 February 1950
Paul Klee, James Thrall Soby and Margaret Miller were involved.
Giorgio de Chirico
6 September to 30 October 1955
Giorgio de Chirico, James Thrall Soby and Margaret Miller were involved.
Yves Tanguy
6 September to 30 October 1955
Yves Tanguy, James Thrall Soby and Margaret Miller were involved.
Balthus
19 December 1956 to 3 February 1957
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) and James Thrall Soby were involved.
Jean Arp: A Retrospective
8 October to 30 November 1958
Jean (Hans) Arp, René d'Harnoncourt and James Thrall Soby were involved.
Joan Miró
19 March to 10 May 1959
Joan Miró, William S. Lieberman and James Thrall Soby were involved.
Recent Sculpture U.S.A.
13 May to 16 August 1959
Alexander Calder, Jacques Lipchitz, Dorothy C. Miller and Larry Rivers, among others, were involved.
René Magritte
15 December 1965 to 27 February 1966
René Magritte, Alicia Legg, James Thrall Soby and William C. Seitz were involved.