Paula Hays Harper, an art historian who challenged the discipline with her feminist perspective, died on June 3, 2012, at the age of 81. In the 1970s, Harper was instrumental in establishing the feminist art program at California Institute of the Arts and for three decades was a professor at the University of Miami in Florida. She also coauthored a biography of the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro.
Paula Hays Harper, Art Historian, Is Dead at 81 (NYTimes Article)
Her friends and colleagues gathered at the Wolfsonian, Miami Beach, to share remembrances. Afterwards, we shared a glass of wine and shared personal stories. Paula Harper will be greatly missed.
