Yale University Art Gallery director, Theodore Tubby Sizer served with the Monuments, Fine Arts, & Archives (MFAA) Section during and following World War
II. As one of the first officers selected by the Roberts Commission, he also
aided Paul Sachs in the recommendation of other officers qualified to work with
the MFAA. Sizer lent his expertise to both the European and Mediterranean
Theaters, working in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and England. He was also the
first chief of MFAA operations for Germany when the German Section of SHAEF was
activated in 1944. For his service, he received the Corona d'Italia with the
rank of Commendatore in 1945.
Sizer was graduated from Harvard in 1915, and served as a First Lieutenant in
World War I. He received an honorary A.M. from Yale in 1931. After working for
several years in the import-export business, Sizer first entered the museum
world in 1922 when he was named curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In 1927,
he embarked on his long career at Yale University, becoming an associate
professor of the history of art. Sizer was named full professor in 1931, and
also joined the Yale University Art Gallery in 1929 as an associate director. He
became director of the museum in 1940, and retired from the university in 1947.
A man with a gregarious character, Sizer was well known for his walrus white
mustache and flowing capes, and was often so enthused during lectures that he
was once known to fall off his podium. It was estimated that his teaching
reached nearly 2,500 students during his career. He maintained a variety of
interests, including painting and weaving hooked-rugs. As an expert on heraldry,
Sizer was even Yale's first Pursuivant of Arms.
He died in 1967 at the age of 75 in West Haven, Connecticut.
II. As one of the first officers selected by the Roberts Commission, he also
aided Paul Sachs in the recommendation of other officers qualified to work with
the MFAA. Sizer lent his expertise to both the European and Mediterranean
Theaters, working in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and England. He was also the
first chief of MFAA operations for Germany when the German Section of SHAEF was
activated in 1944. For his service, he received the Corona d'Italia with the
rank of Commendatore in 1945.
Sizer was graduated from Harvard in 1915, and served as a First Lieutenant in
World War I. He received an honorary A.M. from Yale in 1931. After working for
several years in the import-export business, Sizer first entered the museum
world in 1922 when he was named curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In 1927,
he embarked on his long career at Yale University, becoming an associate
professor of the history of art. Sizer was named full professor in 1931, and
also joined the Yale University Art Gallery in 1929 as an associate director. He
became director of the museum in 1940, and retired from the university in 1947.
A man with a gregarious character, Sizer was well known for his walrus white
mustache and flowing capes, and was often so enthused during lectures that he
was once known to fall off his podium. It was estimated that his teaching
reached nearly 2,500 students during his career. He maintained a variety of
interests, including painting and weaving hooked-rugs. As an expert on heraldry,
Sizer was even Yale's first Pursuivant of Arms.
He died in 1967 at the age of 75 in West Haven, Connecticut.
Yale University Art Gallery director, Theodore Tubby Sizer served with the Monuments, Fine Arts, & Archives (MFAA) Section during and following World War
II. As one of the first officers selected by the Roberts Commission, he also
aided Paul Sachs in the recommendation of other officers qualified to work with
the MFAA. Sizer lent his expertise to both the European and Mediterranean
Theaters, working in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and England. He was also the
first chief of MFAA operations for Germany when the German Section of SHAEF was
activated in 1944. For his service, he received the Corona d'Italia with the
rank of Commendatore in 1945.
Sizer was graduated from Harvard in 1915, and served as a First Lieutenant in
World War I. He received an honorary A.M. from Yale in 1931. After working for
several years in the import-export business, Sizer first entered the museum
world in 1922 when he was named curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In 1927,
he embarked on his long career at Yale University, becoming an associate
professor of the history of art. Sizer was named full professor in 1931, and
also joined the Yale University Art Gallery in 1929 as an associate director. He
became director of the museum in 1940, and retired from the university in 1947.
A man with a gregarious character, Sizer was well known for his walrus white
mustache and flowing capes, and was often so enthused during lectures that he
was once known to fall off his podium. It was estimated that his teaching
reached nearly 2,500 students during his career. He maintained a variety of
interests, including painting and weaving hooked-rugs. As an expert on heraldry,
Sizer was even Yale's first Pursuivant of Arms.
He died in 1967 at the age of 75 in West Haven, Connecticut.
II. As one of the first officers selected by the Roberts Commission, he also
aided Paul Sachs in the recommendation of other officers qualified to work with
the MFAA. Sizer lent his expertise to both the European and Mediterranean
Theaters, working in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and England. He was also the
first chief of MFAA operations for Germany when the German Section of SHAEF was
activated in 1944. For his service, he received the Corona d'Italia with the
rank of Commendatore in 1945.
Sizer was graduated from Harvard in 1915, and served as a First Lieutenant in
World War I. He received an honorary A.M. from Yale in 1931. After working for
several years in the import-export business, Sizer first entered the museum
world in 1922 when he was named curator at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In 1927,
he embarked on his long career at Yale University, becoming an associate
professor of the history of art. Sizer was named full professor in 1931, and
also joined the Yale University Art Gallery in 1929 as an associate director. He
became director of the museum in 1940, and retired from the university in 1947.
A man with a gregarious character, Sizer was well known for his walrus white
mustache and flowing capes, and was often so enthused during lectures that he
was once known to fall off his podium. It was estimated that his teaching
reached nearly 2,500 students during his career. He maintained a variety of
interests, including painting and weaving hooked-rugs. As an expert on heraldry,
Sizer was even Yale's first Pursuivant of Arms.
He died in 1967 at the age of 75 in West Haven, Connecticut.
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