Cynthia Burlingham

Cynthia Burlingham has been director of the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts since 2004 and deputy director of collections at the Hammer Museum since 1999. Her research focuses primarily on the history of European prints from the sixteenth through the twentieth century, with additional focus on the development of visual culture and printed books. Recent publications include "The French Renaissance in Prints" (1995); "Picturing Childhood: Illustrated Children's Books from University of...See more

Cynthia Burlingham has been director of the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts since 2004 and deputy director of collections at the Hammer Museum since 1999. Her research focuses primarily on the history of European prints from the sixteenth through the twentieth century, with additional focus on the development of visual culture and printed books. Recent publications include "The French Renaissance in Prints" (1995); "Picturing Childhood: Illustrated Children's Books from University of California Collections" (1997); "The World from Here: Treasures of the Great Libraries of Los Angeles" (2001); "The Eunice and Hal David Collections of Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century Works on Paper" (2004), and "Masters of American Comics" (2006). Victoria Steele" heads the Department of Special Collections in the Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA, where she created and also serves as director of the Center for Primary Research and Training. Coauthor of an award-winning book on library development and a former Fulbright Fellow to the United Kingdom, she holds a doctorate in art history and writes about both special collections and art topics. Marc Treib is professor of architecture at the University of California, Berkeley; a practicing designer; and a frequent contributor to architecture, landscape, and design journals.He has held Fulbright, Guggenheim, and Japan Foundation fellowships, as well as an advanced design fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. Recent publications include "Noguchi in Paris: The Unesco Garden" (2003); "Thomas Church, Landscape Architect: Designing a Modern California Landscape" (2004); "The Donnell and Eckbo Gardens: Modern California Masterworks" (2005); and "Settings and Stray Paths: Writings on Landscape Architecture" See less