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Ronni Baer (born 1954) is an American art historian and curator, known for her expertise in European paintings, particularly from the Dutch Golden Age and the Spanish Golden Age. She had made significant contributions to the field of art history through exhibitions, publications, and her curatorial work.

Career

Baer studied French literature at Emory University for her undergraduate and went to graduate school at New York University. She earned her PhD in art history, also from New York University, specializing in the pupil of Rembrandt named Gerrit Dou. Baer has held numerous prominent curatorial positions throughout her career, such as at the Frick Collection in New York City and the High Museum in Atlanta; with one of her most noted being Senior Curator of European Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

James Steward, director of the Princeton University Art Museum, has referred to Baer, by stating she is: "intellectually lively, an inspired scholar and has spent her career in support of the power of the original work of art."

Major Exhibitions

'Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer' (2015-2016) – This exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, explored the relationship between art and social structure in 17th-century Dutch society. Baer curated the show, which received wide acclaim for its fresh perspective on the social stratification depicted in Dutch Golden Age painting.