Obituary: Anne Mochon, Professor Emerita of Art History

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Anne Mochon, 74, of Amherst, professor emerita of art history, died April 28.

After spending time in Germany as a Fulbright Scholar and receiving a Ph.D. from Yale University, she joined the UMass Amherst art department in 1971, where she taught until retiring in 2002.

In 1980 she organized an exhibition of the work of Gabriele Munter, “Between Munich and Murnau” at the Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University. It was the first retrospective of Munter’s work mounted by an American institution.

She is survived by her partner and husband of 40 years, Lawrence Smith, and her sisters Katherine and Christina.

Donations in her name may be made to the Dakin Animal Shelter in Leverett.