Amy Torbert, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Associate Curator of American Art, joined the the Saint Louis Art Museum in 2018. A St. Louis native, Torbert received a doctorate in art history from the University of Delaware, a master’s degree in the history of art from Williams College and a bachelor’s degree in art history from Hollins University.
Research for Torbert’s dissertation, which studied depictions of the American Revolution, was supported by fellowships from the American Antiquarian Society, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, The Huntington Library, John Carter Brown Library, Lewis Walpole Library, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Terra Foundation for American Art and Winterthur Museum Garden and Library. Torbert has held curatorial fellowships in American art at the Harvard Art Museums, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Yale University Art Gallery.
Notable media appearances and mentions
- St. Louis Art Museum’s latest exhibit celebrates art made during the Great Depression (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Aug. 1, 2024)
- Art and Imagination of the Colonial Past Featured in St. Louis Art Museum Exhibit (Classic 107.3, July 15, 2024)
- Stunning artwork from colonial Spanish America makes rare appearance at St. Louis Art Museum (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 19, 2024)
- Explore LACMA’s Spanish colonial treasures at the Saint Louis Art Museum (St. Louis Magazine, June 18, 2024)
- St. Louis Art Museum acquires painting from controversial sale (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Nov. 30, 2018)
Television and video
- Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800 at SLAM (HEC Happening Now, June 21, 2024)
- Stunning artwork from colonial Spanish America (St. Louis Post–Dispatch, June 19, 2024)
- Finding The Aquarium (Who Else Loves History?, July 13, 2021)
