Berenson
BERNHARD, an American writer, born at Wilna, Russia, in 1865. He graduated from Harvard University in 1887, and has since then lived near Florence, Italy. He was one of the best known authorities in art criticism.
Among his writings are: "Venetian Painters of the Renaissance" (1894); "The Study and Criticism of Italian Art" (1902, 1915); "The Drawings of the Florentine Painters" (1903); "The Fifteenth Century" (1916); "Essays on Sienese Paintings" (1918). He was a frequent contributor to art magazines in the United States and foreign countries.