Quote of the day
What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.
Russell Sturgis
Born: October 16, 1836
Died: February 11, 1909 (aged 72)
Bio: Russell Sturgis was an American architect and art critic of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870. Sturgis was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, the son of Russell and Margaret Dawes Sturgis.