Phyllis Ackerman, was an American art historian, interior designer and author.
12 Facts About Phyllis Ackerman
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Phyllis Ackerman was a scholar of Persian art and architecture and she worked alongside her husband Arthur Upham Pope.
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Phyllis Ackerman's legacy was as an editor of the six volume publication, A Survey of Persian Art.
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Phyllis Ackerman married Arthur Upham Pope in 1920 and she worked closely with him throughout her career.
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In 1920, Phyllis Ackerman was an art columnist at The New York Globe newspaper.
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In 1930, Phyllis Ackerman was traveling in Cairo and she was stricken with a rare form of polio.
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Phyllis Ackerman was 36 years old and struggled with her recovery while staying in Paris, Ackerman was able to teach herself to walk again despite a negative medical prognosis.
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In 1927, Pope and Phyllis Ackerman were involved with the interior design and decoration of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.
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In 1966, Phyllis Ackerman moved to Iran to accompany Pope, who served as the director of the program.
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Pope died in 1969, and Phyllis Ackerman remained in Iran, she lived on a pension granted by the Iranian government and Empress Farah Diba Pahlavi.
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Phyllis Ackerman had written in books about some of these forgeries and it is unclear if they knew they were modern works.
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Phyllis Ackerman wanted to be buried alongside Pope and Ackerman in the Mausoleum.