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Sheila R. Canby (1949-2025) Curator, author. Sheila R. Canby was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and died in Milford, Delaware. She received a bachelor’s degree in French art from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1970, and was curator of the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in Manhattan, New York, from 2009-2019.

Full Name

Sheila Randolph Canby

Locations

Dutchess•New York

Author's Timeline

1949

Birth

Sheila Randolph Canby was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 10, 1949.

1970

Other Life Event

Dutchess County: Ms. Canby received a bachelor’s degree in French art from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1970.

1993

Literary Work

Persian Painting
Thames & Hudson
0500277303 / 978-0500277300
Nonfiction.

1996

Literary Work

The Rebellious Reformer: The Drawings and Paintings of Riza-Yi Abbasi of Isfahan
Art Books International Limited
1898592055 / 978-1898592051
Nonfiction.

1999

Literary Work

The Golden Age of Persian Art 1501-1722
British Museum
0714114685 / 978-0714114682
Nonfiction.

2005

Literary Work

Islamic Art in Detail
British Museum
9780714124285 / 978-0714124285
Nonfiction.

2009

Literary Work

Shah 'Abbas: And The Treasures Of Imperial Iran
British Museum
0714124559 / 978-0714124551
Nonfiction.

2009

Literary Work

Shah Abbas: The Remaking of Iran
British Museum Press
0714124567 / 978-0714124568
Nonfiction.

2009-2019

Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Canby was curator of the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in Manhattan, New York, from 2009-2019.

2014

Literary Work

The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: The Persian Book of Kings
Metropolitan Museum of Art
0300194544 / 978-0300194548
Nonfiction.

2015

Literary Work

Islamic Art: Close-Up
British Museum Press, London
0714111899 / 978-0714111896
Nonfiction.

2025

Death

Sheila R. Canby died in a hospice facility in Milford, Delaware, on August 17, 2025.

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