Holger Cahill

Holger Cahill
Holger Cahill on February 15, 1938
BornSveinn Kristján Bjarnason
13 January 1887
Skógarströnd, Iceland
Died8 July 1960 (1960-07-09) (aged 73)
OccupationArt administrator
Art curator
Writer
CitizenshipAmerican

Sveinn Kristján Bjarnarsson (January 13, 1887 – July 8, 1960), also known as Edgar Holger Cahill, was an Icelandic-American curator, writer and arts administrator. He served as the national director of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration during the New Deal in the United States.