 doctoral degree from the Sorbonne University of Paris France in Art and Literature (1926), honorary degrees from both Mills College and California College of Arts and Crafts, and an honorary "Doctor of Humane Letters" degree from Smith in 1957.Her first general curating position was at the Cincinnati Museum of Art in Ohio at 1930.In her first years at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art she organized three shows dedicated to Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, and Henri Matisse.