Facts: - spouse: arlene gottesman -lrb- m. 1961 -rrb- - children: jonathan lisa - birth date: 1930 - name: theodore franklin reff - nationality: american - birth place: new york , new york - alma mater: columbia -lrb- m.a. , 1953 ; ph.d. , 1958 -rrb- university -lrb- b.a. , 1952 -rrb- harvard university - occupation: professor , art historian , author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of theodore reff .
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theodore franklin reff -lrb- born 1930 new york , new york -rrb- is professor emeritus of european painting and sculpture , 1840 -- 1940 at columbia university .reff is an expert on french art of the nineteenth century , and in particular paul cezanne , edgar degas and Edouard manet .in 2010 , at the french consulate in new york , reff was presented with the insignia of commandeur of the ordre des arts et des lettres , an order of merit awarded by the french government .