- Alfred Frankenstein
:"Note that this Alfred Frankenstein is not the same Alfred Frankenstein who wrote the official state song of
California ,"I Love You, California "."Alfred Victor Frankenstein (1906-1981) was an art and music critic, author and professional musician.
He was the long-time art and music critic for the
San Francisco Chronicle . Noted for championingAmerican art , (see,Actual Art ) his most famous book isAfter The Hunt , a volume that examined thetrompe l'Oeil movement in late 19th century and early 20th century American art, focussing on thepainters William Harnett andJohn Frederick Peto . Among his colleagues, he was noted for his wit and his lack of tolerance for pretension.Prior to becoming a journalist and critic, he played clarinet in the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra . He was married to theconcert violinist Sylvia Lent .He also was professor of Art History at the University of California at Berkeley in the 1970's.
Books
*Frankenstein, Alfred Victor. "After the hunt; William Harnett and other American still life painters, 1870-1900" [by] Alfred Frankenstein. Rev. ed. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1969. xix, 200 p. illus., col. front. 29 cm.
*Karel Appel / edited and with introductory and critical essays by Alfred Frankenstein. New York : H. N. Abrams, 1980. 191 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 x 30 cm. ISBN 0-8109-0364-4
*Painter of rural America: William Sidney Mount, 1807-1868. By Alfred Frankenstein. Introd. by Jane des Grange. [Washington, Printed by H.K. Press, c1968] 70 p. illus. (part col.), ports. (part col.) 27 cm.
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