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Alfred Frankenstein
Alfred Victor Frankenstein (October 5, 1906 – June 22, 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'' from 1934 to 1965. He was noted for championing American art and coining the term Actual Art. His most famous book is ''After The Hunt'', a volume that examined the trompe-l'œil movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century American art, focussing especially on the painters William Harnett and John 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 the concert violinist Sylvia Lent.
He was also a professor of Art History at the University of California at Berkeley in the 1970s and a professor of Art History at Mills College in Oakland in the 1960s and 1970s.
Frankenstein was a cousin of Abraham F. Frankenstein, who composed the music of California's official state song, "I Love You, California". Provided by Wikipedia
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After the hunt; William Harnett and other American still life painters, 1870-1900 by Frankenstein, Alfred Victor, 1906-
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After the hunt : William Harnett and other American still life painters, 1870-1900. by Frankenstein, Alfred Victor, 1906-
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Ken Davies : a retrospective
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Shirl Goedike by Goedike, Shirl
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Our land, our sky, our water : an exhibition of American & Canadian art.
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The reminiscent object : paintings by William Michael Harnett, John Frederick Peto and John Haberle. [Exhibition] La Jolla Museum of Art, July 11 through September 19, 1965; Santa...
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Painter of rural America, William Sidney Mount, 1807-1868 by Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868
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William Sidney Mount by Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868
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American painting from 1830 : a loan exhibition organized around selections from the Everson Museum collection of American paintings, December 3, 1965-January 16, 1966.
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American self-portraits, 1670-1973. by Van Devanter, Ann C.
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John F. Peto : catalogue of the exhibition
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