Irving Sandler

Irving Sandler ( born July 22, 1925 in New York City ) is an American art historian and emeritus professor at the State University of New York.

Life

Sandler was born in 1925 in New York City, the son of the teacher Harry Sandler. During World War II Sandler served in the U.S. Marine Corps and visited repeatedly courses at Franklin and Marshall College. After his military service, he studied at Temple University and graduated with a bachelor's degree. He then completed by 1950, a master's degree at the University of Pennsylvania.

Between 1956 and 1959, Sandler managing a gallery in New York was then UNSD wrote 1956-1962 art criticism for the art magazine Art News. During this time, he frequented a lot in the artistic circles of the Abstract Expressionists and was eventually with the book " The Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism " chronicles the history of the art movement. After a scholarship to study abroad in Germany and Austria in 1960, Sandler was art critic for the New York Post. In 1963 he became a lecturer at New York University. In 1965 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship. He was appointed professor at the State University of New York in 1972 and received his PhD in later until 1976.

Works (selection)

  • The Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism. Harper & Row, New York, 1977
  • The New York School: The Painters and Sculptors of the Fifties Westview Press, 1979
  • Alex Katz. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1979
  • Al Held. Hudson Hills Press, 1984
  • The Empire State Collection: Art for the Public Harry N. Abrams, New York 1987
  • American Art of the 1960 's. Harper Collins Publishers, 1989
  • Art of the Postmodern Era: From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s Westview Press, 1997
  • Antonakos. Hudson Hills Press Inc., 1999
  • Lori Verderame: Seymour Lipton: An American Sculptor: An American Sculptor. Hudson Hills Press, 2000
  • A Sweeper -Up After Artists: A Memoir. Thames & Hudson, London, 2003
  • Judy Pfaff. Hudson Hills Press, 2003
  • From Avant -Garde to Pluralism: An On-The- Spot History. Hard Press, 2006
  • Abstract Expressionism and the American Experience: A Reevaluation. Hudson Hills Press, 2009

Exhibition catalogs

  • With Michael Rush, Catherine Morris: Hans Hofmann: Circa 1950 Rosamund Publishers, 2010.
  • With William C. Agee and Karen Wilkin: American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, de Kooning, and Their Circle, 1927-1942. Yale University, Yale, New York, London, 2012
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