LEADER 03586nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910461258403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-09925-9 010 $a9786613520500 010 $a0-520-94986-2 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520949867 035 $a(CKB)2670000000151410 035 $a(EBL)862058 035 $a(OCoLC)778339820 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000612522 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11424247 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612522 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10569444 035 $a(PQKB)10778288 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC862058 035 $a(DE-B1597)519171 035 $a(OCoLC)1018041965 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520949867 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL862058 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535640 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL352050 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000151410 100 $a20110526d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPeter Selz$b[electronic resource] $esketches of a life in art /$fPaul J. Karlstrom with Ann Heath Karlstrom 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley [Calif.] $cUniversity of California Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-26935-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-259) and index. 327 $aChildhood : Munich, art, and Hitler -- New York : Steiglitz, Rheingold, and 57th Street -- Chicago to Pomona : New Bauhaus and early career -- Back to New York : inside MOMA -- MOMA exhibitions : from new images of man to Alberto Giacometti -- Pop goes the art world : departure from New York -- Berkeley : funk, sex, finances, and politics -- Students, colleagues, and controversy -- A career in retirement : returning to early themes and passions -- A conclusion : looking at Kentridge and Warhol. 330 $aThis absorbing biography, often conveyed through Peter Selz's own words, traces the journey of a Jewish-German immigrant from Hitler's Munich to the United States and on to an important career as a pioneer historian of modern art. Paul J. Karlstrom illuminates key historical and cultural events of the twentieth-century as he describes Selz's extraordinary career-from Chicago's Institute of Design (New Bauhaus), to New York's Museum of Modern Art during the transformative 1960's, and as founding director of the University Art Museum at UC Berkeley. Karlstrom sheds light on the controversial viewpoints that at times isolated Selz from his colleagues but nonetheless affirmed his conviction that significant art was always an expression of deep human experience. The book also links Selz's long life story-featuring close relationships with such major art figures as Mark Rothko, Dore Ashton, Willem de Kooning, Sam Francis, and Christo-with his personal commitment to political engagement. 606 $aArt historians$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aArt critics$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aArt museum curators$zUnited States$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArt historians 615 0$aArt critics 615 0$aArt museum curators 676 $a708.0092 676 $aB 700 $aKarlstrom$b Paul J$01041129 701 $aSelz$b Peter Howard$f1919-$0217068 701 $aKarlstrom$b Ann Heath$01041130 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461258403321 996 $aPeter Selz$92464456 997 $aUNINA