
Hilton Kramer (1928–2012)
Author of The age of the avant-garde; an art chronicle of 1956-1972
About the Author
Hilton Kramer was coeditor and copublisher of The New Criterion, which he founded in 1982. He had also been editor of Arts Magazine, art critic for The Nation, chief art critic for the New York Times, and art critic for the New York Observer. His other books include The Twilight of the show more Intellectuals, The Age of the Avant-Garde, and The Revenge of the Philistines. He died in 2012. show less
Series
Works by Hilton Kramer
Counterpoints: 25 Years of The New Criterion on Culture and the Arts (2007) — Editor; Introduction; Contributor — 48 copies
The Survival of Culture: Permanent Values in a Virtual Age (2002) — Editor; Introduction — 37 copies
Against the Grain: The New Criterion on Art and Intellect at the End of the Twentieth Century (1995) — Editor; Introduction; Contributor — 36 copies
The Betrayal of Liberalism: How the Disciples of Freedom and Equality Helped Foster the Illiberal Politics of Coercion and Control (1999) — Editor; Introduction; Contributor — 32 copies
The new criterion 26 copies
Lengthened Shadows: America and Its Institutions in the Twenty-First Century (2004) — Editor; Introduction; Contributor — 18 copies
Arts Yearbook 2 : Romantic Art 2 copies
Arts Yearbook 4 1 copy
The New Criterion, Volume 28, Number 7 — Editor — 1 copy
The New Criterion , Volume 29, Number 1 — Editor — 1 copy
Elie Nadelman 1 copy
Julio Gonzalez 1 copy
Jackson Pollock & the New York School, II.(American abstract expressionist painter): An article from: New Criterion (1999) 1 copy
Associated Works
Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics (1968) — Contributor — 850 copies, 5 reviews
The Entertainment Weekly Guide to the Greatest Movies Ever Made (1994) — Contributor — 148 copies, 3 reviews
Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, and the Schism in the American Soul (2002) — Contributor — 25 copies, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Kramer, Hilton
- Other names
- KRAMER, Hilton
- Birthdate
- 1928-03-25
- Date of death
- 2012-03-27
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Syracuse University
Columbia University
Harvard University
Indiana University
New School for Social Research - Occupations
- publisher
editor
critic - Organizations
- Arts Digest
The New York Times
The New Criterion - Awards and honors
- National Humanities Medal (2004)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- Damariscotta, Maine, USA
- Place of death
- Damariscotta, Maine, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Maine, USA
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Statistics
- Works
- 39
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 484
- Popularity
- #51,010
- Rating
- 4.0
- ISBNs
- 34
- Languages
- 2
- Favorited
- 1









