Albert Boime (1933–2008)
Author of A Social History of Modern Art, Volume 1: Art in an Age of Revolution
About the Author
Art historian Albert Boime was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 17, 1933. After serving in the Army, he received a B.A. in art history from UCLA in 1961 and a M.A. and a Ph.D from Columbia University in 1963 and 1968, respectively. He taught at SUNY Stony Brook from 1968 to 1972, SUNY show more Binghamton from 1972 to 1978, and UCLA from 1979 to 2008. He wrote almost 20 books and numerous articles. He is best-known for his Social History of Modern Art series, which comprises of Art in an Age of Revolution, 1750-1800 (1987); Art in an Age of Bonapartism, 1800-1815 (1990); Art in an Age of Counterrevolution, 1815-1848 (2004); and Art in an Age of Civil Struggle, 1848-1871 (2007). He died of myelofibrosis, a bone marrow disorder, on October 18, 2008 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Albert Boime
A Social History of Modern Art, Volume 2: Art in an Age of Bonapartism, 1800-1815 (Vol 2) (1990) 38 copies
The magisterial gaze : manifest destiny and American landscape painting, c. 1830-1865 (1991) 22 copies
The Art of the Macchia and the Risorgimento: Representing Culture and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Italy (1993) 9 copies
The Unveiling of the National Icons: A Plea for Patriotic Iconoclasm in a Nationalist Era (Cambridge Studies in… (1997) 4 copies
The Birth of Abstract Romanticism: Art for the New Humanity: Rumi and the Paintings of Kamran Khavarani (2008) 3 copies
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- Canonical name
- Boime, Albert
- Legal name
- Boime, Albert Isaac
- Birthdate
- 1933-03-17
- Date of death
- 2008-10-18
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Cause of death
- cancer
myelofibrosis - Places of residence
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Stony Brook, New York, USA
Binghamton, New York, USA - Education
- University of California Los Angeles (BA| Art History|1961)
Columbia University (MA|1963)
Columbia University (PhD|1968) - Occupations
- Art Historian
Professor - Organizations
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Awards and honors
- Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize (1973)
Fellow, American Academy in Rome (1979)
New York Academy of Sciences (1982)
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- Works
- 23
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 289
- Popularity
- #80,898
- Rating
- 2.9
- ISBNs
- 40
- Languages
- 4