Background
Wallach, Alan was born on June 8, 1942 in Brooklyn. Son of Israel and Vivian (Esner) Wallach.
(A leading scholar of art, art history, and American studi...)
A leading scholar of art, art history, and American studies considers the way art museums have depicted American society and the American past. In closely focused and often controversial essays, Alan Wallach explores the opposing ideologies that drove the development of the American art museum in the 19th century and the tensions and contradictions characteristic of recent museum history. 40 illus
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Wallach, Alan was born on June 8, 1942 in Brooklyn. Son of Israel and Vivian (Esner) Wallach.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1963; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1973.
Associate professor, Kean College, Union, New Jersey, 1974-1989; Ralph H. Wark professor art and art history, professor American studies, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, since 1989. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1982-1983, Stanford (California) U., 1987, CUNY, 1988, University of Michigan, 1989. Co-curator National Museum American Art, Washington, 1991-1994.
(A leading scholar of art, art history, and American studi...)
Member American Studies Association, College Art Association (board directors 1996-2000), Association Art Historians.
Married Phyllis Rosenzweig, January 3, 1988.