Background
Rosenberg, Alex Jacob was born on May 25, 1919 in New York City. Son of Israel and Lena (Zar) R. Student, Albright College, 1935-1937,School Philadelphia Museum Art, 1937-1940.
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Rosenberg, Alex Jacob was born on May 25, 1919 in New York City. Son of Israel and Lena (Zar) R. Student, Albright College, 1935-1937,School Philadelphia Museum Art, 1937-1940.
Student, Albright College, 1937. Student, School Philadelphia Museum Art, 1940. Bachelor of Science, Philadelphia University, 1948.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hofstra University, 1989. Doctor of Science in Art, Institute Superior Art, Havana, Cuba, 2003.
President Transworld Art Inc., Alex Rosenberg Gallery and Alba Editions, New York City, 1968—1989, The Abbot Group, 1987-1989, Ardmore Affiliates Ltd., Alex Rosenberg Fine Art, since 1985, Neikrug-Rosenberg Associates, 1989-1997. Lecturer Parsons School Design, New York City, 1979—1988. Instructor appraising modern art New York University, 1992—1995, adjunct assistant professor appraising, since 1995.
Visiting professor fine art Institute Superior Art, Havana, Cuba, since 1993. Organizer Henry Moore exhibition Museum Budapest, Bratislava and Prague, Hungary, 1993. Co-author USPAP Appraisers Association America, 1994.
Co-curator Leonoid Sokov, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, 2002. Guest lecturer City University of New York, New York City, 2000—2003. Organizer Henry Moore Exhibition, Havana, 1998, Degas Sculpture Exhibition, Tel-Aviv Museum Art, 2010.
Chairman Salvadore Dali Research Center, since 2006.
Trustee Alice Baber Art Fund, 1991-1993, Philadelphia College Textiles and Science, 1992-1995. Member international board directors Tel Aviv Museum Art, since 1999, board directors, 2000-2006, since 2007. Board directors Artists' Rights Today, 1974-1980.
Museum advisory board Hofstra Museum, Hempstead, New York, 1987-1992. Member collection and exhibition committee Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, New York, 1989-1995. Member advisory committee Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, since 2000.
Trustee Guttman Institute, 1979-1992. Member executive board National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1970-1998, treasurer, 1981-1998. Trustee National Emergency Civil Liberties Foundation, 1964-1998, chairman, 1992-1998.
National board directors and board directors local council SANE, 1974-1983, board trustees Center for Constitutional Rights, since 1998, vice president since 2003. Trustee, treasurer New Lincoln School, 1968-1971. Trustee Givat Haviva Educational Foundation, New York City, 1969—2009, chairman executive committee, 1992-1999, vice president, since 1998.
Trustee Stephen Wise Free synagogue, 1967-1970, 73-76, 99-2000, Museum Borough Brooklyn, 1986-1989. Delegate 28th World Zionist Congress, Jerusalem, 1972. Member Community Planning Board # 7, 1965-1967, 70-72.
Member Lower West Side Anti-Poverty Board, 1965-1966, Lincoln Center Community Council, 1968-1974, Committee for Indiana Civilian Police Review Board, 1967. Member steering committee Committee Public Education and Religious Liberty. Chairman American Israel Civil Liberties Coalition, 1988-1989.
District leader American Labor Party, 1949-1950, democratic district leader, 1964-1974, state committeeman, 1970-1973, member county executive committee, 1964-1974. Delegate Democratic National Conventions, 1968, 72. Board directors Raoul Wallenberg Commission of the United States, 1986-1990, chairman, 1990-1992.
Member print and drawing council Israel Museum, 1980-1985. Associate director Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, 1982-1988. Member Appraisers Association America, delegate to President Council of Appraisal Organizations, 1995-1996.
Board member Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, since 1995. Member Association Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1994-1996. Honorary fellow Telephone Aviv Museum Art, 2002.
Member American Society Appraisers (senior, board examiners 1987-1995, personal property committee 1987-1989), Appraisers Association American (certified member, board directors 1990-1996, vice president 1992-1994, 1st vice president 1994, president 1994-1996, President' award 2005), Fine Art Publications Association (vice president, board directors 1981-1983, president 1983-1986, treasurer 1986-1989), National Arts Club (Lifetime Achievement Gold medal 2004).