Background
Sokol, David Martin was born on November 3, 1942 in New York City. Son of Harry and Ruth (Waldman) Sokol.
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Otto Neumann 1895-1975
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Otto Neumann: His Life and Work by David M. Sokol (2007-09-01)
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American Art American Vision Paintings from a century of Collection
(Preface Soon after the 1942 acquisition of John Marin's T...)
Preface Soon after the 1942 acquisition of John Marin's Toes Mountain (1929) for the collection of American painting at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Alfred Stieglitz wrote in a letter to Professor Beatrice von Keller, "Your school is a center of enlightenment for young women, so I am particularly eager that they should live with one of Marin's finest pictures." How, in one brief sentence, could Mr. Stieglitz, the renowned photographer and art dealer, have better captured the story of this small college and the great art that is part of its environment? In the spirit of and in celebration of the College's centennial, we are pleased to take fifty-three works from the collection on a touring exhibition to museums around the country and to share these paintings with the larger public through the publication of this catalogue.
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Otto Neumann: His Life and Work
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One of the most versatile and original artists of the twentieth century, Otto Neumann created works of stark brutality, sumptuous beauty, and sleek simplicity in an array of media oils, watercolors, chalk, graphite, lithographs, woodcuts, and monotypes, among others. He lived through revolutionary changes in the art world of prewar and postwar Germany, and drew inspiration from his contemporaries and predecessors, as well as from sources literary and deeply personal. Today, Neumann is best known for his subtly hued woodcuts and monotypes of human, animal, and abstract forms, created in the last twenty-five years of his life. But, in addition to the range shown in these brilliant pieces, a critical part of the artist s evolution is displayed in his other, earlier works: his series of graphic illustrations based on Dante s Divine Comedy; his rich, colorful portraits in oil and watercolor; the frightening grotesques he created during Germany s calamitous late 1920s; his Cézanne-inspired, watercolor still lifes; and his linoleum prints based on Edvard Munch s creation myth, Alpha and Omega. Otto Neumann: His Life and Work brings to light the career of a significant, overlooked artist and places his work within the proper context of great twentieth-century art. Institutions Owning Works by Otto Neumann Art Institute of Chicago, Detroit Institute of Art, Goethe Institute, Museum of Modern Art New York, Portland Art Museum, Rose Art Museum, Tampa Museum of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Art.
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American Art: American Vision : Paintings from a Century of Collecting
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Great art book!
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David Martin Sokol
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Education
AB, Hunter College, 1963; Master of Arts, New York University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1970.
Career
Lecturer, Bronx (New York) Community College, 1965-1966;
instructor, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, 1966-1968;
assistant professor, Western Illinois U., Macomb, Illinois, 1968-1971;
from associate professor to professor, University of Illinois, Chicago, since 1971;
chairperson, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1977-1984, 92-;
director graduate studies, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1990-1992. Curator Terra Museum, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1985. Interim director Spertus Museum, Chicago, 1985-1986.
Adjunct curator Maier Museum Art, 1988-1991.
Achievements
Works
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American Art American Vision Paintings from a century of Collection
(Preface Soon after the 1942 acquisition of John Marin's T...)
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Otto Neumann: His Life and Work
(One of the most versatile and original artists of the twe...)
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American Art: American Vision : Paintings from a Century of Collecting
(Great art book!)
- American Decorative Arts and Old World Influences: a Guide to Information Sources (Volume 14 of the Art and Architecture Guide Series)
- Otto Neumann 1895-1975
- Otto Neumann: His Life and Work by David M. Sokol (2007-09-01)
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American Art American Vision Paintings from a century of Collection
Membership
Board of directors Unity Temple Restoration Foundation, 1981-1990, honorary life member, since 1990. Commissioner Oak Park (Illinois) History Preservation Committee, 1985-1988, chairman,1986-1988. Trustee Village of Oak Park, 1977-1981.
Member Association Historians American Art (editor newsletter 1977-1987), American Association Museum (commission on music professional training), College Art Association (professional practices committee), Chicago Arts Club, Masons.
Interests
Connections
Married Sandra H. Schorr, June 15, 1963. Children: Adam Jonathan, Andrew Levi.
