ABOUT ALAN ROSENBERG
Alan Rosenberg is a historian and curator of art and design. His articles, lectures, exhibitions and websites have revealed underknown creators of the 20th century such as avant-garde fashion designer Tiger Morse, tapestry artist Jan Yoors, romantic realist painter Bernard Perlin and whimsical silver sculptor Earl Krentzin, amongst many other subjects. His essays have appeared in print in publications including Nineteenth Century, Silver Magazine and the Saint James Encyclopedia of Fashion and have accompanied exhibitions at venues such as the Palos Verdes Art Center and Galeria H2O in Barcelona. He has curated exhibitions for galleries including Icon20 and Octavia Art Gallery and has lectured at museums including the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Arkansas Arts Center. While working on his master’s degree in history of applied arts at the Fashion Institute Technology he was a Research Fellow at the Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art. From 1991 to 1994 he was Director of the Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, an alliance of New York area house museums. For some years he dealt in art and design and presided over a gallery on the ground floor of a townhouse in Manhattan, eventually setting aside dealing to focus on writing and curating. He served for several years on the Board of Directors of the Victorian Society in America, Metropolitan Chapter. Alan Rosenberg served also for several years on a committee of Honors and Awards of the Costume Society of America. He recently taught a class in History and Markets: Decorative Arts 1775-1915 in the Master of Arts program in Fine and Decorative Art and Design at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. He lectures frequently, in 2024 in Montclair, Savannah and New Orleans.
EDUCATION:
M.A., Fashion Institute of Technology
Major: Museum Studies-Applied Arts, Curatorial Emphasis.
B.A., Hunter College, City University of New York
Major: Art History, Minor: Urban Studies.
A.A.S., Fashion Institute of Technology
Major: Fashion Design.
EXHIBITIONS:
Mark Shaw: Glamour, Palos Verdes Art Center, October-November 2015, essay by Alan Rosenberg,
Tiger Morse by Mark Shaw: Jet-Set Style Quest, Liz O’Brien, New York, NY, November-December 2015, www.tigermorse.com
Image and Abstraction: American Color Prints of the 1950’s, Good Design Shop, New York, NY, November-December 2011.
Edward John Stevens, Jr. - Paintings, 1945-1955, Alan Rosenberg - Works of Art, New York, NY, April-May 2004, www.edwardjohnstevens.com
1947 - Photographs by John Stuart Cloud, Alan Rosenberg - Works of Art, New York, NY, November-December 2003.
David Berger - Paintings and Prints, 1945-1965, Alan Rosenberg - Works of Art, New York, NY, July-August 2003.
Jan Yoors – Tapestries, 1970-1977. Icon20, New York, NY, November-December 2000.
Eugene Berman, a Centennial Perspective. Alan Moss Gallery, New York, NY, November 1999.
PUBLICATIONS:
“A Creole Family Revealed in Portraits by Arthur P. Bedou.” La Creole: a Journal of Creole History and Genealogy, Volume 17, Issue 1, 8 November 2024, 2.
Paul Hultberg, Abstract Expressionism in Enamel. Philadelphia: Moderne Gallery, 2021
”Carlyle Brown: Under The Influence Of The Fantastic” in the Journal of Cornwall Contemporary Arts, Spring 2021.
“Paul Hultberg: Abstract Expressionist Enamelist” in Metalsmith, Volume 40, Number 4, 2021.
"In Dreams Awake: Epilogue" in In Dreams Awake: Kathy Ruttenberg on Broadway, New York: Pointed Leaf Press, 2019.
“Bring The Street Style” in East Village Eye, Fall 2016, published on the occasion of the East Village Eye Show at Howl Happening, September 2016.
“Bernard Perlin, Romantic Realist.” Fine Art Connoisseur, November 2012.
"E. Dane Purdo: a Life In and Out of the Silver Studio." Silver Magazine, September/October 2009.
"A Conversation With Lawrence Copeland, Silversmith." Silver Magazine, September/October 2008.
"Margo Grant Walsh: Collecting by Design." American Craft, August/September 2008.
"Earl Krentzin, Artist, Silversmith, Alchemist." Silver Magazine, March/April 2008.
"Frederick Miller, Mid-Century Metalsmith." Silver Magazine, July/August 2007.
"Victoriana 1930." Nineteenth Century: The Magazine of the Victorian Society in America, Spring 2007.
"Rufus Jacoby, Master Craftsman." Silver Magazine, March/April 2007.
"Charlotte Kizer, Silversmith and Teacher, 1901-1989." Silver Magazine, September/October 2006.
"Hudson Roysher, Mid-20th Century Silversmith." Silver Magazine, May/June 2006.
"Discovering Fine Art on a Common Kitchen Table." Distinction, September/October 2003.
"Alluring Enamel." Modernism Magazine, Spring 2003.
"Modern American Silver." Modernism Magazine, Fall 2001.
“Report From London.” Victorian Society in America, Metropolitan Chapter Spring/Summer 2001 newsletter, 2
Important Postwar and Contemporary Design, [Alan Rosenberg, editor, author] New York: Icon20, 2000.
"Laminate Love." Echoes, Summer 1999.
Contributor to Who Was Who in American Art. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1999.
"Geometry and the Counterculture." Pink, Volume 3, #1.
"Oiva Toikka," in Contemporary Designers , Sara Pendergast, ed. London: Saint James Press, 1996.
"Adolfo," in Contemporary Fashion, Richard Martin, ed. London: Saint James Press, 1995.
"Carven," in Contemporary Fashion, Richard Martin, ed. London: Saint James Press, 1995.
"Dorothee Bis," in Contemporary Fashion, Richard Martin, ed. London: Saint James Press, 1995.
"Elisabeth de Senneville," in Contemporary Fashion, Richard Martin, ed. London: Saint James Press, 1995.
"George Stavropoulos," in Contemporary Fashion, Richard Martin, ed. London: Saint James Press, 1995.
"Valentino," in Contemporary Fashion, Richard Martin, ed. London: Saint James Press, 1995.
"Vicky Tiel," in Contemporary Fashion, Richard Martin, ed. London: Saint James Press, 1995.
“Celeste Holm and Harvey Lichtenstein: Great Figures in the Performing Arts Who Have Made Great Contributions to Historic Preservation.” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association Annual Journal, New York, 1994.
“Report From the Director.” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Spring 1994 newsletter, 2.
“Tenement Museum Opens Historic Apartments.” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Spring 1994 newsletter, 1.“More Than 200 Years of History in Queens.” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association Annual Journal, New York, 1993.
“Report From the Director” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Spring 1993 newsletter, 2.
“Montgomery Place: a Grand Estate Painstakingly Restored” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Spring 1993 newsletter, 1.
“Report From the Director” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Winter 1993 newsletter, 2.
“Stained Glass Restorations Completed and in Progress at MHSA Member Sites” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Winter 1993 newsletter, 1.
“Report From the Director” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Fall 1993 newsletter, 2.
“Octagon Park, Featuring Work of A. J. Davis to Open in October.” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Fall 1992 newsletter, 1.
“Report From the Director” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Fall 1992 newsletter, 2.
“Bryant Park to Re-Open in March.” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Spring 1992 newsletter, 1.
“The Central Synagogue Judaica Museum: Meeting of the Spiritual and the Material” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Winter 1991 newsletter, 1.
“Textile Conservation Preserves History.” Metropolitan Historic Structures Association, Fall 1991 newsletter, 1.
“Esperanto House.” East Village Eye, December/January 1986, 9.
“Mad Caps.” East Village Eye, February 1986, 7.
“Mood Mode.” East Village Eye, November 1985, 7.
“Go For The Gold.” East Village Eye, October 1985, 7.
“Beat It, Patriarchs.” East Village Eye, October 1985, 7.
“Nice Picture.” East Village Eye, September 1985, 7. Profile of Donald Baechler; photograph of the artist by Madoka Takagi.
“Viva Lucha Libre.” East Village Eye, August 1985, 7.
“Open Mouth.” East Village Eye, August 1985, 7.
“More Plastic.” East Village Eye, August 1985, 7.
“Vivienne Westwood: Avant Garde Goes Overground.” Ephemeral Youth, Vol. 1 Issue two, 1983, 16. Photographs by Roxanne Lowit.
LECTURES AND PAPERS PRESENTED:
“A Creole Family Revealed in Portraits by Arthur P. Bedou. Presented at the annual conference of the Louisiana Creole Research Association, Volume 17, Issue 1, 8 November 2024, 2.
“Victoriana 1930,” at The Victorian Society in America, Savannah, GA, April 2024.
“Victoriana 1930,” at The Victorian Society in America, Montclair, NJ, October 2023.
"Mid-Century American Enamel, Art and Artists," at the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, April 2009.
"Mid-Century American Enamel Art and Design," at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, October 2003.
"Alluring Enamel," at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York, NY, April 2003.
"Fiorucci and the Vie Ludique," at the annual conference of the Costume Society of America, Atlanta, GA, May 1996.
"Questions of Originality in the Silver Designs of Alphonse La Paglia," at the annual conference of the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, April 1996.
"Office Loft and Disco: The Post-Modernism of High-Tech Space in the 1970’s," at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY, March 1996.
“The Gothic Revival in 19th Century Architecture and Decorative Arts,” at Trinity Church, New York, NY, September 1994.
"Beauty, Simplicity and Freedom: The Ideals of our Nation's Founders Reflected in Their Architecture," at the Bowne House Historical Society, Flushing, NY, July 1993.
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