Raymond Jonson and the Spiritual in Modernist and Abstract Painting (Routledge Research in Art History)

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations. Herbert R. Hartel, Jr. was born and raised in Queens, NY. His mother was an elementary school teacher and his father worked on Wall Street. He studied visual arts, art history and English at Queens College, CUNY, where he received his B.A. in 1992. He also received his M.A. in art history and museum studies at Queens College. He received his Ph.D. in art history from the CUNY Graduate School. His areas of expertise are modern European and American painting and sculpture, contemporary art, the history of abstraction, and American painting and sculpture prior to 1900. He has taught at John College of Criminal Justice, Hofstra University, Baruch College, Queens College, Parsons School of Design, York College and Fordham University. Herb is a collector of comic books and occasionally paintings. Herb still paints for pleasure occasionally. When he has time, he enjoys reading, and he will go for classic works of literature. He is particularly fond of Mark Twain and the Transcendentalists. He enjoys movies, old and new and of all genres. Not surprisingly, as an art historian, he thinks there more studies of the visual aspects of film and more contribution from scholars of visual art. He enjoys traveling and has visited over 30 states and several foreign countries. Read more about this author Read less about this author Read more about this author Read less about this author