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Harold Rosenberg

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Harold Rosenberg · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Profiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century

When

1906, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 1978, Springs (East Hampton), New York, United States

Where

United States (New York City)

Biography

Harold Rosenberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Profiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century

How & why

Rosenberg was one of the most influential American art critics of the mid-20th century, coining the term 'action painting' in 1952 to describe Abstract Expressionism, and he served as art critic of The New Yorker from 1962 until his death. He was profiled in Thinkers of the Twentieth Century. He was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn; his father, an immigrant from Poland, was an observant Jew and a Zionist.

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Profiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century

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