Tony Rosenthal

"Bernard Rosenthal" redirects here. For the American historian (born 1934), see Bernard Rosenthal (scholar).

Tony Rosenthal
Born	Bernard Rosenthal (1914-08-09)August 9, 1914 Highland Park, Illinois
Died	Southampton, New York
Nationality	American
Education	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Known for	American abstract sculptor.
Movement	American abstract expressionism

Alamo at Astor Place in Manhattan, New York City

Bernard J. Rosenthal (August 9, 1914 - July 28, 2009), also known as Tony Rosenthal, was an American abstract sculptor.

Biography

Tony Rosenthal was born August 9, 1914 in Highland Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Then, he studied:

• 1930-1932: attended evening and Saturday sculpture classes at The Art Institute of Chicago.;
• 1932-1936: attended University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan where he graduated with a B.A.;
• 1936: studied with Archipenko in Chicago;
• 1939: attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan where he studied with Carl Milles.

Military Service in World War II:

• 1942-1946: He served in the US Army; attended Corps of Engineers Officer Candidate School in Virginia. Later he became unit commander in England.

Teaching Positions:

• 1945: He taught at the American University for the education of GIs, Biarritz, France;
• 1953: He taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Monumental sculptures in public places

File:House of the Minotaur, Tony Rosenthal, 1980.jpg

House of the Minotaur (1980) at Laumeier Sculpture Park

Rosenthal was best known for his large outdoor geometric abstract sculptures. His works in public places include:

• Nubian Slave, installed at the 1939 New York World's Fair
• Alamo, Astor Place, New York City, 1967. This "established him as a master of monumental public sculpture, and something of a standard bearer of the contemporary structurist esthetic." He stated: "It is…important to me that the sculpture interact with the public." A replica of the Alamo may be found in a plaza on the campus of the University of Michigan and is dubbed Endover.
• Marty's Cube, at the Florida International University in Miami, 1983
• Endover (replica of Alamo), at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, 1967
• Odyssey I, Open Air Museum of Sculpture, Antwerp, Belgium, 1967
• Kepaakala (Sun Disc), Bank of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1969
• Rondo, 59th Street off Park Avenue in New York City, 1969
• 5 IN 1, Municipal Building Path, lower Manhattan, New York City, 1971
• Big Six, 1975, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, 1975
• Hammarskjold, Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, 1977
• House of the Minotaur, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 1980
• Pass-Thru, Hofstra University, 1988
• JS Bach Variation #9, Ravinia Park, Highland Park, 1990
• Indiana Totem, 1989, Circle, 1987, J.S. Bach Fugure, 1991, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana

Tony Rosenthal died in Southampton, New York on July 28, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Dillon Rosenthal.

See also

• Harold Harby, Los Angeles City Council member who denounced Rosenthal's statuary for the Los Angeles Police Building
• Earle D. Baker (1888–1987), Los Angeles City Council member who introduced a resolution to remove the Los Angeles Police Building statuary

References

• Hunter, Sam, Tony Rosenthal, Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, 2001, ISBN 0-8478-2316-4
• Wight, Frederick S., Bernard Rosenthal, New York: Catherine Viviano, 1958.
• Marika Herskovic, American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s An Illustrated Survey, (New York School Press, 2003.) ISBN 0-9677994-1-4. pp. 290–293
• http://www.27east.com/story_detail.cfm?id=226187
• http://www.easthamptonstar.com/dnn/Archive/Home20090806/Obituaries/tabid/9613/Default.aspx

External links

• Official website