American art: its awful altitude; a satire. Edited by William Coyle
odd: label: Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
content: Cincinnati, Ohio, 1864
name: label: Creator
content: Frankenstein, John
label: Editor
content: Coyle, William
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
creator: label: Creator
content: Frankenstein, John
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John P. Frankenstein emigrated from Germany to Cincinnati, Ohio, with his family of artists when he was fifteen years old. Entirely self-taught, he was encouraged by local sculptor Hiram Powers to pursue a career in art. Frankenstein soon became a professional portrait painter and sculptor and spent much of his career working in Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and New York. After losing some important patronage later in his career, and unable to achieve critical and financial success, he became bitter and resentful of the art world.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: xxii, 136 p. (illus., 20 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1864
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.franjohn2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel CO3 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Reprint of the 1864 poem by Iohn P. Frankenstein, American Art: Its Awful Altitude, a 112-page poem in which he criticized successful American artists, patrons, and critics by name. After the Civil War, he settled permanently in New York City, where he spent the remainder of his life as a recluse.