DAVID M. SOKOL
Address: 222 North Marion Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 Telephone: Home - (708) 848-l73l; University - (312) 996-2607 E-Mail: dmsokol@uic.edu; dmsokol@sbcglobal.net
Fax: (312) 413-2460
EDUCATION
A.B., Hunter College, Major: Sociology, Minor: Art History, 1/63.
M.A., New York University (Institute of Fine Arts), Major:
Renaissance Art, Minor: Modern Art, 8/66.
Ph.D., New York University, Major: American and Modern
Art and Architecture; Minor: American History.
Dissertation: John Quidor: His Life and Work (Advisor: H.W. Janson), 11/70.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Currently, Professor Emeritus and Director of Museum Studies, UIC
Professor, Department of Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago, 9/82-2002.; Associate Professor, 9/71-8/82. Chairperson, 9/77-8/84, 8/92-2002; Director, Graduate Studies, 9/90-8/92
Director, Museology Certificate Program, College of Architecture and the Arts, UIC, 9/78-.
Visiting Professor, Art Department, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 9/88-5/89; Adjunct Professor, 9/89-5/90.
Bi-Centennial Visiting Professor in American Art, Barat College, Spring, 1976.
Visiting Professor of Art History, Department of Art, Rosary College, Spring, 1975.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fine Arts Department, New York
University, Summer, l970.
Assistant Professor, Art Department, Western Illinois University,
9/68-8/71; Acting Chairperson, 1/71-6/71.
Instructor, Art Department, Kingsborough Community College, 9/67-
8/68.
Lecturer, Humanities Division, Bronx Community College, 6/65-6/66
and Summer, l969.
Acting Chairperson, Department of Performing Arts [Music, B.A. and Theater B.A. and MA.], UIC, 8/99-8/00.
MUSEUM POSITIONS
Curator (pro bono), Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation, Oak Park, Illinois, 5/74-7/77; Member, Collections Committee, 1986-1996.
Curator, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1/81-2/85; Acting Director, 5/84-1/85.
Interim Director, Spertus Museum, Chicago, 7/85-2/86; Guest Curator, Spring, 1986; Search Consultant, 5/95-5/96.
Adjunct Curator, Maier Museum, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1988-1991.
Consultant and/or provided expert opinion to many museums.
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Coordinating Bibliographer, Architecture and Art, American Quarterly, 1/69-7/73.
Member, Editorial Board, American Art Review, 10/73-9/77.
Book Review Editor, Art and Antiques, 6/78-5/80; Member, Editorial Board, 6/80-8/83.
Series Editor, Cambridge Monographs on American Artists, Cambridge University Press, 1/84-92.
Book Review Editor, Lynch's Ferry: A Journal of Local History,
1992-2000; Member, Editorial Board, 2000-04.
Member, Editorial Board American Art [National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution], 10/97-5/05; Editorial Advisory Board, 5/05-.
GRANTS/AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
New York University, Graduated with the distinction of University Scholar, 1970.
National Endowment for the Arts, Grant A30-44-81, with
J. Daniel Selig. For John Quidor Exhibition, Wichita
Art Museum, Spring, 1973.
University of Illinois, Curriculum Development Grant. To develop
a course on the Architecture and Art of Latin America,
Summer, 1976.
Illinois Humanities Council Grant, with: C. Patton, L. Blair,
A. Guttenberg, and E. Freund. "The Contribution of the
W.P.A. to Illinois," 1979.
Chicago Council on Fine Arts, grant for exhibitions at Spertus Museum, 1985.
Graham Foundation, grant for photographs and reproduction fees for monograph on Unity Temple, 1987.
Institute for the Humanities, University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute Fellow, 1987-1988.
Chicago Park District, grant for a survey of art in the field houses in Chicago's parks, 1988.
Honors College, University of Illinois at Chicago, Faculty Fellow, 1991-.
Illinois Academy of Fine Arts, (1st) award to a scholar for
contributions to the arts in Illinois, 1992.
The Honorary Society Phi Kappa Phi, UIC Chapter President, 1993- 1994 and 2004-2005.
University of Illinois, Technology in Support of Teaching Grant, with K. Manthorne [UIUC]. "A Project to Digitize Images for Classroom and Self-Directed Use," 1995-1997.
BOOKS/EXHIBITION CATALOGS
John Quidor: Painter of American Legend. Wichita: Wichita Art
Museum, 1973. 84p., 26 illus. Bibliog. p. 82-83.
American Architecture and Art. Detroit: Gale, 1976. 341 p. (American Studies Series, v. 2.)
American Art: Painting-Sculpture-Architecture-Decorative Arts-
Photography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1979. 6l6p.,
648 illus. Bibliog. p. 509-603. With: Brown, Hunter,
Jacobus, Rosenblum.
American Decorative Arts and Old World Influences. Detroit:
Gale, l980. 294 p. (Art and Architecture Series, v. l4.)
Life in l9th Century America. Evanston: Terra Museum of
American Art, 1981. 48 p., 85 illus. Bibliog. p. 48.
Solitude: Inner Visions in American Art. Evanston: Terra Museum of American Art, 1982. 40 p., 67 illus.
Otto Neumann. Heidelberg: Heidelberger Kunstverein, l982. 64 p., 56 illus. With Hans Gercke.
Two Hundred Years of American Painting from Private Chicago
Collections. Evanston: Terra Museum of American Art, 1983. 49 p., 75 illus. Bibliog. p. 49.
Introduction to Fred Gardner, 1880-1952. Syracuse: Everson Museum of Art, 1985. 36 p., illus.
Fred Jones: Western Illinois Landscapes. Springfield: Illinois
State Museum, 1985. 20p., illus.
Otto Neumann: A Rediscovered Artist. Tampa: Tampa Museum of Art, 1988. 85 p., 55 illus. With Stephen P. Breslow.
American Art: American Vision, Paintings from a Century of
Collecting. Lynchburg: Maier Museum of Art, 1990. 164 p., illus. including 53 color plates. Bibliog. p. 163. With
Ellen Schall and John Wilmerding.
"Washington Irving: Friend and Muse to American Artists," in Visions of Washington Irving. Irvington, N.Y.: Historic Hudson Valley, 1991. Pp. 14-29.
"Six Prairie Artists," in An Illinois Portfolio. Chicago: State of Illinois Art Gallery, 1997. Unpaged.
Oak Park, Illinois: Continuity and Change. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2000. 128p., 231 illus.
Engaging with the Present: The Contribution of the American Jewish Artists Club to Modern Art in Chicago, 1928-2004. Chicago:
Spertus Museum, 2004. 64 p., illus. including 26 color plates.
Otto Neumann: His Life and Work. Chicago: Prologue Press, 2006.
xiv, Pp. 274., 55 figs.; 188 plates.
The Noble Room: Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple. In
preparation. With Sidney Robinson.
ARTICLES
"John Quidor, Literary Painter," The American Art Journal 2
(Spring, 1970): 60-73.
"John Quidor and the Literary Sources for His Paintings." Antiques 102 (October, 1972): 675-679.
"Henry FewSmith and the Dusseldorf Academy." Antiques 104
(November, 1973): 867-871.
"An Important Exhibition." Connoisseur 184 (November, 1973):
202-204.
"Government Support of the Arts: A Survey," American Art Review l
(January-February, 1974): 81-86.
"The Art of John Quidor." American Art Review l (May-June, 1974): 68-73, 128.
"The Publishing World and American Art." American Art Review 3
(January-February, l976): 47-53. Review Essay.
"The Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois." Antiques 126 (November, 1984): 1156-1169.
"American Art in the Maier Museum of Art." Antiques 136 (November, 1989): 1138-1147.
"The Role of Women and the Influence of Universalist and Unitarian Feminist Thought on the Design of Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple." SECAC Review 12 (1992): 87-93.
"Sidney Laufman (1891-1985)." American Art Review 5 (Spring, 1993): 150-161.
"Sidney Laufman's Early Success in France and at Home." Archives
of American Art, Journal 32 (1992): 26-35. (Appeared 1994.)
"The Founding of Artists Equity Association After World War II." Archives of American Art, Journal 39 (1999): 17-29.
REVIEWS
Rebecca J. Beal, "Jacob Eichholtz, Portrait Painter of
Pennsylvania." Art Journal 29 (Winter, 1970): 470-472.
Edward D. Terry, ed., "Artists and Writers in the Evolution of
Latin America." The Journal of Developing Areas 4 (July, l970): 546-547.
William I. Homer. "Robert Henri and His Circle." Art Journal 30
(Fall, 1970): 120-122.
Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., ed., "The Rise of an American Architecture."
American Quarterly 23 (August, 1971): 207.
Edward Lucie-Smith, "Late Modern: The Visual Arts Since 1945."
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 30 (Fall,
1971): 141-142.
Germano Celant, "Art Povera." The Journal of Aesthetics and Art
Criticism 30 (Winter, 1971): 264.
Douglas Cooper, "The Cubist Epoch." Art Journal 31 (Fall, 1971):
102.
John I. H. Baur, "Joseph Stella." Art Journal 31 (Spring, 1972): 360.
Irma B. Jaffe, "Joseph Stella." The Journal of Aesthetics and
Art Criticism 30 (Summer, 1972): 568-569.
Garnet McCoy, ed., "Archives of American Art." Art in America
61 (November-December, 1973): 42-43.
Franz Schulze, "Fantastic Images." Art Journal 32 (Winter, 1973): 228.
Robert J. Clark, ed., "The Arts and Crafts Movement in America,
1876-1916." Art Journal 34 (Fall, 1974): 88.
William Gerdts, "American Neo-Classic Sculpture: The Marble
Resurrection." Art Journal 34 (Winter, 1975): 174.
Matthew Baigell, "The American Scene." American Art Review 2
(March-April, 1975): 128-132.
Jan Reynolds, "The Williams Family of Painters." Antiques 109
(April, 1976): 798.
Kenneth L. Ames, "Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition."
American Art and Antiques l (July-August, 1978): l5, ll4.
James H. Mundy and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., "The Flight of the
Grand Eagle: Charles G. Bryant, Maine Architect and
Adventurer." The Journal of American History 65, No. 2
(September, 1978): 466.
Jane Sikes, "The Furniture Makers of Cincinnati: 1790 to 1849."
American Art and Antiques 2 (March-April, 1979): 20, 116.
Wallace B. Gusler, "Furniture of Williamsburg and Eastern
Virginia, 1710-1790." Winterthur Portfolio 16 (Spring,
1981): 94-95.
Sharon Darling, "Chicago Furniture," Craft International
(October, 1985): 42-44.
Edward C. Carter, II, John C. Van Horne, and Charles E. Brownell,
eds., "Latrobe's View of America, 1795-1820: Selections
from the Watercolors and Sketches." Journal of the
Society of Architectural Historians 45, No. 4 (December,
1986): 425-426.
Nancy M. Mathews, "Mary Cassatt." Antiques 132 (November, 1987): 1027, 1034.
Edward J. Nygren, with Bruce Robertson, "Views and Visions: American Landscapes before 1830;" MEMA, "American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School." Winterthur Portfolio 23 (Summer/Autumn, 1988): 187-191.
John Zukowsky, ed., "Chicago Architecture, 1872-1922: Birth of a Metropolis." The Journal of American History 76, No. 1 (June, 1989): 217-220.
Lillian B. Miller, ed., "The Selected Papers of Charles Willson
Peale and His Family, Vol. 1, "Charles Willson Peale:
Artist in Revolutionary America, 1735-1791." The
Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliography IV (1983): 366-367. (Appeared 1989.)
William L. Vance, "America's Rome." The Journal of American
History 77, No. 2 (September, 1990): 659-661.
Lillian B. Miller and David C. Ward, eds., "New Perspectives on Charles Willson Peale: A 250th Anniversary Celebration."
Journal of American Culture 14, No. 3 (Fall, 1991): 99.
David Tatham, "Winslow Homer and the Illustrated Book." The
Journal of American History 70, No. 4 (March, 1993): 1628-1629.
S. Allen Chambers, " Poplar Forest and Thomas Jefferson." Lynch's
Ferry 6, No. 2 (Fall/Winter, 1993/1994): 21-23.
Lillian B. Miller, "In Pursuit of Fame: Rembrandt Peale, 1778- 1860." Journal of American Culture 17, No. 2 (Summer, 1994): 103-104.
Angela Miller, "Empire of the Eye: Landscape Representation and American Cultural Politics, 1825- 1875." Journal of American Culture 18, No. 1 (Spring, 1995): 118.
Elizabeth C. Cromley and Carter L. Hudgins, eds., "Gender, Class, and Shelter: Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture."
Journal of American Culture 18, No. 4 (Winter, 1995): 108.
David Schuyler, "Apostle of Taste: Andrew Jackson Downing, 1815- 1852." Journal of American Culture 19, No. 4 (Winter, 1996): 121-122.
Delores Hayden, "The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes and Public History." Journal of American Culture 21, No. 3 (Fall, 1996): 115.
Joseph M. Siry, "Frank Lloyd Wright and Architecture for Liberal Religion." Journal of the Society of Architectural
Historians 56, No. 4 (December, 1997): 525-527.
Michael D. Schroeder and J. Gray Sweeney, “Gilbert Munger: “Quest for Distinction.” Journal of American Culture 28, No. 2 (June, 2005): 233-234.
Sally Webster, “Eve’s Daughter/Modern Woman: A Mural by Mary Cassatt.” Journal of American Culture 28, No. 4 (December, 2005): 442.
Review Essay. “Books on Chicago Architecture.” Journal of the
Illinois State Historical Society 99, No. 1 (Spring-Summer, 2006): 70-77.
REFERENCE WORKS
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA: MICROPAEDIA, 15th EDITION. Chicago:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974. Fifteen articles on
American and European architecture and art.
DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY. New York: Charles Scribner`s
Sons, 1976. Entry on "Early Naturalism in American Painting."
THE HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA. Westport,
Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1988. Entries on "The Armory Show" and "Garden City Movement."
INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF ARCHITECTS AND ARCHITECTURE. Detroit: St. James Press, 1993. Critical essays on: Louis Sullivan, George G. Elmslie, Frank Lloyd Wright, Auditorium Building, Schlesinger and Mayer Department Store, Larkin Building, Guggenheim Museum, Baltimore Cathedral.
MACMILLAN DICTIONARY OF ART. London: Macmillan Publishers, Ltd.,
1996. Entries on twenty-one nineteenth and twentieth century American artists, collectors, and art movements.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INTERIOR DESIGN. London: St James Press, 1997. Essays on: Alexander Davis, Knoll International, John LaFarge, Herman Miller, Duncan Phyfe, the Shakers, Louis Sullivan, Louis C. Tiffany.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TWENTIETH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003. Entry on Jane Jacobs.
A GUIDE TO OAK PARK'S FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND PRAIRIE SCHOOL HISTORIC DISTRICT. Oak Park: Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission, 1999. Tour B: pp. 35-60.
PAPERS
"The American Student at the Academy in Dusseldorf," College Art
Association, Detroit, January, 1974.
"The Nazarenes, Ford Madox Brown, and the Pre-Raphaelite
Brotherhood," Midwest Art History Society, Minneapolis,
April, 1975.
"The European Education of the American Art Student," American
Studies Association, San Antonio, March, 1977.
"The Development of an Historic District for the National Register: A Case Study," Wisconsin/Northern Illinois Chapter of American Studies Association, Chicago, March, 1978.
"John Quidor: Literary Painter," Midwest Art History Society,
Lawrence, Ks., March, 1979.
"Otto Neumann: A German Expressionist Reconsidered," Midwest Art
History Society, Columbus, April, 1980.
"The Monotypes of Maurice Prendergast," Midwest Art History
Society, Bloomington, Ind., March, 1985.
"The New Deal and the Visual Arts," Conference on "The Dream and the Deal: The Arts After F.D.R.," Hillsdale, Mi., February, 1987.
"The Concept of Decentralization in Frank Lloyd Wright's Architecture and Politics," American Studies Association, New York, November, 1987.
"Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple: The Evolution of a Concept," Midwest Art History Society, Minneapolis, April, 1988.
"The Influence of Radical Universalist Feminist Thought on the Design of Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple," Southeastern College Art Conference, Memphis, October, 1991.
"Sidney Laufman in France and America," American Culture
Association, Louisville, March, 1992.
"National Recognition and the P/T Committee," College Art Association, New York, February, 1994.
"The Third Woodstock Art Conference: The Museum and the Artist," American Culture Association, Chicago, April, 1994.
"From Confrontation and Pickets to Cooperation and Planning: The Radical Artists of the Depression and the Founding of the Artists Equity Association After World War II," Midwest Art History Society, St. Louis, March, 1995.
"Preservation vs. Property Rights: An American Dilemma," Pacific
Basin International American Culture Conference, Honolulu,
January, 1996.
"Art in Industry: The Artists Equity Association and Corporate Sponsorship After World War II," College Art Association,
New York, February, 1997.
"Heritage Tourism: Blessing or Curse?" American Culture Association, Orlando, April, 1998.
"A Home for Artists Equity Association," American Culture Association, Toronto, April, 2002.
“Too Many House Museums?” American Association of Museums, Indianapolis, May, 2005.
Many lectures at universities and museums throughout the country.
SESSIONS CHAIRED AT SYMPOSIA AND CONFERENCES
"Chicago and Its Environs," Wisconsin/Northern Illinois Chapter
of American Studies Association, Chicago, March, 1976.
"American Literary and Historical Painting," American Studies
Association Session, MLA, Chicago, December 1977.
"The History of American Art," Mid-America College Art
Association, Tempe, October, 1979.
"The Arts in Chicago: Present and Future," Symposium for the
Institute for the Humanities, UIC, Chicago, January, 1984.
"Meaning in American Art," Midwest Art History Society, Evanston,
March, 1986.
"Southern Art and Culture," American Culture Association,
Atlanta, April, 1986.
"American Painting: New Approaches to Old Subjects," Mid-America
College Art Association, Memphis, October, 1986.
"Art in Canada and the U.S.A.: Interaction and/or Regionalism," American Culture Association, Montreal, March, 1987.
"American Architecture and Art," American Culture Association, St. Louis, April, 1989.
"Realism in a Post-Modern World," Symposium for the Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, February, 1990.
"American Art in American Culture," American Culture Association, Toronto, March, 1990.
"American Art: European Roots," American Culture Association,
Louisville, March, 1992.
"American Art," [co-chair, Judith Barter], Midwest Art History Society, Chicago, March, 1994.
"The Use and Abuse of Part-time Faculty in the Arts," College Art Association, Los Angeles, February, 1999.
“The Arts in Popular Culture,” International Popular Culture
Conference, Swansea, Wales, August, 2005.
Program Chair, 25th Annual Meetings of the Midwest Art History Society, April, 1998.
Program Chair, Sessions on Art, Fifth Congress of the Americas, October, 2001.
ADDITIONAL EXHIBITIONS CURATED [Checklist or pamphlet.]
"Rainey Bennett, A Retrospective Exhibition," Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1979.
"The WPA in Illinois," Illinois State Museum, 1979. With colleagues and graduate students.
"John McNee," Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1980. With Morris Barazani.
"Two Centuries of American Folk Painting," Terra Museum of American Art, 1985.
"Beta Israel: The Jews of Ethiopia," Spertus Museum, 1986.
"Chicago," Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 1989. With Robert Fuller.
"Selections from the Collection of Sidney and Frances Lewis," Maier Museum of Art, 1990. With Ellen Schall.
"Literary and Mythological Subjects in the Prints of Otto Neumann," Maier Museum of Art, 1990.
"Craft and Meaning in Contemporary Painting in Chicago," Graham Foundation, 1998.
"Dante's Divine Comedy: The Inferno," Gahlberg Gallery, 1999.
PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE
American Association of Museums: Member, Committee on Museum Professional Training, 1990-; Executive Board, 2005-.
American Association of University Professors: President,
Chicago Circle Chapter, 1973-1977; Member: National
Committee T, 1975-1978.
American Culture Association: Area Coordinator-Architecture and Art, 1986- 1996; Governing Board, 1995-1998; Recorder, 1999-2001; President, 2003-2005.
American Studies Association: Member, National Council,
1976-1978; President, Wisconsin/Northern Illinois Chapter,
1975-1977.
Archives of American Art: Advisory Committee, Chicago Gathering Project.
Association of Historians of American Art: Newsletter Publisher,
1979-1987.
Board of Trustees, Village of Oak Park, Illinois: Elected
member, 4/77-4/81.
College Art Association of America, Member: Ad Hoc Placement
Committee; Member, Professional Practices Committee, 1991- 1994, Chairperson, 1995-1998.
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation: Ad Hoc Accreditation Committee, 1992-1993; Member, Restoration Committee, 1974-1977; Collections Committee, 1986-1996.
Historic Preservation Commission, Village of Oak Park, Illinois: Commissioner, 1985-1988; Chairperson, 1986-1988, 1995-1999, 2001-2003.
Institute for Museum Services: Panelist and grant proposal
reviewer, 1984, 1985, 1990.
Midwest Art History Society, Board of Directors, 1998-2001.
National Endowment for the Arts: Panelist, 1990, 1994.
National Endowment for the Humanities: Panelist and grant
proposal reviewer, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2004.
Triton Community College, River Grove, Illinois: Member,
Advisory Board on the Humanities, 1983-1988.
Unity Temple Restoration Foundation: Member, Board of Directors, 1981-1990; Vice-President, 1982-1986; Honorary Life Member, 1990-.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Institute for the Humanities, University of Illinois at Chicago:
Member, Executive Committee, 1982-1986; 1989-1992.
Service on most major department, college, and university committees; served one or more terms as chairperson of the following committees of the Academic Senate at University of Illinois at Chicago: Campus Planning, Academic Freedom and Tenure, Equal Opportunity.
Wrote UIC "Scope and Mission Statement" as part of NCA Self Study, 1986; NCA Self Study committee, 1996-1997.
Task Force on Graduate Education at UIC, 1997.
Currently Member: External Affairs Committee; Hull House Museum Advisory Committee. [Co-Chair: Search Committee, Director of Hull-House Museum, 2005-2006.]