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(1919-2019) Author. Peter Selz was born in Munich, Germany, and died in Albany, California.

Full Name

Peter Selz

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Selz had lived in an apartment in Manhattan, New York, prior to his move to California.

1919

BIRTH

Hans Peter Selz was born in Munich, Germany, on March 27, 1919.

1939

OTHER

Mr. Selz attended Columbia University for a year around 1939.

1940

OTHER

Mr. Selz worked for a time at the Rheingold brewery which was owned by family members in Brooklyn, New York, around 1940.

1957

LITWORK

German Expressionist Painting
University of California Press
1299928471
Nonfiction.

1958

OTHER

Mr. Selz was a curator at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, New York, from about 1958 until about 1964.

1963

LITWORK

Emil Nolde
New York: Museum of Modern Art/Doubleday

Nonfiction.

1968

LITWORK

Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by artists and Critics
Berkeley: University of California Press

Nonfiction written with Hershel B. Chipp and Joshua Taylor.

1972

LITWORK

Ferdinand Hodler
Berkeley: University Art Museum

Nonfiction written with Jura Br��schweiler, Phyllis Hattis, and Eva Wyler.

1981

LITWORK

Art in Our Times
New York: Harry N. Abrams
810916762
Nonfiction.

1985

LITWORK

Art in a Turbulent Era
Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Press
835716783
Nonfiction.

1998

LITWORK

Beyond the Mainstream
Cambridge University Press
521554136
Collection of essays.

1999

LITWORK

Barbara Chase-Riboud, Sculptor
Harry N. Abrams
810941074
Nonfiction written with Anthony F. Janson.

2002

LITWORK

Nathan Oliveira
University Of California Press
520230981
Nonfiction.

2006

LITWORK

Art Of Engagement: Visual Politics In California And Beyond
University of California Press
520240529
Nonfiction.

2019

DEATH

Peter Selz died at an assisted living facility in Albany, California, on June 21, 2019.

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