Louis K. Meisel

Born: September 4, 1942, Brooklyn, NY

Education:
1960 Graduated From Tenafly High School, NJ
1960-63 Tulane U., New Orleans LA(art,business)
1964 Columbia U.,NY (Philosophy, English)
1963-65 New School for Social Research, New York, NY
(Journalism, Art)

Selected Publications or Media about Louis K. Meisel:

The Art Gallery Magazine, Oct. 1973, pp.29-34.
Levine, Les. "The New Deal", Arts Magazine, Jan.1974, pp.42-45.
Kuhn, Annette. "Culture Shock", Village Voice, May 6, 1974, p.42.
Hartman, Rose. "In And Around", SoHo Weekly News, May 23, 1974, p.4.
Margolies, Susan. "New Yorkers, Fleeing Lofty Rents, Live In Spacious Factory, Warehouse Lofts",The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 7, 1975, p.16.
Beardsall, Judy, ed. "Artscope", Soho Weekly News, Feb. 27, 1975, illus.
The Barry Farber Show, WOR, July 2, 1975.
WBAI, June, 1975.
Kipphoff, Petra. "Im Kunstler-Viertel Soho", Architektur & Vohnen, Sommerhalbjahr, Jan. 1976, pp.98-99.
Skurka, Norma. "Collector's Mania: If You Love It, You Live With It", The New York Times, April 14, 1977, p.C-6.
Bilgore, Ellen. "SoHo", Town & Country Magazine, Sept. 1977, pp. 118-123, 140-141.
Bladow, Janel. "The Arts Flourish in Soho", Daily News, Sept. 29, 1977, p.71.
"Art Fan", The Washington Star, May 4, 1978, C-2.
Richard, Paul. "Merchants of Luxuries", The Washington Post, May 5, 1978, B-1, B-2.
Lewis, Jo Ann. "Artworks Supermarket", The Washington Star, May 6, 1978.
Miller, Donald. "Two Art Dealers' Inside Viewpoint", Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh), Oct. 18, 1978, pp.31-33.
Bee Maeve. "The Gallery Connection", Ocular, Fall 1978, vol.3, no.3, pp.55-65.
Newman, Jay Hartley and Lee Scott Newman. The Mirror Book, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1978.
WABC-TV, January 1979.
"Done With Taste Chocolate Factory Now Spacious Home", Gannett Westchester Newspapers, Jan. 28, 1979, sec.H, p.2.
Litt, Steve. "New Money & New Buyers Made 1978 A Lucrative Year In The Art Market", Artworkers News, Vo.8, No.6, Feb. 1979, pp.1,12.
MacKenzie, David C. "Art Dealer Will Discuss Artist Survival", Tulsa World, June 3, 1979.NBC-TV, Sept. 26, 1979.
Popeye Magazine, January 2, 1980, pp.82-83, JAPAN
Meisel, Louis K. "Fifteen Years of Photo-Realism", Horizon Magazine, November 1980, pp.52-59.
Perreault, John. "Photorealism Book Review", SoHo Weekly News, Nov. 26, 1980, p.17.
Gifford, J. Nebraska and Melvin B. Shestack. Secrets of Success - A Plan Book For Making It In The 1980's, New York: Pocket Books, Interview: Louis K. Meisel, 1980, p. 136.
Russell, John. The New York Times, Oct. 9, 1981.
Zimmer, William. "Shiny American Things", Art News, Nov. 1981.
Meisel, Louis K. "On Plagen's on Flack", Art in America, May 1982, p.5.
Marera, Daniella. "Fotorealismo", Italian Vogue, Oct. 1992, pp.634-639, 700 illus.
Reif, Rita. "Pottery with an Art Deco Touch", The New York Times, July 24, 1983.
FIAC Magazine, Oct. 25 - Nov. 2, 1986, p.41.
"The Swan Ball", West Meade News (Nashville), vol.4, no.25, June 18, 1992, pp.27,31.
Chester, Marjorie. "Rare Trees, Rare Collectors", The New York Times, LI-sec.13, August 23, 1992, pp.1,13.
Graça, António Vasconcelos. "Louis Meisel: O Sucesso Das Artes Na Capital Do Exito", Em Voga (Lisbon), no.24, March/​April 1993, pp.59-60.
Cummings, Mary. “Snapshot Paints a Picture of Photorealism’s Father,” The Southampton Press, September 2, 1993, p.B1.
Hanor, Stephanie. Review of Photorealism Since 1980, Tulanian, (New Orleans), vol.64, no.4, Winter 1993, p.9.
Cooper, James F. "Who's Afraid of Photorealism?" (Book Review),
American Arts Quarterly, Summer/​Autumn 1993, pp. 31-33, illustration.
Southgate, Patsy. “Louis Meisel - SoHo Pin-Ups, Sag Sculptures”, The East Hampton Star, October 5, 1995, p. 1, p. III-4.
Greenfield, Beth. “Collector Gathers Pin-ups for Colorful Compendium”, December 19, 1996, The Southampton Press, NY, pp. B-1, B-7.
Smith, David S. Review of The Great American Pin-up, Antiques and The Arts Weekly, December 20, 1996, p. 56.
Tully, Judd. “Buoyant Market for Charles Bell’s ‘Fewer than 200’ Works”, Art Newsletter, 13 January 1998, Vol. XXIII, No. 10, p. 5.
Harrison, Helen. “South Fork Gardens Abloom With Art,” The New York Times,
May 17, 1998, P. 14 (L.I.).

Books by Louis K. Meisel:

Nathan Wasserberger, 1964.
Boris Lovet Lorski, Tribute to Woman,1965.
Photorealism,Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1980.
Richard Estes: The Complete Paintings 1966-85,Abrams
Clarice Cliff: The Bizarre Affair, New York:Abrams,
1988.
Charles Bell: The Complete Works 1970-1990,Harry N.
Abrams, Inc., 1991.
Photorealism Since 1980, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993.
TheGreat American Pin-Up,BenediktTaschen Verlag, 1996.
The Best of American Girlie Magazine,Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1997.
The Edward Runci Collection: Pin Up Poster Book, Collectors Press, Inc., 1997.
Gil Elvgren - All his Glamorous American Pin-ups, Cologne: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1999.
Photorealism at the Millennium,Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002

Selected Lectures:

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN
Cranbrook Academy of Arts, MI
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
The Arts & Crafts Center, Pittsburgh, PA (1978)
The New School Extension, New York (1978)
Arts & Humanities Council, Tulsa, OK (1979)
Philbrook Academy, Tulsa, OK, (1979)
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,(1980)
Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (1991)
Natural History Museum, Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian Institution, DC (1993)
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota,Fl,(2002)
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,(2002)