Harold Rosenberg Quotes


The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice.


Citations

Rosenberg, Harold. Discovering the Present: Three Decades in Art, Culture, and Politics. University of Chicago Press, 1973, p. 45.

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  • Born: February 2, 1906
  • Died: July 11, 1978
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978) was an American writer, educator, philosopher and art critic. He coined the term Action Painting in 1952 for what was later to be known as abstract expressionism. Rosenberg is best known for his art criticism. From 1967 until his death, he was the art critic of The New Yorker.