[78-L] RIP Alex Steinweiss

[Cary Ginell]

It's on this page:

http://arsc-audio.org/conference/audio2010/index.html

Look for the listings for Saturday, May 22, 2010.

Cary Ginell

> From: sternth at attglobal.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:39:35 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] RIP Alex Steinweiss
> 
> Please provide the links to the presentation and illustrations which was
> posted here a while ago - thought I'd saved it, but can not locate the link.
> Thanks!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Michael Biel
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:36 PM
> To: 78-L Mail List
> Subject: Re: [78-L] RIP Alex Steinweiss
> 
> 
> On 7/20/2011 7:47 AM, David Lewis wrote:
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/business/media/alex-steinweiss-originator-of-artistic-album-covers-dies-at-94.html?_r=4&hpw
> >
> > Dr. Mike has proven that Steinweiss' claim to have "originated ... album covers" is at least a little suspect. But his passing
> is certainly a milestone worth observing, and I feel that his work was important.
> >
> > Uncle Dave Lewis uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
> 
> I agree that his passing is a sad event.  I always said that he was an
> inventive illustrator and that I had collected many of his covers -- it
> was just that he was not THE inventor or originator of the IDEA of
> having illustrations on album covers.  That was the theory of the
> overworked under-reseaercher Steven Heller who wrote this obit and did
> the titles and essatys for the two books on Steinweiss.  This guy has
> written waaaaayyyyy too many books and essays on art and has perhaps
> become very sloppy in researching his topics, at least in this case.
> 
> But I see signs that he has gotten at least part of the message I have
> been putting forth.  Note that he now says that " Most albums were
> unadorned,"  where he had previously not admitted that there had been
> any.  However he continues to show his lack of any first-hand research
> by stating next: " and on those occasions when art was used, it was not
> original."  This is based on a statement he read that Victor had used
> classic paintings on a few covers.  There are two or three where they
> did, but there are well over a hundred covers from the two or three
> years before Steinweiss' first cover which did have original artwork,
> photographs, and/or typography.  Heller has too much invested in his
> unresearched theory to give it up.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
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