11 Facts About Albert Boime

Albert Boime was an American art historian and author of more than 20 art history books and numerous academic articles.

Albert Boime was a professor of art history at the University of California, Los Angeles, for three decades, until his death.

Albert Isaac Boime was born on March 17,1933, in St Louis, Missouri.

Albert Boime's mother, Dorothy Rubin, was a European Jewish immigrant and his father, Max Boime, was a salesman, and a naval yard worker in Brooklyn during World War II.

In 1955, Boime joined the United States Army, stationing in West Germany.

Albert Boime went on to earn a bachelor's degree in art history from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1961 after completing service.

Albert Boime followed up in the field with a master's and a doctorate from Columbia University in 1963 and 1968 respectively.

Albert Boime was a professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook from 1968 until 1972.

Albert Boime then taught and chaired the art department at the Binghamton University, remaining there until 1978.

Albert Boime wrote more than 20 books of art history, focusing not only on style and form but using a psychoanalytic examination of the social and political contexts of art, examining how artworks are representations of the class, economic, power, and social structures and racial attitudes that exist during their creation.

Albert Boime examined the complex of psychological, social, and political issues that some artists face in today's society.