An early modernist.(Books about antiques)(Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design)(Book review)

In the early decades of the twentieth century many innovative designers, architects, artists, scientists, engineers, and other creative people sought refuge in the United States. Vienna-born Paul T. Frankl was one of these talented souls, who settled first in New York City and later in Los Angeles. Until now, the facts of his life (including the year of his birth and the place and date of his death) have been sketchy or incorrectly published. Thankfully, Christopher Long has set the record straight in his very readable and comprehensive book entitled Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design, which in the author's words is "only partly a design history. It is also a cultural and intellectual history, one informed by an examination of social and economic factors. Though focused on a single figure, it is about a complex set of relations--personal, historical, aesthetic, and ...