Frank Popper

For the American professor, see Frank J. Popper.
Frank Popper
Popper in 2006
Born(1918-04-17)17 April 1918
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia,
Austria-Hungary
(now Czech Republic)
Died12 July 2020(2020-07-12) (aged 102)
Lugano, Canton of Ticino,
Switzerland
NationalityFrench and British
Alma materParis-Sorbonne University
Known forHistorian of art and technology
Scientific career
FieldsAesthetics and the science of art

Frank Popper (17 April 1918[1] – 12 July 2020) was a Czech-born French-British historian of art and technology and Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the Science of Art at the University of Paris VIII. He was decorated with the medal of the Légion d'honneur by the French Government.[2] He is author of the books Origins and Development of Kinetic Art, Art, Action, and Participation, Art of the Electronic Age[3] and From Technological to Virtual Art.

Popper documented the historical record of the relationship between technology and participatory forms of art, especially between the late 1960s and the early 1990s.[4]

  1. ^ Art, action and participation by Frank Popper. National Library of Australia collection
  2. ^ "Présidence de la République" (in French). Archived from the original on 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  3. ^ Lieser, Wolf. Digital Art. Langenscheidt: h.f. ullmann, 2009, p. 283
  4. ^ Christiane Paul, Digital Art, Thames & Hudson Ltd. p. 219