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Emanuel Farber (February 20, 1917 – August 18, 2008) was an American painter, film critic and writer. Often described as "iconoclastic", Farber developed a distinctive prose style and set of theoretical stances which have had a large influence on later generations of film critics and influence on underground culture. Susan Sontag considered him to be "the liveliest, smartest, most original film critic this country has ever produced."
Farber's writing was distinguished by its "visceral," punchy style and inventive approach towards language; amongst other things, he is credited with coining the term "underground film" in 1957, and was an early advocate of such filmmakers as Howard Hawks, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, William Wellman, Raoul Walsh, Anthony Mann, Michael Snow, Chantal Akerman, George Kuchar, Nicolas Roeg, Samuel Fuller and Andy Warhol.
Farber's painting, which was often influenced by his favorite filmmakers, is held in equally high regard; he was dubbed the greatest still life painter of his generation by The New York Times.
Emanuel Farber was born in Douglas, Arizona, where his father, from Vilna, Lithuania, owned a dry goods store, as the youngest of three brothers. His two older siblings, David and Leslie H. Farber, both became psychiatrists.
After Farber's family moved to Vallejo, California in 1932, Farber enrolled at UC Berkeley for his first-year, before transferring to Stanford University. While at Berkeley, he covered sports at The Daily Californian. At Stanford, he began taking drawing classes. He later enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts, and then to the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, both located in San Francisco.
In the early 1930s, Farber worked as a painter and carpenter, in San Francisco. During this time, he attempted to join the Communist Party, though later in his life Farber was often critical of post-New Deal liberal politics.
In 1939, Farber moved to Washington DC with his first wife, Janet Terrace.
Farber, for decades, while also writing and painting, supported himself, as a carpenter, as a member of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, working on big construction jobs on the East Coast, eventually quitting because it interfered with painting.
Manny Farber
Emanuel Farber (February 20, 1917 – August 18, 2008) was an American painter, film critic and writer. Often described as "iconoclastic", Farber developed a distinctive prose style and set of theoretical stances which have had a large influence on later generations of film critics and influence on underground culture. Susan Sontag considered him to be "the liveliest, smartest, most original film critic this country has ever produced."
Farber's writing was distinguished by its "visceral," punchy style and inventive approach towards language; amongst other things, he is credited with coining the term "underground film" in 1957, and was an early advocate of such filmmakers as Howard Hawks, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, William Wellman, Raoul Walsh, Anthony Mann, Michael Snow, Chantal Akerman, George Kuchar, Nicolas Roeg, Samuel Fuller and Andy Warhol.
Farber's painting, which was often influenced by his favorite filmmakers, is held in equally high regard; he was dubbed the greatest still life painter of his generation by The New York Times.
Emanuel Farber was born in Douglas, Arizona, where his father, from Vilna, Lithuania, owned a dry goods store, as the youngest of three brothers. His two older siblings, David and Leslie H. Farber, both became psychiatrists.
After Farber's family moved to Vallejo, California in 1932, Farber enrolled at UC Berkeley for his first-year, before transferring to Stanford University. While at Berkeley, he covered sports at The Daily Californian. At Stanford, he began taking drawing classes. He later enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts, and then to the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, both located in San Francisco.
In the early 1930s, Farber worked as a painter and carpenter, in San Francisco. During this time, he attempted to join the Communist Party, though later in his life Farber was often critical of post-New Deal liberal politics.
In 1939, Farber moved to Washington DC with his first wife, Janet Terrace.
Farber, for decades, while also writing and painting, supported himself, as a carpenter, as a member of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, working on big construction jobs on the East Coast, eventually quitting because it interfered with painting.