Rosenthal, Bernard M.

Technician 5, United States Army; member, Civil Affairs Detachment A1F1, 1944-1945.

From the description of Bernard M. Rosenthal miscellaneous papers, 1943-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123373351

Sculptor; New York, N.Y.

From the description of Bernard Rosenthal interviews, 1968 May 10-June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220190317

Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Born 1914 Highland Park, Illinois. Known professionally as Tony Rosenthal.

His work is in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

From the description of Bernard M. (Tony) Rosenthal papers, 1954-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133013

Biographical Information

Bernard Rosenthal, founder of Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., was born in Munich, Germany in 1920, into a family of rare and antiquarian booksellers. Escaping Adolph Hitler in the 1930s, Rosenthal's family immigrated to the United States. Ultimately, Rosenthal attended the University of California, Berkeley, as an international student. He served in the U.S. military from 1942-1946, and returned to Berkeley when his service was over. He worked as a chemist and an interpreter before deciding to enter the rare book business. He married his wife, Ruth, in 1950.

Three years later, Rosenthal opened his own rare bookstore, Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., in New York, NY. In 1970, he moved the bookstore to San Francisco, CA where it remained until 1989 when Rosenthal moved it to its current (2007) location in Berkeley, CA.

From the guide to the Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc. records, 1916-2001, (The Bancroft Library)

Biographical/Historical Note

Technician 5, United States Army; member, Civil Affairs Detachment A1F1, 1944-1945.

From the guide to the Bernard M. Rosenthal miscellaneous papers, 1943-1946, (Hoover Institution Archives)