Celebrated C.W. Post Scholar Jacqueline Frank Dies at 61
Director of art history program & one of the country’s leading medievalists

Jacqueline A. Frank, Ph.D., director of the art history program at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University and one of the nation’s foremost authorities on medieval art, died March 7, 2007 after a long battle with cancer. She was 61.

A professor in the Art Department of the School of Visual and Performing Arts at C.W. Post, Dr. Frank’sresearch interests centered on the political implications of 12th century art in Western Europe and England and on the representations of Jews during that period. Her areas of specialization were medieval stained glass and inscription, and she conducted uniquely original research on the interrelationship between religious and political iconography. 

Commenting on an article by Dr. Frank published by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts in 1998, William W. Clark, a professor of art history at Queens College, wrote: “It took a scholar of considerable breadth and depth of knowledge to recognize the new ways in which scenes were selected and arranged, as well as the new means that come out of this process.  This article not only makes a new and significant contribution to the study of Saint-Denis, it immediately establishes Dr. Frank as a scholar to be reckoned with in the study of 12th-century art.”

Dr. Frank’s work has been published in international journals and several chapters in books. She delivered numerous papers and chaired sessions at international conferences on the study of the Middle Ages in the United States and in Europe.

Frank earned a B.A. from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Master of Philosophy and a Ph.D. in art history from Columbia University. She is survived by her husband Yitzchak, two children and grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 9, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. at Riverside Memorial Chapels, Amsterdam Ave. at 76th St. in Manhattan. 

The C.W. Post Campus has established a memorial scholarship in her memory. Donations can be made to the Jacqueline Frank Memorial Fund, Office of Development, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, N.Y. 11548, or by calling 516-299-2263.

Posted: March 7, 2007