Leonard
Roy Frank, author of many books,
(among them the Quotationary Dictionary, published by Random House), and
human rights
activist,
discovered
G. Mark Mulleian in 1969
and introduced the artist's work to the public consciousness by arranging
Mulleian's first
feature exhibit in San Francisco
with Benny Bufano
at the Continental Gallery, and later in 1970, at the Frank
Gallery,
also in San Francisco, thus launching
Mulleian's career on a national and international scale. Among many
notable admirers to the gallery were Elton John,
Janice
Joplin, Vincent Price, Robert Shields, Shirley Temple
Black, Leotine Price, Herb Caen, Eric Hoffer,
William Kunsler, (attorney of the Chicago Seven trial), the
Three Christy Minstrels, (a popular singing group
of the 1960's), and many more throughout the 1970s.
In 2006 Mulleian and Frank came together once again
in a biographical documentary
for national
broadcast television, were Leonard Frank presents
an insightful profile of the artist and his
work in an interview in which he talks about Mulleian
and public
reaction to the artist and his work.