San Francisco 70's Renaissance

Over the city of San Francisco, like clouds forming in the upper stratosphere, were the dynamics of a new age, seeded by the views of a free-thinking culture of the 1950s, the bohemian era of the beatnik generation, the first modern antiestablishment movement which introduced new ways of perceiving through literature and poetry which, in turn, helped transform social consciousness and galvanize future forms of self expression, fostering big political movements that homogenized into new concepts in music, literature and the arts of the 1960s and became the repository of the new ideas that took root and came to full expression in the decade of the 1970s, a growth cycle of three decades.

On January 1st, 1970, the Frank Gallery opened its doors to one of the most unique exhibits featuring the works of sculptor Beniamino Bufano and paintings by G. Mark Mulleian, that brought national public attention and many notable admirers ranging from William Kunsler, attorney of the Chicago Seven trial, to the Three Christy Minstrels, a popular singing group of the 1960's. Mulleian was first discovered by author Leonard Roy Frank in 1968, a discovery which opened the doors to a major exhibit at the Frank Gallery in the 1970's. Upon Bufano's death his works were recalled by estate administrators, consequently expanding Mulleian's exhibit to an ongoing feature at the Frank Gallery, bringing further international exposure, attracting people worldwide, and notables such as Elton John, Janice Joplin, Robert Shields, Shirley Temple Black, Leotine Price, William Ball and Herb Cean, and many more.

Frank Gallery on San Francisco's famed Sutter street gallery row 1970s.