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G.
Mark Mulleian's
feature
exhibit
at the landmark
Frank
Gallery,
owned by
Leonard
Roy Frank,
on famed Sutter Street Gallery Row, of the Union
Square
area, became one of San Francisco's main attractions all through the 1970s,
capturing
the attention
of people from
all walks of life, including a large
number of appreciative
members
of the Hippy generation,
Janis
Joplin
being perhaps
the best known of the frequent gallery visitors among them. |
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It
was
here that countless many would come to see the
artist at work in his loft studio above
the gallery. Noted for his startling realism
and detail,
along with his thought-provoking
subject matter, writers, journalists, main stream television
reporters
and photographers
from all over the
world would feature
Mulleian's creative output
through the years, reporting
on the artist's
wide-ranging topics of interest as well as the high level of technical expertise
displayed in his work.
This is were Mulleians
mural size paintings
were painted while the public watched as his media coverage
soared on a national
and international scale. |
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There
were all
sorts
of celebrities in
attendance at the gallery as well, with such notables
as Herb Caen, Elton John, Janis Joplin, and Vincent Price making regular visits,
along with Shirley Temple Black, the Three Christy Minstrels and Beverly
Sills whenever
they were in town. Local celebrities such
as Tullah Hanley and Thomas S. Szasz, as well as mime artists Robert Shields
and Lorene Yarnell were also frequent visitors, along with such luminaries as
American philosopher Eric Hoffer, civil rights leader William Kunstler,
and founder and president of the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) William
Ball. All were dedicated admirers of Mulleian's work. Add to this the long list
of fans among the cast members and musical theater stars like Angela
Lansberry who performed in productions next door at the
Marines Memorial theater and you have an impressively wide spectrum of gallery
patrons. |
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Audiences
from both landmark theaters would fill the gallery many
evenings through each week. All were among the admirers of Mulleian's work at
the Frank Gallery, a venue that became an iconic, ongoing public event in the
1970s |
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