Armond Fields

Armond Fields
Born	(1930-11-22)November 22, 1930 Chicago, Illinois, US
Died	August 17, 2008(2008-08-17) (aged 77) Culver City, California, US

Armond Fields was an American market research consultant, a painter, a graphic artist, and a prolific social historian who wrote art and theater biographies.^[1]

Early life and education

Fields was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Louis Max and Esther Fields. His primary education he received in schools in the Mid-West. He received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin (1953), M.A. from the University of Illinois (1955) and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1956).

Work

Fields was active in several fields. As a writer he wrote several biographies, primarily on vaudeville performers. His oil paintings, drawings and prints were a part of exhibitions in the United States and Europe. He curated, wrote catalogues, and donated art for various exhibitions (most recently: Paris, Turn-of-the-Century, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2003; Vaudeville is Dead! Long Live Vaudeville!, Doheny Library, University of Southern California, 2005). Fields also served as a consultant in the areas of market strategy and consumer behavior. Among his clients were Interpublic Co. (marketing and research vice president, 1960–69), for Audio-Video Entertainment, Inc. (corporate officer, 2000-?) and AltaVoice Communications (consumer behavior consultant, 2001?).^[2]

Bibliography

• Henri Rivière (1983) ISBN 0879051337
• George Auriol (1985) ISBN 0879052007
• From the Bowery to Broadway: Lew Fields and the Roots of American Popular Theatre (1993) ISBN 0195053818
• Le Chat Noir: A Montmartre Cabaret and Its Artists in Turn-Of-The Century Paris (1994) ISBN 0899510876
• Eddie Foy: A Biography of the Early Popular Stage Comedian (1999) ISBN 0786443286

• James J. Corbett: A Biography of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Popular Theater Headliner (2001) ISBN 0786409096
• Fred Stone: Circus Performer and Musical Comedy Star (2002) ISBN 0786411619
• Katharine Dexter McCormick: Pioneer for Women's Rights (2003) ISBN 0275980049
• Sophie Tucker: First Lady of Show Business (2003) ISBN 0786415770
• Maude Adams: Idol of American Theater, 1872-1953 (2004) ISBN 078641927X
• Women Vaudeville Stars: Eighty Biographical Profiles (2006) ISBN 0786425830
• Tony Pastor, Father of Vaudeville (2007) ISBN 0786430540
• Lillian Russell: A Biography of "America's Beauty" (2008) ISBN 0786405090

References

1. Armond Fields, (1930 - 2008), jasonpfields.com
2. "Finding Aid of the Armond Fields American Theatre collection 0337". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

External links

• Armond Fields Describes How WWI Hurt Vaudeville