Art

Warren Sonbert was conversant about the varied manifestations of creative expression, including the fine and performing arts, as well as literary forms. His eclectic interests encompassed painting, motion pictures (of all types), classical concerts and operas (and their related disc recordings), dance performances, and poetry and novels (ranging from Charles Dickens to Anne Rice). Often, Sonbert would refer to multiple forms of art within a given text.¹

Sonbert reserved his greatest admiration for artistic integrity, as in the career biography he compiled on Jerome Robbins.² Robbins briefly appears in a panning shot of one of Sonbert’s films, and the pair was romantically attached for a period of time. At other moments, Sonbert did not hesitate to stir up the art world by expressing strongly worded, caustic opinions about the critical establishment.³