Albert Kosloff (March 28, 1911 – July 17, 1993) is the author of several books on screen printing. He coined the term mitography during WWII with the intent of offering a term that was comprehensive, technically correct, concise, and easy to translate into other languages. The word was taken from the Greek prefix mitos meaning threads or fibers, and the suffix graphein meaning to write or print. Photomitography refers to the photographic process of screen printing. He taught in the Industrial Arts Laboratory at Waller High School in Chicago before becoming a principal at Roosevelt High School, also in Chicago, Illinois, where he significantly influenced the many students who continued to advance the industry.
Kosloff was born in Russia to Max (1881-?) and Ethel (1881-?) Kosloff. He had three sisters, Rose (1903-?), Eva (1907-?), and Sarah (1911). They immigrated to the United States in 1923.
Kosloff is a 1973 inductee into the Academy of Screen and Digital Print Technologies (ASDPT).
He was married to Esther Kutchinsky (May 10, 1917-June 6, 2000) of Chicago, Illinois, in 1940, and they had a daughter, Nina (Sanford) Garfield.
Albert Kosloff died in 1993 at the age of 82, in Chicago, Illinois
Bibliography
- Celluloid Etching, 54 pages, (1940)
- Elementary Silk Screen Printing, 83 pages, (1944)
- Silk Screen Printing with Mimeograph Type Stencils, 26 pages, (1946)
- Screen Process Printing, 194 pages (1950)
- Mitography: The Art and Craft of Screen Process Printing, 134 pages, (1952)
- The Art and Craft of Screen Process Printing, 173 pages, (1960)
- Textile Screen Printing, 131 pages (1966)
- Screen Printing Techniques, 351 pages, (1972)
- Screen Printing Electronic Circuits, 148 pages, 2nd Edition (1980)
- Ceramic Screen Printing, 3rd Edition (1984)
- Photographic Screen Process Printing, 311 pages, 7th Sub Edition (1987)
- Textile/Garment Screen Printing, 159 pages, 4th Sub Edition (1987)