Art historian Allan T. Kohl serves as Visual Resources Librarian at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design, where he has taught courses in the history of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance art. He also teaches special topics art history courses for the College of Continuing Education at the University of Minnesota.

He is particularly interested in the interaction of “high art” and popular visual culture –- including materials such as theatrical posters, political cartoons, sheet music covers, currency, and even advertising -- during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many of the illustrators and designers who created these early examples of “mass publications” began their careers as traditionally-trained artists, and freely appropriated compositions, figure poses, and gestures from “high art” sources such as classical statuary, or narrative and genre paintings.

Allan’s location photographs have been included in major scholarly resources such as the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's ARTstor, James Madison University’s MDID project, and the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University. His articles have appeared in a number of publications, ranging from journals to reference books to web-based resources.

Allan is the President-Elect of the Visual Resources Association, the international organization of image media professionals. He frequently performs in Twin Cities theatre productions, and is also a baseball umpire, historical re-enactor, and one-time Jeopardy champion. His wife, Katherine, is a theatrical costume designer. They have two grown sons, and a very engaging little granddaughter.