Bridaham, Lester Burbank

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Bridaham, Lester Burbank 1899-1992

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Bridaham, Lester Burbank, 1899-

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Burbank Bridaham, Lester

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From the description of Oral history 12 July, 1979 [sound recording]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 39167521

Born and raised in Denver, Colorado. Graduated from MIT. Trained at Harvard in Museum Administration. Served as secretary for the board of directors at the Chicago Art Institute (1945). Executive director at the Louisiana State Museum (1954-1956). Director of Chicago Historical Society (1956). Operated Lester B. Bridaham and Company, a fine arts appraisal service, in Denver, Colorado. Taught art classes. His wife, Dorothy, was the fine arts editor for the Denver Post (ca. 1963). Died in 1992.

From the description of Papers, 1837, 1940-1979. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 36414719

Museum director, art historian, painter, and printmaker; d. 1992.

Bridaham received a degree in chemical engineering from M.I.T. and studied art history at Harvard's Fogg Museum from 1936-1937. He received a 1931 American Field Service fellowship for study in France and Morocco, and studied studio art at the Art Students League under Kimon Nicolaides and Kenneth Hayes Miller. Between 1938 and 1954, Bridaham was a staff officer at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was also the director of the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, and of the Strathmont Museum, Elmira, N.Y. He is the author of Gargoyles, Chimeras and the Grotesque in French Gothic Sculpture.

From the description of Lester Burbank Bridaham papers, 1912-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80506418

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Art, Modern

Art historians

Artists

Arts

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Decorative art

Monotype (Engraving), American

Mural painting and decoration

Museum directors

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Painting, American

Printmakers

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Americans

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Mexico

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Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

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Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

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United States

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Colorado--Denver

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