Yunkers, Adja, 1900-1983
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Painter, art educator; New York, N.Y.
From the description of Adja Yunkers interview, 1969 Dec. 9 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78813640
Painter, educator.
From the description of Adja Yunkers interview, 1968 May. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79039954
Adja Yunkers (1900-1983) was a painter and art educator from New York, N.Y.
From the description of Oral history interview with Adja Yunkers, 1969 Dec. 9 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596756
Adja Yunkers (1900-1983) was an artist and teacher known for his color woodcuts, lithographs, and abstract paintings. Born in Latvia, he studied in Europe, established a workshop in Stockholm, and eventually emigrated to the United States in 1946, where he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He taught at the Cooper Union Art School and the New School for Social Research.
From the guide to the Adja Yunkers Papers, 1941-1952, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
Abstract painter and printmaker, collagist, and art instructor; New York, N.Y. Died 1983.
Born in Riga, Latvia. Studied in Leningrad, Paris, Berlin, and London. He moved to the United States in 1947. Faculty member of the New School for Social Research, 1947-1956; Cooper Union, 1956-1967.
From the description of Adja Yunkers papers, 1939-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83609058
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Subjects:
- Abstract expressionism
- Art, American
- Art
- Art
- Art
- Artists' books
- Artists' illustrated books
- Art teachers
- Collagists
- Lithography
- Painters
- Painters
- Painters
- Painting, Abstract
- Printmakers
- Prints
- Prints, Abstract
Occupations:
- Lithographers
- Painter
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- New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
- New York (State) (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- New York (State) (as recorded)
