Whitney Studio Club
Art club and gallery; New York, N.Y., founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1918.
In 1918, Whitney opened the Whitney Studio Club, which served as pioneering organization for American art, putting on exhibition programs and offering social space and recreational amenities to its members (one point numbering over four hundred artists living in New York). In 1928, the Whitney Studio Club was transformed into an art gallery, known as the Whitney Studio Galleries and directed by Juliana Force, which eventually became the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1931.
From the description of Whitney Studio Club exhibition catalogs and announcements, [undated] and 1916-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333569
Founded in 1918 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney as a center for exhibiting art of contemporary American artists.
Traveling exhibitions were organized and sketching classes were held. A predecessor of the Whitney Museum of American Art, it functioned until 1930.
From the description of Whitney Studio Club and Whitney Studio Galleries administrative records, 1916-1983, 1916-1930 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155490944
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| creatorOf | Miscellaneous art exhibition catalog collection | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Whitney Studio Club and Whitney Studio Galleries administrative records, 1916-1983, 1916-1930 (bulk). | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Louis Bouché papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Force, Juliana, 1876-1948. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1918-1964. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Naumann, Francis M. Marius de Zayas Research Collection for How, When and Why Modern Art Came to New York, ca. 1910-1936. | Whitney Museum of American Art, Library | |
| creatorOf | Whitney Museum of American Art artists' files and records | Archives of American Art |
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| referencedIn | Oral history interview with Alexander Brook | Archives of American Art |
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