Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981

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Art Historian and first director of the Museum of Modern Art.

From the description of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. papers, 1927-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122516895

Correspondence and biographical material collected by Alfred H. Barr, Jr. (1902-1981) on Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956).

From the description of Barr/Feininger material, 1927-1944, 1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122531411

Museum director, curator, and critic; New York, N.Y. Died 1981.

Became the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in 1929. He was married to Margaret Scolari Barr, art historian and teacher.

From the description of Alfred Hamilton Barr papers, [ca. 1915-1983]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599449

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creatorOf Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-1981. Alfred H. Barr, Jr. papers, 1927-1984. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
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creatorOf Kruse, Alexander Z., 1888-1972. Papers of Alexander Z. Kruse, 1890-1972 (bulk 1930s-1960s). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-1981. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1930-1943, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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creatorOf Rutherford Boyd papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Princeton University. Dept. of Art and Archaeology. Department of Art and Archaeology records, 1925-1983. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Dorothy C. Miller papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-1981. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Pelli, Cesar. Oral history, 1994. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn William Zorach Papers, 1822-1974, (bulk 1930-1968) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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referencedIn Coolidge, John, 1913-1995. Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006. Harvard University Art Museum
referencedIn Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Dept. of Painting and Sculpture. Department of Painting and Sculpture: artists records, 1935-1972. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Rewald, John, 1912-1994. Oral history, 1991. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Archives pamphlet file : Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-1981. What is modern painting? : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Leslie Cheek papers Archives of American Art
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referencedIn Selz, Peter Howard, 1919-. Oral history, 1994. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf J. B. Neumann papers Archives of American Art
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creatorOf Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-1981. Barr/Feininger material, 1927-1944, 1956. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Jerry Bywaters papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Reis, Bernard. Bernard and Rebecca Reis papers, ca. 1924-1985. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003. Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1929-1984. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
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referencedIn Papers, 1929-1976 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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referencedIn Stern, Joanne Melniker. Oral history, 1993. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Pernas, Frances, 1916-. Oral history, 1994. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
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creatorOf Carl Zigrosser papers Archives of American Art
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creatorOf Eugenie Gershoy papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Katharine Kuh Archives of American Art
referencedIn Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Office of the Registrar. The Heroic Years: Paris 1908-1914, exhibition files, 1964-1965. Hirsch Library Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
referencedIn Archives pamphlet file : Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-1981 : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969. Papers, 1867-2005. Harvard University Art Museum
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referencedIn Adeline Oppenheim Guimard papers, 1902-1953 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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referencedIn Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971. Papers, 1929-1976 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn George Grosz papers, 1893-1981 (inclusive) 1919-1959 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn The Virgil Thomson Papers Yale University, Music Library
referencedIn Johnson, Philip, 1906-. Oral history, 1990-1991. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Katherine Gauss Jackson papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Koch, Richard H., 1918-. Oral history, 1991. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Dorothy C. Miller papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Elsa Schmid papers Archives of American Art
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referencedIn Cedarbaum, Miriam Goldman, 1929-. Oral history, 2000 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Mazo, Sara, 1911-. Oral history, 1993. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Alfred Hamilton Barr papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Barr, Alfred Hamilton, 1902-1981. Correspondence to Edward F. Fry, 1961-1964. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. Houghton Library
referencedIn James Thrall Soby papers, 1928-1975, 1935-1955 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Office of the Messrs Rockefeller. General files. 1890-1961. Rockefeller Archive Center
creatorOf Theodore Roszak papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Ernst, Max, 1891-1976. Letter : Sedona, to Alfred Barr, 1947 Nov. 19. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Office of Museum Collections. Collectors records, 1929-1987. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960. Holger Cahill Papers, 1907-1983, bulk (1942-1959). New York Public Library System, NYPL
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referencedIn Blackburn, Alan R. Alan R. Blackburn, Jr. papers, 1934-1935. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965. Papers, 1903-2005. Harvard University Art Museum
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creatorOf Andrew Carnduff Ritchie papers Archives of American Art
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referencedIn The Hadassah Medical Organization Papers in the Hadassah Archives, 1918-2009 Hadassah the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
referencedIn Oral history interview with Katharine Kuh Archives of American Art
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creatorOf William and Ethel Baziotes papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Bragazzi, Olive 1916-. Oral history, 1998. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Franc, Helen M. (Helen Margaret), 1908-. Oral history, 1991. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Volkmer, Jean, 1920-. Oral history, 1991. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Legg, Alicia, 1915-. Oral history, 1991. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Agnes Anne Abbot papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Wassily Kandinsky papers, 1911-1940, 1921-1937 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Lyonel Feininger papers, 1883-1960. Houghton Library
creatorOf Arnold Friedman papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn William C. Seitz papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007. Oral history, 1994. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Bienal Americana de Arte records, 1961-1969, 1977 Getty Research Institute
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referencedIn Oral history interview with Edith Gregor Halpert Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Sidney Laufman Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Margaret Scolari Barr relating to Alfred H. Barr Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview wih Clara Diament Sujo Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Leo Castelli Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Dorothy C. Miller Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Sidney Laufman Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with John Rewald Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Martha Jackson Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Dorothy C. Miller Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Allen Porter Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Mildred Constantine Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Larry Aldrich Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Castelli, Leo, person
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associatedWith D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968. person
associatedWith Diament Sujo, Clara person
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associatedWith Feininger, Julia person
associatedWith Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956 person
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associatedWith Gray, Camilla. person
correspondedWith Grosz, George, 1893-1959 person
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associatedWith Kuh, Katharine. person
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associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Office of Museum Collections. corporateBody
correspondedWith Nadejena, Lydia, 1892? -1977. person
associatedWith Naumann, Francis M. person
associatedWith Neagoe, Peter. person
associatedWith Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber) person
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correspondedWith Princeton University. Dept. of Art and Archaeology. corporateBody
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associatedWith Roszak, Theodore, 1907- person
correspondedWith Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945 person
associatedWith Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965. person
associatedWith Schmid, Elsa, 1897- person
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associatedWith Selz, Peter Howard, 1919- person
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associatedWith Stern, Joanne Melniker. person
associatedWith Story, Ala. person
associatedWith Sutton, Ione Ulrich, 1905-1998. person
associatedWith Ternbach, Joseph, d. 1982. person
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associatedWith Zigrosser, Carl, 1891- person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--New York
New York (State)--New York
Subject
Art, Modern
Art, Modern
Art
Art
Art, Abstract
Art, Abstract
Art historians
Art museum directors
Art museum directors
Art museums
Art, Russian
Art, Russian
Cubism
Cubism
Museum directors
Politics in art
Occupation
Photographers
Activity

Person

Birth 1902-01-28

Death 1981-08-15

Americans

English

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