Schanker, Louis, 1903-1981
Variant namesPrintmaker, painter; Stamford, Conn.
From the description of Louis Schanker interview, [ca. 1963] [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81966418
From the description of Oral history interview with Louis Schanker, [circa 1963] [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026329
Printmaker and painter; Stamford, Conn.
Trained at Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and the Educational Alliance School of Art. Between 1934 and 1939, Schanker completed 11 mural panels for the Neponsit Beach Hospital on Long Island, and murals for radio station WNYC and the Science and Health Building at the New York World's Fair. He later taught at the New School and Bard College.
From the description of Louis Schanker papers, 1926-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454415
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Anne Bowen Parsons collection of interviews on art | Archives of American Art | |
| creatorOf | Oral history interview with Louis Schanker | Archives of American Art |
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| associatedWith | American Federation of Arts. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Brooklyn Museum. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Photography. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Prints, Drawings and Photographs. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Brooklyn Museum. Dept. of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Diamond, Martin. | person |
| associatedWith | Herman, Andrew. | person |
| associatedWith | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Parsons, Anne Bowen | person |
| associatedWith | Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920- | person |
| associatedWith | Willard Gallery. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wittenborn and Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Yaddo (Artist's colony) | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| New York (State)--New York | |||
| Connecticut--Stamford | |||
| Connecticut--Stamford |
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| Art, American |
| Art |
| Federal aid to the arts |
| Muralists |
| Mural painting and decoration, American |
| Painters |
| Painters |
| Printmaker |
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Person
Birth 1903
Death 1981
Americans
