Leon Berkowitz and Ida Fox Berkowitz papers

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Leon Berkowitz and Ida Fox Berkowitz papers

circa 1900-1986

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The collection measures 3.02 linear feet and dates from circa 1900 to 1986. In addition to documenting the artistic development of Leon Berkkowitz and, to a lesser extent, Ida Fox, the collection provides insight into the cultural and artistic climate in Washington D.C. during the 1940s and 1950s.The collection includes correspondence, primarily between Leon and Ida Fox Berkowitz, notes, sketches, personal photographs, printed material, and a cassette tape. There are notes on Leon Berkowitz's philosophy of painting, reports from a 1940s U.S. Army art therapy project in which he participated, and scattered correspondence, financial records, and promotional materials from the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts and WCFM radio. Also found here are lecture notes and administrative materials relating to Leon's Berkowitz's teaching career, papers he wrote for several education courses, his master's thesis, sporadic business records concerning shipments and sales of paintings and gallery exhibitions, and drafts of catalogs.

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Washington Workshop Center for the Arts.

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Burton, Scott A.

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Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Born 1939. Died 1989. From the description of Scott Burton interviews, 1987 May 22-1987 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187117 Scott Burton (1939-1989) was a Sculptor of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Scott Burton, 1987 May 22-1987 Sept. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397377 ...

Berkowitz, Leon, 1919-1987

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Leon Berkowitz, 1919-1987, painter of Washington, D.C. From the description of Leon and Ida Fox Berkowitz interview, 1979 June 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220184594 From the description of Oral history interview with Leon and Ida Fox Berkowitz, 1979 June 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657039080 Leon Berkowitz (1919-1987) was a painter from Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with Leon Berkowitz, 1979 July 17. (Unknown...

De Kooning, Elaine.

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Kern, Helmuth F.

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Okamura, Arthur

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Ulbricht, John, 1926-

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Leon Berkowitz and Ida Fox Berkowitz

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Leon Berkowitz (1911-1987), a painter associated with the Washington Color School, was born in Philadelphia (the 1919 birth date given by Berkowitz in Who's Who in American Art is incorrect). He met and married his first wife, Ida Fox, between 1935 and 1937. Berkowitz received a B.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942 and an M.A. from George Washington University in 1948. From 1943 to 1945, he served as a private in the U.S. Army, participating in a psychiatri...

de Kooning, Elaine

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Elaine De Kooning, painter and wife of painter Willem de Kooning of New York. From the description of Oral history interview with Elaine de Kooning, 1981 Aug. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646400460 Sculptor; New York City; East Hampton, New York; b. 1918. From the description of Elaine de Kooning scrapbook, [ca. 1960-1963.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78603967 Painter, wife of painter Willem de Kooning; New York. From the descriptio...

Washington Workshop Center for the Arts.

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Fox, Ida

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Burton, Scott

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Kern, Helmuth F.

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