Harry Sternberg papers

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Harry Sternberg papers

1927-2000

The papers of New York City and California painter, printmaker, and teacher Harry Sternberg date from 1927 to 2000 and measure 3.4 linear feet and 0.553 GB. The collection documents Sternberg's career as an artist and art instructor through scattered biographical material, correspondence with friends, artists, collectors, curators, art organizations, universities, and galleries, writings by Sternberg and others, exhibition catalogs and announcements, news clippings, and other printed and digital material. Also found are photographs of Sternberg and his artwork, two sketchbooks and three loose drawings by Sternberg, audio visual recordings, and one scrapbook.Biographical material includes an interview of Sternberg conducted by art curator Malcolm Warner, two ledgers documenting business activities, scattered financial and legal documents, and files regarding a few of his projects, including the film "Many Worlds of Art". Sternberg's personal and professional correspondence is with friends, artists, including Harry Wickey, Rockwell Kent, Philip Evergood, and Peter Blume, collectors and curators such as Hudson Walker and Carl Zigrosser, and art organizations, universities, and galleries. The small number of writings by Sternberg in this collection includes drafts of articles and lectures, a manuscript for a book on etching, and notes. Writings by others consists of draft writings about Sternberg, draft exhibition catalogs, and writings by the artists Arthur Secunda and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Over one-third of this collection is printed material, including exhibition catalogs and announcements, news clippings, books written by Sternberg, school publications, and material regarding art events. Also found are photographs of Sternberg in his studio, with students, with his wife Mary, and at the Idyllwild School. Other photographs include group photographs of Art Students League faculty as well as photographs of exhibitions, murals, and artwork. The collection also contains original artwork including two sketchbooks and three loose drawings by Sternberg and one scrapbook of news clippings and exhibition materials. Audio and video materials include several interviews of Sternberg and a video copy of his film "Many Worlds of Art".

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630738

Archives of American Art

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Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001

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Harry Sternberg was an artist represented at the Weyhe Gallery. Carl Zigrosser took a personal interest in Sternberg's career, and Sternberg is one of the artist profiled in Zigrosser's book, The Artist in America. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1932-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 192002565 Harry Sternberg (1904- ) was a Graphic artist/painter of Escondido, Calif. From the description of Oral hist...

Blume, Peter, 1906-1992

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Painter; Sherman, Conn. Died 1992. From the description of Peter Blume interviews, 1983 Aug. 16-1984 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220184735 From the description of Peter Blume papers, [ca. 1926]-1992. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86123014 Peter Blume (1906-1992) was a painter from Sherman, Conn. From the description of Oral history interview with Peter Blume, 1983 Aug. 16-1984 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397191 ...

Secunda, Arthur

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Siqueiros, David Alfaro

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Biographical/Historical Note David Alfaro Siqueiros was a leading member of the Mexican muralist movement and a technical innovator of fresco and wall painting. His ideological differences with Diego Rivera attracted much attention in the 1930s. From the guide to the David Alfaro Siqueiros papers, 1920-1991, 1930-1936, (Getty Research Institute) ...

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)

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Art school. Organized in 1875 by students as a revolt against the National Academy of Design school. From the description of Art Students League records, 1875-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565877 ...

Sternberg, Harry

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Harry Sternberg (1904-2001) was a New York painter, muralist, printmaker, etcher, teacher, and political activist who relocated to California in 1957. Harry Sternberg was born in 1904 in the Lower East Side of New York City and grew up in Brooklyn. As a child he attended his school art club where he met and became lifelong friends with artists Peter Blume and Philip Reisman. He took free Saturday art classes at the Brooklyn Museum of Art for two years and attended the Ar...

Wickey, Harry

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Etcher, lithographer, teacher; Cornwall Landing, New York. From the description of Harry Wickey papers, 1918-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594193 ...

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Philip Evergood interview, 1959 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78587895 Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Philip Evergood interview, 1968 Dec. 3 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84162936 Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Philip Evergood and his wife, Julia Evergood. From the description of Letters, 1937-1965, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania...

Walker, Hudson D. (Hudson Dean), 1907-1976

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Hudson D. Walker (1907-1976) was an art adminstrator and collector from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Hudson Dean Walker, 1971 Sept. 1-1972 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397625 Collector and administrator; New York, N.Y.; d. 1976. From the description of Hudson D. Walker papers, 1920-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83753904 Hudson Dean Walker (1907-1976) was an art administrator and collector from New...

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Rockwell Kent interview, 1957 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80242441 Painter, illustrator, writer, lecturer; Ausable Forks, New York. From the description of Rockwell Kent letters to Robert T. Hatt, 1935-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553040 In addition to being a successful painter, printmaker, illustrator, designer, and commercial artist, Kent pursued careers as a writer, professional ...

Idyllwild School and Museum for the Arts

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Warner, Malcolm, 1953-....

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