American Abstract Artists records

Albers, Josef, 1888-1976

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Josef Albers was born on March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, the only child of Lorenz Albers, a housepainter, and Magdelena (Schumacher) Albers. He attended the Präparanden-Schule in Langenhorst from 1902 to 1905 and then the teachers college in Büren, graduating in 1908. He became an instructor in several Westphalian primary schools. Albers studied at the Royal Art School in Berlin, the Arts and Crafts School (Folkwang School)in Essen, and at the Art Academy in Munich u...

Gallatin, A. E. (Albert Eugene), 1881-1952

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American art museum founder, critic, and painter. From the description of Letter to Robert O. Shad, 1943. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122443834 Archeologist, collector of ancient and eastern art, and contemporary sculptor Carl Paul Jennewein; New York, N.Y. From the description of Albert Gallatin papers, 1950-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122394268 Art collector; New York, N.Y. ...

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973

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Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) was a Cubist sculptor. From the description of Jacques Lipchitz letter to Sidney Shainwald, 1953 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477647 From the description of Jacques Lipchitz letter, 1953 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316804 Lithuanian born sculptor who worked in France and the United States. From the description of Letters to Ladislas Segy, ca. 1961-1962. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id...

Carpenter, Charles Hope, 1916-....

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Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967

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An abstract painter considered influential in the development of Minimalism. Though a contemporary of the Abstract Expressionists, he rejected biomorphism and developed paintings based on geometry, specifically grids, often using a single color in gradations. His last works were a series of all-black canvases. From the Getty's Union List of Artist Names record...

Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003

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Sculptor; East Hampton, N.Y.; b. May 4, 1913, Alexandria, Egypt; d. Dec. 30, 2003 at the age of 90. From the description of Ibram Lassaw papers, 1928-2003. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82983829 From the description of Ibram Lassaw interview, 1968 Aug. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187509 Ibram Lassaw (1913-2003) was a sculptor in East Hampton, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Ibram Lassaw, 1968 Aug. 26 [sound recording]....

Federal Art Project

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The FAP projects included a broad range of events and activities which generated the various publications and materials found in the central files of the general subject series. ART FOR THE MILLIONS was a publication project about the accomplishments of the FAP consisting of a series of articles by Project workers. In addition to creating work for artists, the FAP sought to increase art appreciation as well as art sales among the general public. In doing so it devised a plan which created Nation...

Greene, Gertrude, 1904-1956

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Browne, Byron, 1907-1961

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Painter, sculptor, educator; New York, N.Y. and Provincetown, Mass. Was Married to Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne, painter, art critic and educator. From the description of Byron Browne papers, 1930-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122514909 ...

Ferren, John, 1905-1970

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Painter. From the description of John Ferren interview, 1968 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220185953 Painter, sculptor, designer, graver, and teacher. From the description of John Ferren papers, 1927-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80698927 Painter; Easthampton, New York. From the description of John Ferren interviews, 1965 June 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220198546 John Ferren (1905-1970) was a painter. ...

United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...

Busa, Peter, 1914-1985

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Peter Busa (1914-1985) was a painter and sculptor from Minneapolis, Minn. From the description of Oral history interview with Peter Busa, 1965 Sept. 5 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 245521118 Painter, sculptor; Minneapolis, Minnesota. [Busa died 1985.]. From the description of Oral history interview with Peter Busa, 1965 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220198502 ...

Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990

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Balcombe (John Wesley) Greene (1904-1990) was an American artist known for his modernist landscapes and collages. From the guide to the Balcombe Greene Papers, unspecified, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Balcomb Greene (1904-1990) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Balcomb Greene, 1972 Mar. 13 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595043 Painter; New Y...

Diller, Burgoyne, 1906-1965

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Painter. From the description of Oral history interview with Burgoyne Diller, 1964 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220193121 Burgoyne Diller (1906-1965) wad a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Burgoyne Diller, 1964 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394246 Painter; New York, N.Y. Associated with abstract painting, particularly Neoplasticism. From the descript...

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997

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Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was an abstract artist from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Willem De Kooning and others, 1979 Sept. (Smithsonian Archives of American Art). WorldCat record id: 688855147 Abstract artist; New York. 1904-1997. From the description of Oral history interview with Willem DeKooning and others, 1979 September [sound recording]. (Smithsonian Archives of American Art). WorldCat record id: 123944643 ...

Kraskin, Sandra

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Holty, Carl, 1900-1973

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Carl Holty (1900-1973) was a painter and writer from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Holty, 1968 Sept. 25-Oct. 1 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596637 Painter and writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Holty, 1965 June 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81548756 From the description of Oral history interviews with Carl Holty interviews, 1968 Sept. 25-Oct...

Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975

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Painter, sculptor; New York, N.Y. Died 1975. From the description of George L. K. Morris interview, 1968 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220188357 George L.K. Morris (1905-1975) was a painter and sculptor in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with George L.K. Morris, 1968 Dec. 11 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458411404 Painter, sculptor, designer and educator; New York, N.Y. Died 1975. ...

Larsen, Susan C.

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Larsen is an art historian. From the description of Oral history interviews relating to the American Abstract Artists Group, 1973-1978. (Smithsonian Archives of American Art). WorldCat record id: 81681157 Art historian; Tenants Harbor, Me. The "Times Square Show", organized by Collaborative Projects "colab", had hundreds of artists and performers, many from the nascent East Village art scene, including Jenny Holzer and David Hammons. From...

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...

Bowman, Ruth, 1923-

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Art historian, educator; Los Angeles, Calif. and New York, N.Y.; b. 1923. From the description of Ruth Bowman papers, [ca. 1960- 2002]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79370057 Art historian; curator; New York, N.Y. Bowman received her M.A. at NYU, and later was guest curator at the Grey Art Gallery. From the description of WNYC Views on Art radio program interviews, 1967-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79005489 ...

Shaw, Charles Green, 1892-1974

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Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974) was a painter and writer from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Charles Green Shaw, 1968 Apr. 15 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613315724 From the description of Charles Green Shaw papers, 1686, 1833-1979, bulk, 1909-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744427153 Painter and writer; New York, N.Y.; d. 1974. From the description of Charles Green Shaw papers, 1874-1979. (Unk...

Vollmer, Ruth, 1903-1982

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Ruth Vollmer (1900-1982) was a sculptor; Hermann Vollmer (1896-1959) was a pediatric physician. By the late 1930s they had emigrated from Germany to New York City. Ruth Vollmer was the daughter of the German conductor, musicologist and editor Ludwig Landshoff (1874-1941). From the guide to the Ruth and Hermann Vollmer papers, 1600s-1959, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Sculptor; New York, N.Y.; b. 1902; d. 1982. From the descript...

Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952

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Painter and co-founder/president of the Société Anonyme, Inc. From the description of Correspondence, 1928-1929. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122577860 Katherine S. Dreier, artist, promoter of modern art, and co-founder of the Société Anonyme. Société Anonyme, organization founded in 1920 by Katherine S. Dreier, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray to promote modern art among the public. From the description of Katherin...

Vytlacil, Vaclav, 1892-1984

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Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) was a painter and educator in Sparkill, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Vaclav Vytlacil, 1966 Mar. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81258965 Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) was an abstract painter and art instructor who worked primarily in the New York city area. Born in New York, N.Y. Studied under Hans Hofmann in Munich. Taught at the Art Students League and the Florence Cane Schol...

Bengelsdorf, Rosalind, 1916-1979

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Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne (1916-1979) was a painter, art critic and teacher in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne, 1968 Jan. 29 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458411227 Painter, art critic, teacher; New York, N.Y. From the description of Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne interview, 1968 Jan. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220184954 Painter, art critic, and educato...

McNeil, George, 1908-1995

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George McNeil (1908-1995) was a painter and printmaker from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with George McNeil, 1968 Jan. 9-1968 May 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007040 Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. Died 1995. From the description of George McNeil interviews, 1968 Jan. 9-1968 May 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220244497 George McNeil (1908-1995) was a painter and a print...

Dlugoszewski, Lucia, 1931-2000

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Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981

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Russian-American abstract painter; New York, N.Y. Died 1981. From the description of Ilya Bolotowsky interview, 1968 Mar. 24 - Apr. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181271 From the description of Ilya Bolotowsky interview, 1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78430875 From the description of Abstraction and neoplasticism : lecture, 1975 January 15 / by Ilya Bolotowsky. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84201827 From the description of Ilya Bolotowsky paper...

Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948

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Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956

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Jackson Pollock was born in 1912, in Cody, Wyoming, the youngest of five sons. His family moved several times during his childhood, finally settling in Los Angeles. In 1930 he joined his older brother, Charles, in New York City, and studied with Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League of New York. Pollock worked during the 1930s for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. During 1936 he worked in artist David Alfaro Siqueiros's Experimental Workshop. In...

Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956

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Feininger was an American-born artist who went to Germany in 1887 and returned to the U.S. in 1936. From the description of Papers, 1883-1960. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122520943 From the description of Drawings for Peter Christen Asbjørnsen's Norvegische Volksmärchen, 1908. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 84317440 From the description of Lyonel Feininger photographs, 1896-1942. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612196407 ...

International Art Association B 13

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Mason, Alice Trumbull, 1904-1971

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Painter; New York, N.Y. Was a member of American Abstract Artists. From the description of Alice Trumbull Mason papers, 1921-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220158249 Alice Trumbull Mason was born in 1904 in Litchfield, Connecticut. Her mother, Anne Leavenworth Train, was an accomplished artist before she met Alice's father, William Trumbull, a descendent of the Revolutionary War era painter, John Trumbull. Alice spent much of her c...

American Abstract Artists

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Art association; New York, N.Y. From the description of Abstract art around the world today : transcript, 1954 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557525 From the description of Abstract art around the world today, 1954 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477568 Organized in 1936 by a group of artists interested in abstract painting and sculpture. Its chief function is the holding of exhibitions. Former presidents include Alice Trumbull Mason, Leo Rabk...

Holtzman, Harry

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Harry Holtzman was born in New York, and studied at the Art Students League under Hans Hoffman. In the early 1930s Holtzman traveled to Paris where he met the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), and in 1940 sponsored Mondrian's immigration to the United States. From 1950 to 1975 Holtzman taught at Brooklyn College. He was the author and editor of several books on Mondrian and was executor of the painter's estate. From the guide to the Harry Holtzman papers, 1945-1987, (Beinecke ...

Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944

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Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976

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Sculptor. From the description of Alexander Calder correspondence, 1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452461 Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Alexander Calder, 1971 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646395903 B. 1898, d. 1976. From the description of Alexander Calder artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228431975 ...