Allen Memorial Art Museum records

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Allen Memorial Art Museum records

1916-1967

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The microfilmed Allen Memorial Art Museum records contain general correspondence (1931-1958); business correspondence of the director (1916-1958), curators (circa 1929-1967), correspondence with dealers (1941-1953); and files of Clarence Ward, Director from 1917 until 1950, much of which relate to lectures. Also included are exhibition data (1929-1963) including correspondence and lists; financial ledgers (1938-1955); material related to a bequest from Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (Mrs. F. F. Prentiss); and miscellany. The Charles F. Olney file which includes correspondence, a catalog of the Olney collection, a list of art objects and furniture in the collection, and an index to the material; a photograph file showing the interior and exterior of the Museum, the staff, classrooms, studio, and others; and files on artists including Joseph Cornell, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, and William T. Wiley are also present.

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Olney, Charles F. (Charles Fayette), 1831-1903

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Charles Fayette Olney (1831-1903) devoted his life to art collecting, education, and serving his community. Although Olney's formal education was limited, in 1848 he became the principal of a grade school in Hartford, CT. His ability in the field of education was further exhibited in his founding of two high schools (Hartford, CT; and New York City, NY) and his co-founding and 15 year presidency of the New York Teachers Association. Olney's civic contributions included serving in leadership posi...

Wiley, William T., 1937-....

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William T. Wiley (1937-) was a painter from Woodacre, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with William T. Wiley, 1997 Oct. 8-Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81954857 Painter; San Francisco Bay area, California. Achieved international recognition for highly imaginative and unconventional art. Studied at California School of Fine Art 1956-1962 with Frank Lobdell and other exponents of Abstract Expressionism. From t...

Ward, Clarence, 1884-

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Morris, Robert, 1931-....

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Robert Morris (1931-) is a sculptor from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Morris, 1968 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83475559 ...

Cornell, Joseph

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American artist. From the description of Joseph Cornell letters : Flushing (N.Y.), to Charles Henri Ford, 1938-1957. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 123429522 Assemblage artist. Born 1903, died 1972. From the description of Joseph Cornell letters to Muriel Streeter Schwartz, 1957-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118594 Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) was an assemblagist, collagist, and filmmaker from Flushing, N.Y. ...

Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993

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b. Apr. 24, 1904; d. Mar. 19, 1997. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 86161936 Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was a painter from Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Richard Diebenkorn, 1977 May 24 - June 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 710019429 Painter; Calif. d. 1993. From the description of Oral history inte...

Allen Memorial Art Museum.

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The Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College was dedicated on June 12, 1917. The building, designed by architect Cass Gilbert, was the gift of Dudley Peter and Elizabeth Severance Allen. This facility serves as exhibition space and storage facilities for the College's three major art bequests (Charles Olney, Charles Martin Hall, and Charles L. Freer). Incorporated in the Allen Memorial Art Museum is studio space, a library, and classrooms. In 1937 money was pledged for a new wing for the mus...

Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-

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B. 1929, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Claes Oldenburg was born in 1929, in Stockholm. His father was a diplomat, and the family lived in the United States and Norway before settling in Chicago in 1936. Oldenburg studied literature and art history at Yale University, New Haven, from 1946 to 1950. He subsequently studied art under Paul Wieghardt at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1950 to 1954. During the first two years of art school, he also worked as an apprentice reporter at the City News Bureau of Chi...