Lee H. B. Malone correspondence and miscellaneous subjects, 1949-1960.

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968

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Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (French:28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, conceptual art, and Dada, although he was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of...

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Office of the Director.

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James H. Chillman, Jr., first Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, was born in Philadelphia on December 24, 1891. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, with concentrations in architecture and drawing. In 1916 he joined the Faculty of Rice University in Houston and was later appointed a Fellow in Architecture at the American Academy in Rome (1919-1922). He served as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from 1924 to 1953 and a...

Flynt, Henry N. (Henry Needham), 1893-1970

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Conservators; Greenwich, Connecticut. From the description of Henry N. and Helen G. Flynt interview, 1969 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82918363 ...

Seitz, William Chapin

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Art historian and painter; Charlottesville, Va.; b. 1914; d. 1974; taught at the University of Virginia. From the description of William Chapin Seitz papers, 1934-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82466245 Artist, art historian, author and educator, William Chapin Seitz was the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of the History of Art at the University of Virginia, 1970-1974. From the description of William Chapin Seitz papers [manuscript], 1924, 1952-1987. (Unive...

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964

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Stuart Davis (1892-1964) was a painter and teacher, from New York. From the description of Stuart Davis correspondence with Francis Henry Taylor, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821083 Painter; New York, N.Y. Birthdate also cited as 1894. From the description of Stuart Davis interview, 1962 May-June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220202540 Painter and teacher, New York. From the description of Stuart Davis correspondence with Francis...

Marcus, Stanley, 1905-

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Winchester, Alice.

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Art editor, author; Danbury, Connecticut. Born 1907. Editor of The Magazine Antiques, 1938-1951 and its successor Antiques, 1951-1972; Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1972-1974. From the description of Oral history interview with Alice Winchester, 1993 Sept. 17-1995 June 29 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78801835 Art editor, author; Danbury, Conn. Born 1907. Editor of Antiques magazine from 1938-1972. Curator at the ...

Davidson, Marshall B.

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Art critic; New York, N.Y. From the description of Marshall B. Davidson interviews, 1977 Nov. 27-1978 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220185495 Marshall B. Davidson (1907-1989) was am art critic from New York, N.Y. Full name: Marshall Bowman Davidson. From the description of Oral history interview with Marshall B. Davidson, 1977 Nov. 27-1978 Jan. 10 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613315541 ...

Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986

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James Johnson Sweeney, 1900-1986. From the description of Papers of James Johnson Sweeney, 1953-2005. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271825527 Art administrator. From the description of Ends and beginnings : sound recording, 1965 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093871 James Johnson Sweeney served as Director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art (1945-1946), Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Mus...

Houston Fine Arts Forum (1956: Houston).

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Price, Vincent, 1911-1993

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Price, Vincent, 1911-1993, Actor, art collector, patron of Los Angeles, Calif.; d. October 25, 1993. From the description of Oral history interview with Vincent Price, 1992 Aug. 6-14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646400285 Actor, art collector, patron; Los Angeles, Calif.; d. October 25, 1993. From the description of Oral history interview with Vincent Price, 1992 August 6-14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77866325 Vincent Price was ...

Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-1996

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Educator, art critic, and professor of fine arts at Columbia University, 1928-1965, University Professor, 1965-1973, Prof. Schapiro (Columbia Univ BA, 1924; MA 1926, Ph.D., 1929) died in 1996. From the description of Meyer Schapiro Correspondence with Whittaker Chambers and James Thomas Farrell, 1923-1991. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 467178770 d. March 3, 1996. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged ...

Menil, John de, 1908-1997

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Karolik, Maxim

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Art collector, ca. 1893-1966. From the description of Maxim Karolik papers, ca. 1921-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404000 ...

American federation of arts

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The American Federation of Arts was a non-profit education association that sponsored group and one-man shows as well as lecture tours to promote the arts in America. The correspondence with A.F.A. staff Leila Mechlin, Horace Jayne and Burton Cummings deals primarily with exhibitions of the work of Federico Castellón, Misch Kohn and Mauricio Lasansky. Also mentioned is a lecture tour on prints made by Elmer Adler. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1953...

Malone, Lee H. B., 1913-1989.

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Contemporary Arts Museum

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Art museum; Houston, Tex. Opened Nov. 13, 1949 under the auspices of the Contemporary Arts Association, which had begun as a small group in May 1948, and officially organized in May 1949. From the description of Contemporary Arts Museum records, 1957-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79604562 ...

Horgan, Paul, 1903-1995

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Horgan (1903-1995) was born in Buffalo, N.Y. and spent his youth in New Mexico. He attended the Eastman School of Music, 1923-26, where he studied voice and participated in operatic productions. After leaving the Eastman School he turned to a career in writing, publishing many fiction and non-fiction works, for which he won two Pulitzer prizes and a Bancroft Prize. From the description of Paul Horgan collection, 1923-1994, bulk 1931-1942. (University of Rochester, Eastman School of M...

American Federation of Arts Convention (1957: Houston).

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Ernst, Jimmy, 1920-1984

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Painter, educator; New York, N.Y. Died 1984. From the description of Jimmy Ernst interview, 1974 Sept. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220185787 Jimmy Ernst (1920-1984) was a painter and educator from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Jimmy Ernst, 1974 Sept. 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595156 ...

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Reis, Bernard J., 1895-1978.

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Bernard J. Reis (1895-1978) was a art collector and patron from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Bernard J. Reis, 1976 June 3-1976 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477518 Bernard J. Reis, b. 1895; d. 1978, Art collector, patron of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Bernard J. Reis, 1976 June 3-1976 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007046 Art collector, patron; New York,...