Alice Graeme Korff papers

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Alice Graeme Korff papers

[ca.1938]-1941

Two letters of introduction from Forbes Watson; 2 letters from Alfred Stieglitz relating to Korff's review of an exhibition by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1938; a scrapbook of her articles and reviews; and reference catalogs and clippings filed under the letter "A."

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SNAC Resource ID: 6758185

Archives of American Art

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O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986

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Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, renowned for her contribution to modern art.Born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia Totto O’Keeffe grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O’Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, where she learned the techniques of traditional painting. Th...

Korff, Alice Graeme, 1904-1975

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Alice Graeme Korff (1904-1975) was an art critic and art administrator with Public Works of Art Project in Washington, D.C. From the description of Oral history interview with Alice Graeme Korff, 1965 Oct. 7 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78793683 Art critic; Washington, D.C. Wrote for The Washington Post under the byline Alice Graeme. Korff also was an administrator for the New Deal's short-lived Public Works of Art Project headed by Forbes Watson. ...

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946

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Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer, founder of the Photo-Secession Group, gallery owner, and editor and publisher of photography magazines, most notably, Camera Work. Frank Hermann was an American painter, who spent most of his career in Germany, where he associated with several avant-garde art groups. Childhood friends, Stieglitz and Herrmann were schoolmates, spent time together when Stieglitz was in Europe, and visited each other in the United States when Herrmann returned in 1919....

Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960

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Forbes Watson (1879-1960) worked primarily in New York City and Washington, D.C. as an art critic, writer, lecturer, and consultant to the U. S. Treasury Department's Public Works of Art Project and Section of Painting and Sculpture (Section of Fine Arts). Forbes Watson was born on November 27, 1879 in Boston, the son of stockbroker John Watson and his wife Mary. Watson grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, attending the Phillips Academy in Andover, and graduating from Ha...