Hy Cohen papers

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Hy Cohen papers

1927-1972

Correspondence, including letters from Irving Block, Phillip Evergood, Louise Nevelson, Elias Newman and Irene Rice Pereira; a photograph of Cohen and photographs of art work and Artists Equity Association of New York banquets, 1967 and 1968; exhibition catalogs and announcements; lecture notes; Artists Equity newsletters; and miscellany.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6762531

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Block, Irving, 1910-1986

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Painter, educator; Los Angeles, Calif.; b. 1910; d. 1986. From the description of Oral history interview with Irving Block, 1965 Apr. 16 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78482455 Painter, art instructor, graphic artist and writer, Los Angeles, California. Block was born in New York City. He was involved in the Works Projects Administration's Federal Art Project in the 1930s, and worked as a matte shot artist at 20th Century Fox durin...

Newman, Elias, 1903-1999

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Elias Newman (1903-1999) was a painter, writer, lecturer, and teacher in New York, N.Y. Born in Stashow, Poland in 1903, Newman arrived in the United States in 1913, and became a naturalized citizen in 1928. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1919-1920, and at the Educational Alliance Art School from 1920-1925. He also studied at the Academie Chaumiere in Paris. After 1925, Newman participated in many exhibitions, acted as art director of the Palestine Pavilion at the New York Wor...

Artists Equity Association

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Cohen, Hy, 1901-

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Painter, president of Artists Equity Association, 1963-1970; New York, N.Y. From the description of Hy Cohen papers, 1927-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557077 ...

Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971

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Abstract painter, poet, and philosopher, Pereira was a major figure in the art world from 1930. She worked with the WPA Federal Art Project in New York, 1935-1939; in the 1940s she experimented with new media (glass, plexiglass, and plastic) of the constructivist school; and in the 1950s she returned to paint and canvas. She published numerous books on aesthetics and the philosophy of art. For further biographical information, see Notable American Women: The Modern Period (1980). Fro...

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988

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Sculptor; New York, N.Y.; d. 1988. From the description of A Conversation with Louise Nevelson, 1980 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123419967 Sculptor; interviewee d.1988. From the description of Reminiscences of Louise Nevelson : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419737 Sculptor (New York, N.Y.) Died in 1988. From the description of Louise Nevelson interviews, 1964 Ju...