Minutes of meeting of Group of 8

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Minutes of meeting of Group of 8

1919 Dec. 31

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Handwritten minutes of a "Meeting of the 8 men not hung at the Luxembourg ... held at 54 Charles St. - at 8." The group was organized to protest their exclusion from the Exposition d'Artistes de L'Ecole Américaine, held at the Luxembourg Museum, 1919. "Present: Bouché, Gussow, Maurer, Stella, Weber and Zorach. Weber gave a complete report of the meeting of the Luxembourg Committee stating that he had denounced the duplicity of the managing officers, urging the immediate return of the paintings thus excluded, and demanding a public apology on the part of the commmittee to the men not hung etc.. The meeting adjourned after a toast was drunk to modern art at 10:30 - New Years Eve." [Inadvertently microfilmed as Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers.]

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Stella, Joseph, 1877-1946

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Painter, draftsman; New York, N.Y. Born near Naples, Italy. Came to New York City in 1896. Studied at the Art Students League and at the New York School of Art from 1898-1908, and in Italy and France from 1909 to 1913, when he returned to New York. From the description of Joseph Stella papers, 1905-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82379655 ...

Maurer, Alfred Henry, 1868-1932

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Exposition d'artistes de l'école Américaine (1919: Paris, France)

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Weber, Max, 1881-1961

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Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969

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Louis Bouché (1896-1969) was a painter, mural painter, and teacher from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Louis Bouché, 1963 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312024875 Louis Bouché (1896-1969) was a mural painter and interior designer in New York, N.Y. From the description of Louis Bouché papers, 1860-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821043 From the description of Louis Bouché papers, 1860-1997. (Unknow...

Gussow, Bernard, 1881-1957.

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Zorach, William, 1887-1966

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Sculptor, painter; interviewees are married. From the description of Reminiscences of Willam and Marguerite Zorach : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727160 William Zorach (1887-1966) was a sculptor and painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of William Zorach letter to Mr. Shipley, Feb. 8, 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821127 Artist. From the description of William Z...