Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1922-1971, n.d.

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Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1922-1971, n.d.

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George Biddle's long career as a printmaker paralleled Carl Zigrosser's long career as a print dealer and curator. The correspondence records their long working relationship. Letters cover Biddle's work for the American Artists Group, Zigrosser's chapter on Biddle in The Artist in America (1942), Biddle's particular methods in lithography, Biddle's work with the printer George Miller, Biddle's efforts to get his society friends to donate their art collections to the Philadelphia Museum of Art,a 1946 letter from Biddle detailing letters from artists in his personal papers,Zigrosser and Biddle's efforts on behalf of J.J. Lankes, a telegram from Helena Rubinstein regarding a dinner in honor of Biddle, their writings in their old age, the death of Biddle's wife Hélène Sardeau, and a long and undated letter from Biddle on the philosophical danger of dividing art into categories like important/unimportant and then spreading into a specific defense of American artists. Also included is one original print by Biddle and a quantity of printed matter about Biddle.

85 items (122 leaves and 3 pamphlets).

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Biddle, George, 1885-1973

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George Biddle was an author and a widely exhibited artist who also contributed to national magazines. He died in 1973. From the description of Business and personal papers, 1929-1943. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122573566 B. 1885 d. 1973. From the description of George Biddle artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228433040 American artist and Chairman, War Department Art Advisory Committee. From the ...

Rubinstein, Helena, 1870-1965

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Miller, George Chapman, 1828-1905

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American Artists Group

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In response to the hardships suffered by American artists during the Depression, the American Artists Group was formed in 1936 by Samuel Golden and Carl Zigrosser. They hoped to sell original prints by known artists made in unlimited runs, and sell them by mail at unusually low prices. By keeping costs low, the American Artists Group hoped to generate steady incomes for their artists, built on volume sales, by opening the fine art market to a new kind of customer. The Group quickly expanded into...

Sardeau, Hélène 1899-1969

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Sculptor; Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. and France. Sardeau was married to George Biddle, muralist, painter, and administrator of the Public Works of Art Project. From the description of Helene Sardeau papers, [ca. 1920-1950]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404236 ...

Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960

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Woodcut artist; Durham, North Carolina. From the description of Letter : Durham, North Carolina, 1955-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122539131 Julius J. Lankes was a maker of woodcuts whose work was represented at the Weyhe Gallery. Carl Zigrosser admired his work and promoted his career. As with many American artists of his generation, Lankes' career was never financially stable, and he also worked as an illustrator, an art educator and as a technical artist for the F...