Barry Walker correspondence files, 1991-1998.

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Barry Walker correspondence files, 1991-1998.

The files include correspondence with artists, scholars, donors, museum officials, grantors and the general public. They include correspondence regarding Walker's initial attempts to acquire works and establish a department of prints and drawings.

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Alison de Lima Green served as Assistant Curator, Twentieth-Century Art, from 1985-1987. She was Associate Curator, Twentieth-Century Art, from 1987-1992. From 1992 through the present she has served as Curator, Twentieth-Century Art, with a title change in 2001 to Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art. From the description of Alison de Lima Greene's subject files, 1984-1994. (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Hirsch Library). WorldCat record id: 212626020 The photography departme...

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Biggers, John Thomas, 1924-2001

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John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001), African American artist, was born in Gastonia, North Carolina. He attended Hampton Institute in Virginia and started taking art classes under the tutelage of Viktor Lowenfeld. Lowenfeld moved to Pennsylvania State University, and Biggers followed him to study in the art department there. He received his doctorate from the University in 1954. A few years earlier, Biggers had moved to Houston, Texas to establish the art department at Texas Southern University. ...

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Downes, Rackstraw

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Hiram Butler Gallery.

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Stella, Frank, 1945-

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Frank Stella (1936- ) is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor from New York, N.Y. From the description of Frank Stella papers, 1941-1993, bulk, 1978-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79000719 Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Frank Stella interview, 1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220180337 Frank Stella (b. 1936) achieved professional recognition at a young age and soon became internationally prominent and influential....

Johns, Jasper, 1930-

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Long, Bert

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Serra, Richard, 1939-....

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Havel, Joseph G., 1954-

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Meredith Long Gallery

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Art galleries; Houston, Texas and New York, N.Y. Owned and directed by Meredith Long. Businesses included Davis and Long, 746 Madison Ave., NYC; Meredith Long Contemporary, 7 W. 57th St., NYC, and Meredith Long and Company, 2323 San Felipe, Houston, Tex. Specialized in 19th and 20th century American art. Long is a Trustee and member of the Board of Directors at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Contemporary Arts Museum. From the description of Meredith Lon...

Janie C. Lee Gallery

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Simkins, Alice Cynthia, 1946-.

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Kelly, Ellsworth, 1923-....

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Freed, Frank, 1906-1975

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Glassell School of Art

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