Papers, 1911-1986 (bulk 1953-1971).

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Papers, 1911-1986 (bulk 1953-1971).

Correspondence, writings, lectures, exhibit brochures, art catalogs, artwork, and other papers, relating primarily to Dearstyne's research on the history of the Bauhaus art school, the school's influence on the development of modern art, and two Bauhaus masters, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van de Rohe; together with materials pertaining to architectural design and city planning, architecture in colonial Williamsburg, Va., design in nature, photography as an art form, and to Dearstyne's work at Dept. of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Includes draft of Dearstyne's work, Inside the Bauhaus (1986). Correspondents include Josef Albers, Hermann Blomeier, George Danforth, Werner Drewes, Henry Dubin, Wils Ebert, Helmut von Erffa, Werner Graeff, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Paul Klee, Kurt Kranz, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Eckhard Neumann, Karl Nierendorf, Pius E. Pahl, Walter Peterhans, Oskar Schlemmer, and Erdmann Schmocker.

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Albers, Josef, 1888-1976

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Josef Albers was born on March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, the only child of Lorenz Albers, a housepainter, and Magdelena (Schumacher) Albers. He attended the Präparanden-Schule in Langenhorst from 1902 to 1905 and then the teachers college in Büren, graduating in 1908. He became an instructor in several Westphalian primary schools. Albers studied at the Royal Art School in Berlin, the Arts and Crafts School (Folkwang School)in Essen, and at the Art Academy in Munich u...

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

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Architect, educator. Studied architecture at the Universities of Charlottenburg-Berlin and Munich, Germany from 1903 to 1907. Founded and directed the Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar in 1919, which Gropius moved to Dessau in 1925 and renamed "Bauhaus Dessau". Professor of Architecture in the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, 1937 and Chairman of the Department of Architecture from 1938 to 1952. Formed the Architects' Collaborative in Cambridge in 1946. For further information see James ...

Danforth, George

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Klee, Paul, 1879-1940

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Swiss artist. From the description of List of works and genealogical data, 1903-1922, 1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79260784 ...

Kranz, Kurt

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Hilberseimer, Ludwig

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Born in Karlsruh, Germany (1885). Educated at the Technische Hochschule (1906-1910). Taught at the Bauhaus-Dessau school (1928-1933) and at the Illinois Institute of Technology (1938-1967). From the description of Ludwig Karl Hilberseimer papers, ca. 1885-1995. (Art Institute of Chicago). WorldCat record id: 80073005 ...

Graeff, Werner, 1901-1978

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Ebert, Wils, 1909-

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Drewes, Werner, 1899-1985

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Painter, printmaker; Reston, Va. Died 1985. From the description of Werner Drewes interviews, 1983 Dec. 9-1984 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78094467 From the description of Werner Drewes interview, 1975 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220185767 Werner Drewes (1899-1985) was a painter and printmaker; fromReston, Va. From the description of Oral history interview with Werner Drewes, 1975 Feb. 19 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Erffa, Helmut von, 1900-1979

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Art historian. Taught art history at Rutgers University. From the description of Helmut von Erffa letters, 1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093779 ...

Blomeier, Hermann (German architect, contemporary)

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Dubin, Henry

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Dearstyne, Howard.

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Architect, architectural historian, educator, and photographer. From the description of Howard Dearstyne papers, 1911-1988 (bulk 1950-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132603 Architect, architectural historian, educator, and photographer; b. 1903; d. 1979. From the description of Papers, 1911-1986 (bulk 1953-1971). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28415923 ...