Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg papers

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Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg papers

circa 1890s-2002

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The papers of Los Angeles painters and art instructors Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg measure 15.6 linear feet and date from circa 1890s to 2002. The papers document the careers of the two artists, including their establishment of the Post-surrealism movement in southern California, their work for federal arts programs, and their later abstract artwork. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, personal business records, exhibition files, printed materials, photographs, and one sound recording.Biographical documentation is found for both artists. Lundeberg's early life is documented by school notebooks, yearbooks, diplomas, calendars, awards, and a "memory book." Feitelson's biographical materials include family certificates and documents compiled by Lundeberg regarding Feitelson's funeral. Also found are curriculum vitae and biographical sketches for both artists. Correspondence is extensive and includes both personal and professional correspondence for both Feitelson and Lundeberg. Materials consist of letters with critics, museums, artists, and friends, including Karl Benjamin, Frederick Hammersley, Reuben Kadish, John McLauglin, Diane Moran, and Abraham Rattner. Of special interest is Feitelson and Lundeberg's correspondence with Museum of Modern Art curator Dorothy Canning Miller. A small amount of exhibition materials, mostly loan agreements and checklists, are found in the papers documenting exhibitions and loans of their artwork to exhibitions. Personal business records concern the management of their artwork and personal collections. Found here are lists of artwork, price lists, appraisal reports, sales invoices, purchase receipts, tax documents, and a set of index cards for their artwork. There are a few scattered legal documents as well. In addition to personal business records, there is a series of records of the Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg Foundation, established by Lundeberg in 1978. Scattered research and teaching files are mostly Feitelson's. They document his personal research, teaching activities, and television programs, particularly the program <emph render="italic">Feitelson on Art</emph>. Writings, however, are found for both artists and include artist statements, writings about art and art styles and movements, writings about each artist, and writings about the Federal Arts Program in southern California. Of interest are numerous writings by other contemporary writers and critics, including Jan Butterfield, Jules Langsner, Stephen Longstreet, Esther McCoy, Diane Moran, Henry Seldis, and Millard Sheets. A small amount of artwork is found within the collection by Feitelson and Lundeberg, mostly sketches and drawings. There is one print by Hans Burkhardt. Printed materials include newsclippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, lecture announcements, posters, press releases, and printed reproductions of Feitelson's and Lundeberg's artwork. There are also pamphlets produced by the Works Progress Administration Federal Arts Program and Lundeberg's poetry.Photographs are extensive and include many of Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg, as well as of family, friends, and students. There are four photo albums and numerous photographs of Feitelson's and Lundeberg's artwork, including some exhibition installations.There is one circa 1957 reel-to-reel sound recording of an episode of <emph render="italic">Feitelson on Art</emph>, focusing on Paul Gauguin. An addition of 0.2 linear feet received in 2014 includes Feitelson's art history and teaching notes, writings by Feitelson, and photographs and contact sheets of Feitelson and works of art.

15.6 linear feet

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Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-

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Painters; Los Angeles, California. Husband and wife. Feitelson, who also was a graphic artist and teacher, and director of the WPA in California, died in 1978. Lundeberg died in 1999. From the description of Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg papers, 1924-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220233279 ...

Langsner, Jules, 1911-1967

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Jules Langsner was born Julius Harold Langsner in New York, New York on May 5, 1911. His family later relocated to Ontario, California around 1922 to start a small farm. The farm soon transformed into the Paradise Health Resort and became a place frequented by intellectuals and their families. In Ontario, he was introduced to the Pollock family, and became friends with three of their sons: Jackson, Frank, and Sanford. Langsner attended Belmont High School in Los Angeles, Calif., while many of hi...

Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989

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Painter, educator, designer, mural painter; California; d. 1989. From the description of Millard Sheets interviews, 1986 Oct.-1988 July [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80032848 From the description of Oral history interview with Millard Sheets, 1986 Oct.-1988 July [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646398429 Watercolorist, painter, muralist, educator, architectural designer; California; b. 1907; d. 1989. Grad...

Benjamin, Karl

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Karl Benjamin, 1925-, painter of Claremont, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Karl Benjamin, 1981 Sept. 10-12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657039697 From the description of Karl Benjamin interviews, 1981 Sept. 10-12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397676 Painter; Claremont, Calif. Born 1925. From the description of Karl Benjamin interviews, 1981 Sept. 10-1981 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220191263 Karl ...

McCoy, Esther

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Esther McCoy (1904-1989) was an architectural historian from Santa Monica, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Esther McCoy, 1987 June 7-Nov. 14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 422875538 Contains correspondence from Frank McCoy, brother of Esther McCoy. From the description of Correspondence with Theodore and Helen Dreiser, 1924-1977. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155891958 Architectura...

Seldis, Henry J.

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Henry Seldis (1925-1978) was an art critic for the Los Angeles Times from 1958-1978. From the description of Henry J. Seldis interviews [sound recording], 1958-1978. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 664394200 ...

McLaughlin, John, 1898-1976

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Painter; Dana Point, Calif. From the description of John McLaughlin interview, 1974 July 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220188074 John McLaughlin (1898-1976) was a painter from Dana Point, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with John McLaughlin, 1974 July 23 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596675 Abstract painter and art dealer; Dana Point, California. McLaughlin was born and educated i...

Hammersley, Frederick, 1919-2009

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Frederick Hammersley (1919-) is a painter and educator from Los Angeles, Calif. and Albuquerque, N.M. From the description of Frederick Hammersley papers, 1897-2008, bulk 1940-2000. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744425498 Painter, educator; Los Angeles, Calif. and Albuquerque, N.M. From the description of Frederick Hammersley papers, 1944-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 226956350 Frederick Hammersley (1919- ) is a painter and educator from Los Ange...

Butterfield, Jane

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Author, art critic; San Francisco, Calif. b. 1937. d. 2000. From the description of Jan Butterfield papers, 1959-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78218915 ...

Kadish, Reuben, 1913-1992

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Kadish, Reuben, 1913-1992, Painter, sculptor and mural painter of New York, N.Y.; d. 1992. From the description of Oral history interview with Reuben Kadish, 1992 Apr. 15 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401374 Painter, mural painter; New York, N.Y.; d. 1992. From the description of Oral history interview with Reuben Kadish, 1964 Oct. 22 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81787825 Painter, sculptor and mural painter; Ne...

Lundeberg, Helen, 1908-1999

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Helen Lundeberg (1908-1999) was a painter from Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Helen Lundeberg, 1980 July 19-Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84232719 ...

Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978

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Painters; Los Angeles, Calif. Husband and wife. Feitelson, who also was a graphic artist and teacher, and director of the WPA in California, died in 1978. Lundeberg died in 1999. From the description of Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg papers, circa 1890s-2002 (bulk 1919-1999). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 297147697 Lorser Feitelson, b. 1898; d. 1978, Painter and art administrator, Federal Art Project of Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Oral hist...

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003

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MoMA curator (1935-1969) and honorary trustee (1984-), art advisor, editor. From the description of Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1929-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122569190 Art museum curator; New York, N.Y.; b. Feb. 6, 1904, Hopedale, Mass.; d. July 11, 2003, Greenwich Village, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Dorothy C. Miller, 1970 May 26-1971 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80691316 Museum curator, art consultant...

Moran, Diane De Gasis

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Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-2002

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Stephen Longstreet was an artist, novelist, and screenwriter who lived and worked primarily in New York and Los Angeles. From the description of Stephen Longstreet papers, 1925-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702182422 American author. From the description of Sketch of William Faulkner [manuscript] 1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647944597 American novelist. From the description of Letter to Matthew J. Bruccoli [manus...