Heri Bert Bartscht papers, 1946-1992 (bulk 1954-1990).

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Heri Bert Bartscht papers, 1946-1992 (bulk 1954-1990).

Records include exhibition catalogues, calendars, invitations, newsletters, articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, biographical information including resumes and letters of reference, rosters and bylaws of professional organizations to which Bartscht belonged, sketches of liturgical designs by Waltraud Bartscht, and scrapbooks.

6.5 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7662303

Dallas Museum of Art, Mayer Library

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Bartscht, Heri Bert, 1919-

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Heri Bert Bartscht (1919-1996) was a German born sculptor who studied for six years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and was a two-time recipient of the City of Munich Scholarship. He and his wife Waltraud, a fashion designer, moved to Dallas in 1953. In 1954, Bartscht received the top award at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts annual art exhibition. He quickly became involved with the local art community and founded the Dallas Society for Contemporary Arts, the parent organization of the Dall...

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Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts

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The Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts (DMCA) was founded in 1957 and was a direct outgrowth of the Dallas Society for Contemporary Arts organized in 1956. Originally comprised of fifteen artists and architects, the Society was founded by sculptor Heri Bert Bartscht, who also served as its first president. The DMCA organized significant exhibitions on contemporary art from 1957 to 1963, when it merged with the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Edward Marcus served as the first president of the DMCA a...

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