Viktor Lowenfeld papers, 1880-1985 (bulk 1930-1955).

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Viktor Lowenfeld papers, 1880-1985 (bulk 1930-1955).

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The Viktor Lowenfeld Papers date from 1880-1985 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1930 to 1955. Materials consist of artwork including photographs of sculptures from Austrian children--blind and sighted, visual and haptic, as well as children's artwork from American psychiatric hospitals, schools for the blind, public schools, and Penn State Saturday art classes. Adult student artwork, including works by Charles White, John Biggers, and Samella Lewis, comes from the Hampton Institute and Penn State. In addition, there are two clay sculptures, manuscripts for Creative and Mental Growth and other notes and writings, lectures, correspondence, photographs, digital audio recordings of lectures from 1958 (transcribed and published by John Michaels in 1982, as The Lowenfeld Lectures), biographical material, and personal items.

10.6 cubic feet.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8111518

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Hampton University (Va.)

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Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virgina, also know as the Normal School, chartered in 1870. From the description of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ephemera, 1882-1903 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 639344721 The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was chartered in 1870 in Hampton, Virginia. From the guide to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ephemera, 1882-1903 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book ...

White, Charles, 1918-1979

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Charles Wilbert White (1918-1979) was a painter and educator from Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Charles Wilbert White, 1965 Mar. 9 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80914917 African American painter and educator; Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Charles Wilbert White papers, [ca. 1930]-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79868172 ...

Pennsylvania state university

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The Pennsylvania Humanities Council designated the year 1985 as "The Year of the Pennsylvania Writer." The PHC funded projects in eight locations throughout the Commonwealth to gain appreciation, understanding, and recognition for past and present Pennsylvania writers. The State College/University Park location held a two-stage conference and related events by five Centre County regional organizations. From the description of The Year of the Pennsylvania writer collection, 1984-1986....

Lewis, Samella S.

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Samella S. Lewis (1924- ), African American artist, author, and educator. She received her B.A. at Hampton University and her M.A. and PhD in fine arts and art history at Ohio State University. She has taught at Florida A&M University, State University of New York, and Scripps College. Lewis is the founder of the International Review of African American Art and the Museum of African American Arts. From the description of Samella S. Lewis papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660...

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. ...

Lowenfeld, Viktor.

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Viktor Lowenfeld (1903-1960) was a seminal figure in art education. Born and educated in Vienna, he fled to the United States around the time that his first English book The Nature of Creative Activity (1939) was published. He taught at Hampton Institute (1939-1947) and Penn State (1947-1960) until his death. From the description of Viktor Lowenfeld papers, 1880-1985 (bulk 1930-1955). (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 739713068 ...