Merle Schipper Papers

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Merle Schipper Papers

circa 1930s-1999

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The papers of Los Angeles art historian, art critic, and writer Merle Schipper measure 12.1 linear feet and date from circa 1930s to 1999. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, writing and research project files, printed material, writings by others, photographs, and artwork.

12.1 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 8216396

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Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987

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Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987) was a French painter whose abstract work of the 1930s established him as a leading modernist. His midcareer rejection of abstraction was followed by nearly five decades as a figurative painter. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/30/obituaries/jean-helion-abstract-and-representational-artist.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hélion...

Schipper, Merle

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California art critic and curator of the Fine Arts Gallery, California State University; b. in 1922. From the description of Merle Schipper interviews, 1978-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81848227 Art historian, writer, art critic, Los Angeles, Calif.; b. 1922; d. on October 30, 2001 in Los Angeles. Schipper studied art history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and then began a career as an art writer, critic, and occasional indepen...