Mark Tobey papers

Elmhirst, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight, 1887-1968

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Dorothy Payne Whitney, daughter of William C. Whitney, a financier and Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland, married Willard Dickerman Straight in 19ll. Straight died in 1918, and she married Leonard Knight Elmhirst in 1925. Dorothy and Elmhirst purchased Dartington Hall, Devon, England, reconstructed the 14th century manor and founded a school on the property. Dartington Hall became a center for the arts and a leading coeducational progressive school. The New School for Social...

Ashton, Dore, 1928-2017

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Dore Ashton (May 21, 1928 – January 30, 2017) was a writer, professor and critic on modern and contemporary art. She was born in Newark, New Jersey. She was the author or editor of more than thirty books on art, including Noguchi East and West, About Rothko, American Art Since 1945, The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning and Picasso On Art. Ashton also contributed to many publications, including Art Digest. and worked as an art critic at The New York Times. Ashton was one of the New York art ...

Seliger, Charles, 1926-2009

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Painter; Mt. Vernon, N.Y. From the description of Charles Seliger diaries, 1959-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82274962 Painter, designer; Mount Vernon, N.Y. From the description of Charles Seliger interview, 1968 May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78015310 American artist, the youngest of the original artists of the Abstract Expressionist movement. His work was first shown at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century gallery in 1945 and often incl...

Hauberg, Anne Gould

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Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956

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Feininger was an American-born artist who went to Germany in 1887 and returned to the U.S. in 1936. From the description of Papers, 1883-1960. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122520943 From the description of Drawings for Peter Christen Asbjørnsen's Norvegische Volksmärchen, 1908. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 84317440 From the description of Lyonel Feininger photographs, 1896-1942. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612196407 ...

Hillman, Kay

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Art collector, dealer. From the description of Kay Hillman papers, 1960-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389628 ...

Ritter, Mark.

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Willard Gallery

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Art gallery; New York, N.Y. Founded 1936 by Marian Willard as East River Gallery. In 1938 changed to Neumann-Willard Gallery, then later became the Willard Gallery ca. 1945. Gallery remains in operation and still has possession of original documents lent to and filmed by the Archives as of 1992. From the description of Willard Gallery records, 1917-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84162911 ...

Hauberg, John H. (John Henry), 1916-2002

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Seattle civic leader, art patron, and businessman. John H. Hauberg, the grandson of lumber giant F.C.A. Denkmann (an early partner of Frederick Weyerhaeuser), graduated from the University of Washington School of Forestry in 1949 and became an early advocate of reforestation. His Pilchuck Tree Farm continues to be a research site for forest management practices. Hauberg also became a noted collector of Pre-Columbian, coastal Native American, and contemporary Northwest ar...

Leach, Bernard 1887-

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Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957

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Mexican painter and muralist. From the description of Declaration in connection with a watercolor and a drawing sold to Mrs. Schwartz, 1934 March 7, Mexico City. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81939422 Diego Rivera, a renowned Mexican mural painter, was commissioned by Mrs. Samuel Strong in 1935 to paint a portrait of her friend, Kathleen Burke, of Cleveland, Ohio. From the description of Receipt from Diego Rivera, 1935 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCa...

Willard, Marian, 1904-

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Art dealer; New York, N.Y. Operated the Willard Gallery. Married Dan R. Johnson. From the description of Marian Willard Johnson interview, 1969 Jun. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80911363 ...

Hallsten, Pehr, -1965

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Holty, Carl, 1900-1973

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Carl Holty (1900-1973) was a painter and writer from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Holty, 1968 Sept. 25-Oct. 1 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596637 Painter and writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Holty, 1965 June 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81548756 From the description of Oral history interviews with Carl Holty interviews, 1968 Sept. 25-Oct...

Dahl, Arthur L.

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Art collectors; Pebble Beach and San Francisco, California. The Dahls became close friends with Mark Tobey (1892-1976) through their involvement in the Baha'i World Faith and corresponded regularly with him. From the description of Arthur L. and Joyce Lyon Dahl papers, 1926-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565455 ...

Tobey, Mark

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Painter; Abstract Expressionist. Also worked as fashion illustrator, portrait painter. Born in Wisconsin, December 11, 1892. Died 1976. Worked in Chicago, Seattle, Basel, Switzerland; New York, N.Y., Dartington Hall, Devonshire, England, and Paris. Convert to Baha'i religion. From the description of Mark Tobey papers, [ca. 1920]-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78566820 Tobey was a painter; Seattle, Wash. Corle was at one time a New York City stage actress and wife of no...