Letters received, 1908-1970.

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Letters received, 1908-1970.

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Letters primarily from other German art historians, including Ernst Friedrich Bange, Adolph Goldschmidt, Wilhelm Bode, Kurt Bauch, Georg Graf von Vitzthum, Eberhard Grisebach, Abraham Bredius, Ferdinand Avenarius, Georg Schmidt, Ludwig Grote, and others. The content includes discussion of specific works of art and artists, art historical books and articles, and museum and university politics. Bredius in particular also comments on the general political situation after World War I. Notable are Goldschmidt's letters from the United States ca. 1930, in which there is discussion of the College Art Association, the Busch-Reisinger Museum and Fogg Museum (Cambridge), and sales and exhibitions of the "Dreyfuss collection" (Paris) at Duveen's gallery (New York) and "Welfenschatz" of medieval ecclesiastical art at the Reinhart gallery (New York, ca. 1930).

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Heise, Carl Georg, 1890-1979

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German art historian, director of the "Museum fuer Kunst und Kulturgeschichte" (Luebeck, 1920-33), director of the "Hamburger Kunsthalle" (Hamburg, 1945-55). From the description of Letters received, 1908-1970. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79720576 ...

Grisebach, Eberhard, 1880-1945

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Avenarius, Ferdinand, 1856-1923

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German poet and writer on art, founder of the art journal "Kunstwart". From the description of Letters, 1906. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83630676 ...

Bode, Wilhelm ˜vonœ 1845-1929

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Bange, E. F. (Ernst Friedrich), 1893-

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Busch-Reisinger Museum

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The Busch-Reisinger Museum was founded in 1903 as the Germanic Museum, by Kuno Francke, Professor of German Literature at Harvard. Francke obtained funding from the Busch and Reisinger families to build the present structure, which opened in 1921. In 1930 The Germanic Museum became part of the Fine Arts Department, under the direction of Professor Charles Kuhn. It was renamed the Busch-Reisinger Museum in 1950. From the description of Records of the Busch-Reisinger Museum 1900-1984 (...

Bauch, Kurt, 1897-1975

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Grote, Ludwig, 1893-1974

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Fogg Art Museum.

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The Index of American Design was a project of the research division of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration which produced approximately 20,000 reproductions (photographs and original drawings) and classifications of a wide variety of American art, paintings, sculptures, handicrafts, and folk art. From the description of Records relating to Index of American Design Exhibition, 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404372 Founded in 1891, through the...

Duveen Brothers

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The Duveen Brothers firm, notable art dealers with branches in London, Paris, and New York, were active in the late 19th century through the mid-20th century. Under the guidance of Joseph Duveen, and assisted by art experts, most notably Bernard Berenson, Duveen Brothers monopolized the American art market for five decades. Edward Fowles was president of the firm after Joseph Duveen's death, and served until 1964, when he sold Duveen stock and other property to Norton Simon. From the...

Schmidt, Georg, 1896-1965

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College Art Association (U.S.)

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Bredius, Abraham, 1855-1946

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Goldschmidt, Adolph, 1863-1944

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Vitzhum, Georg Graf, 1880-

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Eberlein, Kurt Karl, 1890-....

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