James Brooks and Charlotte Park papers

Albers, Josef, 1888-1976

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Josef Albers was born on March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, the only child of Lorenz Albers, a housepainter, and Magdelena (Schumacher) Albers. He attended the Präparanden-Schule in Langenhorst from 1902 to 1905 and then the teachers college in Büren, graduating in 1908. He became an instructor in several Westphalian primary schools. Albers studied at the Royal Art School in Berlin, the Arts and Crafts School (Folkwang School)in Essen, and at the Art Academy in Munich u...

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts.

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Established 1934 under the Treasury Department as the Section of Painting and Sculpture. Name changed to Section of Fine Arts in 1938. In 1939, the Federal Works Agency was established and set up the Public Buildings Administration, which combined the Treasury Department's Public Buildings Branch and the Branch of Public Buildings of the National Park Service. The Section's function was to decorate new federal buildings. Unlike the other New Deal art agencies, it was not a relief project, but aw...

Day, Worden, 1916-1986

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Painter, sculptor, printmaker, engraver, graphic artist, curator; Montclair, New Jersey. From the description of Worden Day papers, 1940-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370502 ...

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946

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Art administrator. Established the Community Art Center in Cedar Rapids; developed and operated the Little Gallery in Cedar Rapids. With his friend Grant Wood laid the groundwork for the Stone City Art Colony. From the description of Papers of Edward Beatty Rowan. [1920?-1946?] (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 274319575 Gallery director, painter, sculptor, teacher; Falls Church, Va. and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Founder and director of T...

Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008

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Donati is a painter and object maker, New York, N.Y. and Temkin, a curator of modern and comtemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. From the description of Oral history interview with Enrico Donati, 1997 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220217277 Italian-born painter and sculptor, became an American citizen in 1945. During the 1930s and 1940s associated with Surrealists in Paris and New York, contributing to the Surrealist retrospective in Paris in 1947. ...

Kootz, Samuel Melvin, 1898-1982

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Art dealer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Samuel M. Kootz, 1964 Apr. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84402281 From the description of Oral history interview with Samuel M. Kootz, 1960 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187379 From the description of Oral history interview with Samuel M. Kootz, 1960 Mar. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312025030 ...

Hunter, Sam, 1923-....

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Art historian and educator; Princeton, New Jersey. Hunter has taught at Princeton since 1969. He has worked in many capacities for Harry N. Abrams, Inc., including editor-in-chief, 1971-72. He has curated and consulted for museum exhibitions at several institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Minneapolis Art Institute and the Princeton Art Museum. Larry Rivers is a contemporary painter known for his life-size portraits. From the descript...

Heller, Ben, 1925-

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Art collector, patron, dealer (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Ben Heller interview, 1973 Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220183985 Ben Heller (1925- ) is an art collector, patron, and dealer from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Ben Heller, 1973 Jan. 8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595108 ...

Hartigan, Grace

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Painter; Baltimore, Md. From the description of Grace Hartigan interview, 1979 May 10 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81992713 Painter; b. 1922. From the description of Oral history interview, 1975. (Maryland Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32822067 Grace Hartigan (1922-, painter of Baltimore, Md. From the description of Oral history interview with Grace Hartigan, 1979 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 64639732...

Brandt, Grace Borgenicht, 1915-2001.

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Art dealer, collector; New York, N.Y.; b. 1915; d. 2001. From the description of Oral history interview with Grace Borgenicht Brandt, 1963 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312025118 Art dealer, collector; New York, N.Y. b. 1915 d. 2001. From the description of Grace Borgenicht Brandt interview, 1963 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220191094 ...

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976

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Sculptor. From the description of Alexander Calder correspondence, 1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452461 Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Alexander Calder, 1971 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646395903 B. 1898, d. 1976. From the description of Alexander Calder artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228431975 ...

Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin), 1900-1982

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Painter, educator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Julian E. Levi, 1968 Oct.-Dec [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81348846 Julian E. Levi (1900-1982) was a painter and educator from New York, N.Y. Levi studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in France. He was on the faculties of the Art Students' League, New School for Social Research, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. ...

Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969.

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Horace Littlefield poem, 1958 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557443 William Horace Littlefield (1902-1969) was a painter, writer, and art collector in New York, N.Y. From the description of William Horace Littlefield papers, 1920-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220149817 ...

Baur, John I. H. (John Ireland Howe), 1909-1987

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Museum curator; New York, N.Y. From the description of John I. H. Baur interviews, 1970 Jan. 22-Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220178585 John I.H. Baur (1909-1987) was a museum curator from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with John I.H. Baur, 1970 Jan. 22-Feb. 19 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595042 Museum curator, museum director, and writer; New York, N.Y. Curator Br...

Waddell, James.

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Arnason, H. Harvard

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Historian, writer, former director of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Born 1909. From the description of H. Harvard Arnason interviews, 1970 Mar. 3 - 1970 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220178252 Director, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn. From the description of Papers, 1951-1961 (bulk 1951-1960). (Walker Art Center Library). WorldCat record id: 70958320 H. Harvard Arnason (1909-1986) was an historian, writer, and a former dir...

Federal Art Project

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The FAP projects included a broad range of events and activities which generated the various publications and materials found in the central files of the general subject series. ART FOR THE MILLIONS was a publication project about the accomplishments of the FAP consisting of a series of articles by Project workers. In addition to creating work for artists, the FAP sought to increase art appreciation as well as art sales among the general public. In doing so it devised a plan which created Nation...

Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986

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James Johnson Sweeney, 1900-1986. From the description of Papers of James Johnson Sweeney, 1953-2005. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271825527 Art administrator. From the description of Ends and beginnings : sound recording, 1965 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093871 James Johnson Sweeney served as Director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art (1945-1946), Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Mus...

Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006

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American poet Kunitz won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1958 for SELECTED POEMS and held the position of Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1974 to 1976. In 2000 he was named United States Poet Laureate. He has also translated the work of a number of Russian poets. From the description of Atlantic Monthly Press author files of Stanley Kunitz, 1965-1983. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 177477000 Poet; New York, N.Y. From the...

Brooks, James, 1906-1992

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Painter; East Hampton, N.Y.; d. 1992. From the description of Oral history interview with James Brooks, 1965 June 10 and 12 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79604582 James Brooks (1906-1992) was a painter from East Hampton, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with James Brooks, 1965 June 10 and June 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401425 Painter; East Hampton, N.Y. Died 1992. Brooks studied ...

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956

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Jackson Pollock was born in 1912, in Cody, Wyoming, the youngest of five sons. His family moved several times during his childhood, finally settling in Los Angeles. In 1930 he joined his older brother, Charles, in New York City, and studied with Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League of New York. Pollock worked during the 1930s for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. During 1936 he worked in artist David Alfaro Siqueiros's Experimental Workshop. In...

Grace, Trudie

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Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952

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American cartoonist and artist. From the description of Boardman Robinson cartoon, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123429645 Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Boardman Robinson and his wife, Sally Robinson. From the description of Letters, 1929-1949, n.d., to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155875235 Biographical/Historical Note Ame...

Plimpton, George.

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Park, Charlotte, 1918-

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Nicolaïdes, Kimon 1892-1938

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Biddle, George, 1885-1973

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George Biddle was an author and a widely exhibited artist who also contributed to national magazines. He died in 1973. From the description of Business and personal papers, 1929-1943. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122573566 B. 1885 d. 1973. From the description of George Biddle artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228433040 American artist and Chairman, War Department Art Advisory Committee. From the ...

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975

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Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. His work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, the region in which he was born and which he called home for most of his life. He also studied in Paris, lived in New York City f...