Letters, notes and essays, ca. 1905-1939.

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Letters, notes and essays, ca. 1905-1939.

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Fifty-six letters from Friesz to his wife Andree, written while on painting trips as well as in Paris. They provide detailed information about financial affairs, travel plans and work in progress. Several letters discuss Friesz's exhibitions in the United States (1938), while others express the artist's anxiety over the political situation in Germany (1934). Ca. thirty letters, many illustrated, are addressed to, among others, Leon Pedron, Andre Salmon, the critic Fritz Vanderpyl, Georges Iackowski, and Louis Vauxcelles. One detailed letter to "Noel" describes a series of paintings on the theme of aviation. Also included are: An essay about tradition in art in the form of a letter to Jakob Rosenberg; a 2 p. response to an enquete in which he names the major movements in French art and gives their social origins and impacts; a signed statement on theater decoration; two manuscript essays and several pages of notes on painting; a draft of a speech delivered to the Carnegie Foundation entitled "Sur le Fauvisme;" and a photograph of an installation.

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Friesz, Achille-Emile-Othon, 1879-1949

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French painter. From the description of Letters, notes and essays, ca. 1905-1939. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84436941 ...

Pedron, Leon.

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Vanderpyl, Fritz-René 1876-1965

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Salmon, André, 1881-1969

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French poet, novelist and art critic. From the description of Letters sent, 1918-1935, n.d. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83749600 From the description of Critique des critiques--Dadaïsme, ca. 1919. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81478926 ...

Vauxcelles, Louis, 1870-1924.

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Iackowski, Georges.

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Rosenberg, Jakob, 1893-1980

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Jakob Rosenberg was curator of prints at the Fogg Art Museum. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1940-1970. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155899037 Rosenberg (1893-1980) taught fine arts at Harvard and was Curator of Print Department, Fogg Art Museum. From the description of Papers of Jakob Rosenberg, 1938-1978 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973331 German art historian primari...