Peter Fingesten papers

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Peter Fingesten papers

1936-1988

Biographical material, correspondence, writings, teaching material, photographs, printed material, and a scrapbook.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8340140

Archives of American Art

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Fingesten, Michel, 1884-1943

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Fingesten, Peter

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Sculptor, graphic artist, and educator. Born 1916. Died 1987. Born Berlin, Germany. Emigrated to the United States in 1939. Founded the Pace University Art Department in 1950 and served as chairman until 1986. From the description of Peter Fingesten papers, 1936-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122617 ...

Ahsen, Akhter

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Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967

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An abstract painter considered influential in the development of Minimalism. Though a contemporary of the Abstract Expressionists, he rejected biomorphism and developed paintings based on geometry, specifically grids, often using a single color in gradations. His last works were a series of all-black canvases. From the Getty's Union List of Artist Names record...

Pace University. Art Dept.

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