William Suhr letters

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William Suhr letters

1927-1959

Correspondence.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8340316

Archives of American Art

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Suhr, William, 1896-1984

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William Suhr was born in Kreuzberg, Germany on March 31, 1896. His parents were U.S. citizens; his paternal grandfather had emmigrated to the United States from Germany in 1850. During his twenties Suhr's father went to Vienna seeking treatment for incipient deafness and to pursue his acting career. When he became completely deaf he gave up acting and stayed on in Germany. As a youth, Suhr acted in the same theatrical company as his mother. When he showed artistic promise as a teenager, he was a...

Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956

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Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958

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Epithet: art historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x0002d7 Valentiner was a museum director, writer, and art historian. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany. Director, Detroit Institute of Art, 1924-1946, Director-Consultant, Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1946-1954, Director, J. Paul Getty Museum, Santa Monica, Calif., 1954, Director, North Carolina Museum of Art, 1955-1958. Editor, Art ...