Henry Botkin papers

Brice, Fanny, 1891-1951

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Fanny Brice was born in Manhattan on October 29, 1891. She began performing in burlesque in 1908; by 1910 she headlined Ziegfeld Follies. In the 1921 Follies, she was featured singing "My Man", which became both a big hit and her signature song. From the 1930s until her death in 1951, Fanny made a radio presence as a bratty toddler named Snooks. She was famously portrayed by Barbra Streisand in the stage musical Funny Girl. ...

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951

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Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg was born on Sept. 13, 1874 in Vienna; began composing before he was nine years old; composed the string sextet Verklärte Nacht (1899), which he later scored for string orchestra, and became one of his most popular works; Austrian composers Alban Berg and Anton Webern began studying with him in 1904; his cantata Gurrelieder (begun in 1900) was received enthusiastically at its premiere in 1913; by 1909 he began creating atonal compositions, and in his Opus 25 Piano S...

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983

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Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his brother George Gershwin to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. Born in Brooklyn, the oldest of four children. It was not until 1924 that Ira and George teamed up to write the music for what became their first Broadway hit Lady, Be Good. Some of their more famous works include "The Man I Love", "Fascinating Rhythm", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "I Got Rhythm" and "They Can't Take That A...

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

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George Gershwin was a composer and pianist; his best-known works are Rhapsody in Blue (1924), An American in Paris (1928), "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". Gershwin moved to Hollywood and composed numerous film scores. He died in 1937 of a malignant brain tumor....

Mocsanyi, Paul

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Shadbolt, Jack, 1909-1998

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Jack Shadbolt was born in England and emigrated to Victoria, B.C. In the 1930s he taught art in the public schools in B.C., and later studied art in London Paris. He began teaching at the Vancouver School of Art in the 1940s, and at the same time pursued the development of his own painting and writing. In 1948 he attended the Art Students' League in New York where he developed his interest in abstract modern art. Shadbolt taught many art workshops, and travelled widely throughout the world. His ...

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988

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Sculptor; New York, N.Y.; d. 1988. From the description of A Conversation with Louise Nevelson, 1980 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123419967 Sculptor; interviewee d.1988. From the description of Reminiscences of Louise Nevelson : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419737 Sculptor (New York, N.Y.) Died in 1988. From the description of Louise Nevelson interviews, 1964 Ju...

Gross, Chaim, 1904-

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Chaim Gross, 1904-1991, sculptor of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Chaim Gross, 1981 May 26- 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397029 Sculptor, New York, N.Y. Died 1991. From the description of Chaim Gross interviews, 1981 May 26-May 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220182061 Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Died 1991. From the description of Chaim Gross interview, 1964 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...

Motherwell, Robert

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Abstract expressionist painter. Close friend of Baziotes. From the description of Robert Motherwell postcard to William Baziotes, 1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557368 Robert Motherwell, 1915-1991, painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Motherwell, 1981 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401238 Painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1915; d. 1991. From the description of Robert Motherwell in...

Gallery 256 (Provincetown, Mass.)

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Brice, William, 1921-2008

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American Abstract Artists

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Art association; New York, N.Y. From the description of Abstract art around the world today : transcript, 1954 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557525 From the description of Abstract art around the world today, 1954 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477568 Organized in 1936 by a group of artists interested in abstract painting and sculpture. Its chief function is the holding of exhibitions. Former presidents include Alice Trumbull Mason, Leo Rabk...

Siqueiros, David Alfaro

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David Alfaro Siqueiros was a leading member of the Mexican muralist movement and a technical innovator of fresco and wall painting. His ideological differences with Diego Rivera attracted much attention in the 1930s. From the description of David Alfaro Siqueiros papers, 1920-1991, bulk 1930-1936. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80149112 ...

Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970

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Painter, writer; New York City. From the description of Barnett Newman papers, 1943-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81461322 ...

Godowsky, Frances Gershwin

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Botkin, Henry Albert, 1896-1983

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Henry Botkin (1896-1983) was an American abstract, modern and expressionist painter and illustrator; he was known for his figure-views, still lifes, and non-objective paintings. He was active in artistic circles, served as president of four major art organizations (Artists Equity Association, American Abstract Artists, Group 256 Provincetown, and Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors), and in 1955 organized the first exhibition of American abstract art at the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo,...

Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975

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Benjamin A. Botkin was born in 1901 in Boston, Mass. He began Harvard at age 15, graduating magna cum laude at 19, and earned a MA in English literature from Columbia. He then taught english at the University of Oklahoma before studying with folklore scholar Louise Pound at the University of Nebraska where he received a Ph.D. in 1931. In 1937, Botkin accepted a position as the national folklore editor for the Federal Writers' Project. He also served as the co-founder and chairman of the WPA Join...

Artists Equity Association

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Putnam, Wallace, 1899-1989

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Wallace Putnam, b. 1899, Painter, writer, lithographer, and draftsman of Yorktown Heights, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Wallace Putnam, 1982 Aug. 13-20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007161 Painter, writer, lithographer, and draftsman; Yorktown Heights, N.Y. From the description of Wallace Putnam papers, 1914-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80506415 From the description of Wallace Putnam interview, 1982 Aug. 13-20. (U...

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973

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Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon...

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966

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Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) was a painter and teacher in Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Hans Hofmann papers, [ca. 1904]-1978 (bulk 1945-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82551474 Painter, teacher. From the description of Hans Hofmann letter to Mrs. Spingarn, 1938 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389762 Biography Hans Hofmann created a distinctive primordial world of color and l...

Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971

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Painter. From the description of Karl Knaths interview, 1962 Aug. 2 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80242439 From the description of Oral history interview with Karl Knaths, 1962 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026559 Painter; Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Karl Knaths lecture, 1968 Aug. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84559262 Painter, printmaker, educator; Cape Cod, Mass. Die...

Rattner, Abraham

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Kramer is an assemblage artist and sculptor. Abraham Rattner (1895-1978) was a painter in New York, N.Y. His 2nd wife, Esther Gentle, was also a painter. From the description of Abraham and Esther Rattner letter to Helen Kroll Kramer, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77961303 Abraham Rattner (1893-1978) was a painter, mosaicist, and stained glass artist from Paris, France and New York, N.Y. Studied art and architecture...

Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors

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Art organization; New York, N.Y. From the description of New directions in American painting and sculpture, 1960 Apr. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502730 Art association; New York, N.Y. Founded 1940 as an alternative to the Artists' Congress. From the description of Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors records, 1940-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291598 ...

Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986

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Harold Arlen, composer was born in Buffalo, New York in 1905. He composed the music for such well-known songs as: "Over the Rainbow", "Stormy Weather", "That Old Black Magic", and "Blues in the Night". Among his collaborators were: E. Y. Harburg, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Fields and Leo Robbin. From the guide to the Harold Arlen papers, 1947-1967, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Harold Arlen, composer. From the description o...

Robus, Hugo, 1885-1964

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Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Died in 1964. From the description of Hugo Robus papers, 1898-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502555 ...

Von Wicht, John, 1888-1970

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Painter, craftsperson, sculptor; Brooklyn, N.Y. Born in Malente-Holstein, Germany. WPA artist. From the description of John Von Wicht papers, 1950-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133018 ...

Laurent, Toinette Botkin.

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Hasegawa, Saburō 1908-

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