This series includes letters written to William Gropper from 1916 until 1977, including some photocopies. Very few of William Gropper's responses are in this collection, which are mostly undated. There is also correspondence written by and to Sophie Gropper from 1980 to 1983. Notable correspondents include Louis Lozowick, Frank Crowninshield, Raphael Soyer, Robert Henri, and Frank Alvah Parsons. There are many letters from Ben Horowitz with the Heritage Gallery, which sold Gropper's art. Additionally, there are letters concerning William Gropper's participation in the Works Progress Administration. Correspondence from 1935 documents Gropper's contributions to Vanity Fair magazine before it ceased publication in 1936. Correspondence after Gropper's death is between his widow, Sophie Gropper and various museums, galleries, and publishers.
See Appendix for a list of selected correspondents from Series 5
Arrangement note:
Correspondence is arranged chronogically.
Appendix: Selected Correspondents from Series 5:
Although this index is not comprehensive, an effort has been made to highlight the major artists, museums and galleries with which William and Sophie Gropper corresponded.
Angelo, Emidio (artist): 1971; 1972
Ballot, Adele ( -- Vanity Fair -- magazine): 1935
Barr, Alfred H. Jr. (The Museum of Modern Art): 1936
Bliven, Bruce ( -- The New Republic -- ): 1936
Broadley, Hugh (Phoenix Art Museum): 1968
Bromfield, Innes ( -- Vanity Fair -- magazine): 1935
Butler, Joseph G. (Butler Institute of American Art): 1969
Cody, Bruce (Wisconsin State University): 1970
Conacher, Don (Galerie de Tours; Conacher Galleries): 1964; 1966; 1968
Constable, W. G. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston): 1941
Crowninshield, Frank ( -- Vanity Fair -- magazine): 1935; 1936
Dewitt, John (Department of the Interior): 1971
Doty, Robert M. (Whitney Museum of American Art): 1969
Dows, Olin (United States Treasury Department): 1936
Dreiser, Theodore (artist): 1934
Ealand, Maria (Federal Works Agency- Public Buildings Administration): 1939; 1940
Eastman, Crystal (The Liberator): 1919
Foley, Martha ( -- Story -- magazine): 1936
Force, Juliana (The Whitney Museum of American Art): 1939
Garson, Inez (Cornell University): 1964
Gibbs, Wolcott ( -- The New Yorker -- ): 1936
Gillette, Guy M. (United States Senator, Iowa): 1949
Gorney, Jay (ACA Galleries): 1975
Gould, Beatrice Blackman ( -- Ladies' Home Journal -- ): 1937
Gropper, Lance (grandson): 1969
Gross, Hilda (ACA Galleries): 1979
Harkavy, Susan (ACA Galleries): 1981
Hayes, Bartlett H. Jr. (Addison Gallery): 1964
Heintzelman, Arthur W. (Boston Public Library): 1953
Henri, Robert (artist): 1921
Hinchman, R. L. (Lord and Thomas Advertising): 1935
Hirsch, Joseph (National Academy of Design): 1972; 1973
Horowitz, Ben (Heritage Gallery): 1968-1976; 1982; undated
Hyman, Linda (ACA Galleries): 1981
Kainen, Jacob (National Collection of Fine Arts): 1969
Korn, Gail (Whitney Museum of American Art): 1967
Lamson, James Q. (Ohio University): 1973
Lerner, Abram (Hirshhorn Museum, New York): 1972
Lewis, John L. (United Mine Workers of America): 1936
Lozowick, Louis (artist): 1970-1973; undated
Malawer, Lisa (ACA Galleries): 1982
Mannes, Marya ( -- Vogue -- magazine): 1936
Meador, Philip L. (Galerie de Tours): 1964
McCabe, Cynthia (Hirshhorn Museum, New York): 1972
McGuire, Harry ( -- Ringmaster -- magazine): 1936
McLouth, Mildred (Berkeley Art Museum): 1931
Minnigerode, C. Powell (Corcoran Gallery of Art): 1943
Newman, Dorothy (M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum)
O'Conner, Francis V. (NCFA, Smithsonian Institution): 1970
Owen, William B. (United States Treasury Department): 1937
Palmer, William C. (Mural Painters Society): 1936
Parsons, Frank Alvah (New York School of Fine and Applied Art): 1916
Rhodes, Reilly P. (Canton Art Institute): 1971; 1972
Rogerson, Ann S. (Montclair Art Museum): 1969
Rowan, Edward B. (United States Treasury Department): 1935; 1937; 1939; 1941
Saint-Gaudens, Homer (Carnegie Institute): 1947
Schmeckebler, Laurence (Syracuse University): 1964
Schoener, Allon (Jewish Museum, New York): 1966
Sharkey, Alice (United States Treasury Department): 1936
Singer, Clyde (Butler Institute of American Art): 1973
Soby, James Thrall (The Museum of Modern Art): 1964
SoRelle, Jane (ACA Gallery, Rome): 1964
Soyer, Raphael (artist): 1947; 1970
Taylor, Francis Henry (The Museum of Modern Art): 1942
Tolley, William P. (Syracuse University): 1968
United States Treasury Department: 1935
Vanity Fair -- magazine: 1935
Valeska, S. (Valeska Art Studios): 1966
Watson, Forbes (United States Treasury Department): 1936; 1942
Winser, Beatrice (Newark Museum): 1935
Yasko, Karel (Public Buildings Service): 1969; 1971; 1977; undated
Young, Art (artist): 1934
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Collection Citation:
William Gropper papers, 1916-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art