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Artist:

Leonard Wells Volk, 1828 - 1895  Search this

Sitter:

Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865  Search this

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

22 x 20.8 x 15cm (8 11/16 x 8 3/16 x 5 7/8")

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1860?

Topic:

Mask\Life mask  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Male  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara

Object number:

CA230007

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f8763555-a83f-4093-a67f-f01986d35075

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_CA230007

Artist:

Leonard Wells Volk, 1828 - 1895  Search this

Sitter:

Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865  Search this

Medium:

Plaster with black patina

Dimensions:

43cm x 25cm x 27cm (16 15/16" x 9 13/16" x 10 5/8"), Estimate

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1862

Topic:

Abraham Lincoln: Male  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara

Object number:

CA230008

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm495990e0e-1a5d-46fa-a16c-3df54044d56b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_CA230008

Artist:

Leonard Wells Volk, 1828 - 1895  Search this

Sitter:

Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865  Search this

Medium:

Plaster

Dimensions:

79cm x 63cm x 33cm (31 1/8" x 24 13/16" x 13"), Estimate

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

c. 1860-95

Topic:

Abraham Lincoln: Male  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara

Object number:

CA230009

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm405d8ffc0-bfe1-457c-8ba5-adb38644b35d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_CA230009

Artist:

John Rogers, 30 Oct 1829 - 26 Jul 1904  Search this

Sitter:

Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant, 27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885  Search this

Edwin McMasters Stanton, 19 Dec 1814 - 24 Dec 1869  Search this

Medium:

Probably plaster

Dimensions:

62cm x 41.5cm x 40cm (24 7/16" x 16 5/16" x 15 3/4"), Estimate

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1861-1904

Topic:

Abraham Lincoln: Male  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Military and Intelligence\Soldier  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Surveyor  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\State Senator\Illinois  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Politics and Government\Government official\Postmaster  Search this

Abraham Lincoln: Crafts and Trades\Boat builder  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Male  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War army officer  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Politics and Government\President of US  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Grant: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Edwin McMasters Stanton: Male  Search this

Edwin McMasters Stanton: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this

Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\US Attorney General  Search this

Edwin McMasters Stanton: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara

Object number:

CA230010

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm440d6575d-c0bb-4dfe-b98d-9f242ef433b8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_CA230010

Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2023-06-01T17:32:06.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

YouTube Channel:

americanartmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_3nodLcQkBCU

Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2022-06-22T14:20:37.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

YouTube Channel:

americanartmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_UVwnlfxSAVA

Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-11-06T15:07:29.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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americanartmuseum

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

YouTube Channel:

americanartmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_YfZInL_X4wk

Creator:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2014-01-28T17:18:22.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

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FreerSackler

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

YouTube Channel:

FreerSackler

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_fCUkH1d7agw

Painter:

Obata, Chiura 1885-1975  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor on silk

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Topaz Museum 55 West Main Street Delta Utah 84624

Date:

1943

Topic:

Landscape--Utah  Search this

Landscape--Time--Night  Search this

Landscape--Celestial--Moon  Search this

Landscape--Road  Search this

Landscape--Mountain  Search this

Architecture exterior  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Control number:

IAP 8G010057

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_475187

Creator:

Fine, Jud  Search this

McCarren, Barbara  Search this

Extent:

16.7 Linear feet

0.345 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Interviews

Date:

circa 1968-2009

Summary:

The papers of sculptors Jud Fine and Barbara McCarren measure 16.7 linear feet and 0.345 Gigabytes, and date from circa 1968-2009. The majority of the collection falls into project files, with other series including correspondence, writings, personal business, printed material, photographic material, and artwork.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of sculptors Jud Fine and Barbara McCarren measure 16.7 linear feet and 0.345 Gigabytes, and date from circa 1968-2009. The majority of the collection falls into project files, with other series including correspondence, writings, personal business, printed material, photographic material, and artwork.

Correspondence is mostly professional in nature and is largely from Jud Fine's early career in the late sixties through the 1970s. There is also come McCarren/Fine correspondence starting in the 1990s as well as some correspondence regarding Barbara McCarren's solo career.

The writings series is comprised primarily of Jud Fine's writing practice associated with his earlier career, including notes and journal entries, lectures by Fine, as well as manuscripts for catalog essays and artist publications, an interview from 1984, and writings on Fine by others.

The personal business series includes exhibition files as well as gallery files containing sale and consignment paperwork, as well as daily business of the studio, primarily pertaining to Jud Fine's earlier career, with some documents pertaining to Barbara McCarren's solo career from the 1990s on.

Project files document various public art works and commissions taken on or applied for by McCarren/Fine, as well as solo projects that date before and after their formal collaboration in 1996. These documents include correspondence, contracts, reports, meeting minutes, renderings and other plans, notes, photographic material and research material, some of which is in digital formats.

Printed material includes various promotional materials for McCarren/Fine and solo projects for Barbara McCarren and Jud Fine, as well as a graphic design magazine publication, and a monographic catalog for a Jud Fine exhibition from 1974. Photographic material includes miscellaneous snapshots and snapshot albums, some of Fine and McCarren, in the studio and with artist friends, as well as an untitled album with study images of a strelitzia plant.

Artwork includes a single, unsigned painted work on canvas that has been cut awat from the frame or support.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as seven series:

Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1970-2001 (0.5 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 2: Writings, circa 1968-2003 (0.5 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 3: Personal Business, circa 1969-2001 (1 Linear foot: Box 2)

Series 4: Project Files, circa 1988-2009 (14.4 Linear feet: Boxes 2-20; Oversize 21; 0.345 Gigabytes: ER0001-ER0005)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1974-1992 (0.2 Linear feet: Box 16)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1970s-2000 (0.1 Linear feet: Box 16)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1980s (1 Folder: Box 16)

Biographical / Historical:

Jud Fine (1944- ) is a sculptor and educator in Venice, California, as well as former director of the University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts. Jud Fine is married to fellow artist, sculptor and installation artist Barbara McCarren (1958-), born in Washington, D.C., and they maintain a studio where they work on projects and commissions both individually and collaboratively.

Born in Los Angeles, Fine received a BA in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara. With a limited artwork portfolio he was lucky enough to be accepted into the Masters of Fine Arts program at Cornell University. Fine's reputation as an artist took hold firmly in the late 1960s and early 1970s, becoming particularly well known for sculpture and mixed media drawings, which established a recognizable style and conceptual framework. He has been represented by Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York City since 1972. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions internationally at institutions including Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Chicago Art Institute, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Guggenheim Museum, New York, Yale University Art Museum, Museum Stuki, Poland, University of Sidney, Power Art Institute, Australia and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Art, Moscow. McCarren received her bachelors of arts degree at UCLA in1980 and would meet Fine during work towards her masters of fine arts at USC in 1986. After nearly a decade of pursuing solo career opportunities including public art commissions, they decided to join forces making collaborative project proposals as McCarren Fine.

As Mccarren/Fine they have executed several works including Waterline a two square block mixed use development in Huntington Beach, CA, Split Mound for the San Francisco Zoo, Mais a 23-acre interactive park in Long beach, CA, Modestopo, the civic center plaza for the City of Modesto and Stanislaus County, CA and both the Central Library and Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles. Beyond public art commissions, their collaboration has extended to their studio practice, with collaborative exhibitions including a 2002 show in Bangkok, Thailand, that was later expanded with new work for the 2005 show, Currency, at Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York. Together McCarren/Fine have completed around thirty public work projects, and numerous studio projects.

Provenance:

Donated in 2022 by Jud Fine and Barbara McCarren.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Educators -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Installation artists -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Topic:

Public art -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Citation:

Jud Fine and Barbara McCarren papers, circa 1968-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.finejud

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c608732e-9329-442c-a514-56242b3018e9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-finejud

Container:

Box 32 of 87

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-001, Warren M. Robbins Papers

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Warren M. Robbins Papers / Series 5: Subject and Information Files, 1927-2005 / Box 32

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-sia-fa11-001-refidd1e15073

Creator:

Wudl, Tom, 1948-  Search this

Type:

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Tom Wudl papers, 1918-2022, bulk 1968-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Figurative painting, American  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)22128

AAA_collcode_wudltom

Theme:

Diaries

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_22128

Creator:

Wudl, Tom, 1948-  Search this

Extent:

7.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Date:

1918-2022

bulk 1968-2015

Summary:

The papers of California artist Tom Wudl measure 7.3 linear feet and date from 1918-2021 with the bulk dating from 1968-2015. The collection is comprised of biographical material, correspondence, personal business records, writings, teaching materials, printed material, photographic material, and artwork. Some material is in digital formats.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of California artist Tom Wudl (1948- ) measure 7.3 linear feet and date from 1918-2021, with the bulk from 1968-2015. Biographical material includes written biographies, curricula vitae,and resumes, award certificates, and immigration paperwork from Wudl's parents' journeys from Vienna and Cochabamba, Bolivia. Correspondence is both professional and personal in nature, including many cards and letters from students, as well as some letters from museums and galleries. Personal business records include exhibition files and documents relating to the functioning of Wudl's studio including, grants, donations, sales and consignments, as well as print production. Writings include artist statements and autiobiographical essays, journals and notebooks, as well as lecture materials and writings by others on Wudl's work, and proposals for exhibitions.

Teaching materials include syllabi and lesson plans, as well as student writing assignments. Also included are planning documents from trips taken with students from Wudl's private teaching practice. Printed material includes announcements, invitations, reviews and catalogs from Wudl's exhibitions, in addition to other artists who Wudl admired, including former students. Also included are artist books inscribed to Wudl and a subject file on Buddhism. Photographic material includes snapshots and other photographs used as source material for Wudl's paintings, as well as photographs of family and friends including Wudl's early childhood in Bolivia. Also included are slides and transparencies of Wudl's artwork, many organized by his gallery LA Louver. Artwork includes a number of sketchbooks and loose drawings, as well as photographs used in artwork by Wudl and photographic artworks by other artists, as well as illustrations for a children's book from 1992, and giclee prints from 2008. Some material is in digital format.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as eight series:

Series 1: Biographical Material , circa 1918-2013 (0.1 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1970s-2020 (1 Linear foot: Boxes 1-2)

Series 3: Personal Business Records, circa 1980-2017 (0.5 Linear feet: Box 2, 8)

Series 4: Writing, circa 1965-2019 (1.2 Linear feet: Boxes 2-3)

Series 5: Teaching Files, circa 1984-2013 (0.3 Linear feet: Boxes 3-4)

Series 6: Printed Material , circa 1968-2020 (1.5 Linear feet: Boxes 4-5, 8)

Series 7: Photographic Material, circa 1950-2015 (1.8 Linear feet: Boxes 5-8)

Series 8: Artwork, circa 1967-2008 (0.9 Linear feet: Boxes 7-8)

Series 9: Unprocessed Born-Digital Media (1 folder: Box7)

Biographical / Historical:

Tom Wudl (1948- ) is an artist and educator living in Los Angeles, California. Wudl was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia as the son of two industrious Jewish exiles who fled persecution in Vienna and would run several businesses including a textile factory and a dairy company. He dedicated his pursuits to becoming an artist even before the family relocated to Los Angeles with his family at age ten, and was determined to quickly learn English. Wudl received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Chouinard Art Institute, but credits the rest of his art education with extensive travel in Europe and Japan. Wudl is associated with the resurgence of figurative painting in the 1980s, and his subject matter is often inspired by his keen interest in Buddhism. Wudl showed with a number of galleries before finding representation with LA Louver in Venice, CA in the 1980s, a relationship that would endure his entire career. Wudl has exhibited his work in museums and galleries nationally and internationally, including Documenta 5 at Kassel; Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, and Nagoya City Museum in Japan; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Art; Pasadena Art Museum; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He taught painting and art history at various schools in the eighties and nineties including the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena; UCLA; UC Irvine; UC Santa Barbara; Claremont College; and Otis College of Art and Design, and eventually established a private teaching practice operating from his studio. Public collections featuring Wudl's work include Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds a 2019 November 22-24 oral history interview and a 2020 July 15 oral history interview with Tom Wudl.

Provenance:

Donated in 2022 by Tom Wudl.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

The donor has retained all intellectual property rights, including copyright, that they may own.

Occupation:

Painters -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Educators -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Topic:

Figurative painting, American  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Tom Wudl papers, 1918-2021, bulk 1968-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.wudltom

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Tom Wudl papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c28a6693-cd45-4403-9d51-b0e8d46e691b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wudltom

Creator:

Langsner, Jules, 1911-1967  Search this

Names:

Art Institute of Chicago  Search this

Art in America  Search this

California Watercolor Society  Search this

Ford Foundation  Search this

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts  Search this

International Association of Art Critics  Search this

Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New York Times  Search this

Pasadena Art Museum  Search this

Santa Barbara Museum of Art  Search this

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Search this

University of Southern California -- Faculty  Search this

Adams, Clinton, 1918-2002  Search this

Brice, William, 1921-  Search this

Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978  Search this

Feldman, Eddy  Search this

Fogg, Adelaide  Search this

Guston, Musa  Search this

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980  Search this

Harwood, June  Search this

Kadish, Reuben, 1913-1992  Search this

Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964  Search this

Lundeberg, Helen, 1918-  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973  Search this

Perls, Frank, 1910-1975  Search this

Ray, Julie  Search this

Ray, Man, 1890-1976  Search this

Turnbull, William, 2002  Search this

Extent:

4.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Articles

Sound recordings

Essays

Lectures

Drafts (documents)

Manuscripts

Poems

Date:

circa 1910s-1998

bulk 1950-1967

Summary:

The papers of southern California contemporary art curator, critic, and historian Jules Langsner measure 4.4 linear feet and date from circa 1910s-1998, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1950-1967. Found within the papers are biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues; writings normal="1941"> travel, and works of art; and audio recordings of Langsner's lectures and eulogies given at his funeral.

Scope and Contents note:

The papers of southern California contemporary art curator, critic, and historian Jules Langsner measure 4.4 linear feet and date from circa 1910s-1998, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1950-1967. Found within the papers are biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, and colleagues; writings by Langsner; exhibition files; printed materials; photographs of Langsner, others, travel, and works of art; and audio recordings of Langsner's lectures and eulogies given at his funeral.

Biographical materials consist of an address book and file, committee files, scattered financial statements, and documents related to the Ford Foundation and other foundations, teaching, and traveling.

The 0.9 linear feet of correspondence is of both a personal and professional nature. A significant portion of the correspondence is between Langsner and publications for which he wrote such as Art News, the New York Times, Meridian Books, Craft Horizons, Art International, and Art in America; galleries and museums where he lectured or curated exhibitions including the Art Institute of Chicago, California Water Color Society, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pasadena Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, and the Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor; colleges and organizations where he taught or was involved with such as the Graham Foundation, University of Southern California, International Association of Art Critics, and Ford Foundation; and artists that he worked with or knew personally including Rico Lebrun, William Turnbull, Man & Julie Ray, Lorser Feitelson, Helen Lundeberg, Adelaide Fogg, and Clinton Adams.

Letters to June Harwood were written while Langsner was traveling in 1964 and 1965 and discuss his travels and their relationship which culminated in marriage in Italy in 1965.

Among the 2.8 linear feet of the writings of Jules Langsner are articles for Art News, Art in America, Art International, Arts & Architecture, Aware, Beverly Hills Times, Craft Horizons, Creative Crafts, Goya Revista De Arte, Yomiuri, and Zodiac. There are also essays, lectures, poems, drafts, notes, jottings of ideas, proposals and published and unpublished manuscripts. There are drafts and unpublished versions of "Painting in the Modern World", and numerous other essays on contemporary art. There are also extensive handwritten notes on his travels, Asian art, European art, and other subjects.

Exhibition files concern "Black and White" (1958), "California Hard-Edge Painting" (1964), the Man Ray Exhibition (1966), and the William Turnbull Exhibition (1966).

Printed materials include miscellaneous flyers, brochures, and news bulletins, and press releases.

Photographs are of people, places, works of art, and exhibitions. There are photographs of Jules Langsner, June Harwood, Philip Guston, Musa Guston, William Brice, Eddy Feldman, Rube Kadish, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Frank Perls, and unidentified individual people and groups. Photographs of Langsner's travels are of Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and other locations. Photographs of exhibitions include California Art Club, "Black and White," "California Painters & Sculptors, 35 & Under," and unidentified exhibitions. Photographs of works of art are by William Turnbull, Jack Zajac, Walter Mix, Marion Aldrich, Roger Majorowicz, and Jasper Johns.

Audio recordings include four untranscribed 7" reel-to-reel audio recordings and one cassette tape. The reel-to-reel tapes are of two lectures by Langsner, You & Art/Berlin Party, and of eulogies given at Langsner's funeral by Clement Greenberg, Henry Seldis, Peter Selz, Richard Brown, Donald Brewer, Tom Leavitt, Lorser Feitelson, Sam Francis, June Wayne, Gifford Phillips, and others. The cassette tape is a copy of eulogies.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged as 7 series. Photographs are arranged by subject, otherwise each series is generally arranged chronologically.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1957-circa 1960s (Box 1; 9 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1948-1998 (Boxes 1-2; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, 1934-circa 1960s (Boxes 2-4; 2.8 linear feet)

Series 4: Exhibition Files, 1919, circa 1958-1966 (Box 4; 4 folders)

Series 5: Printed Materials, circa 1960s (Box 5; 2 folders)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1910s-1960s (Box 5; 0.25 linear feet)

Series 7: Audio Recordings, 1954-1967 (Box 5; 0.25 linear feet)

Biographical/Historical note:

Jules Langsner (1911-1967) worked primarily in the Los Angeles area as a contemporary art critic, historian, and curator. He curated several seminal exhibitions of contemporary art, including the 1959-1960 show "Four Abstract Classicists" featuring the work of Southern California artists Lorser Feitelson, Karl Benjamin, Frederick Hammersley, and John McLaughlin.

Born Julius Harold Langsner in New York City on May 5, 1911, his family moved to Ontario, California in 1922. The family lived on a farm and opened the Paradise Health Resort which was run by Langsner's father, chiropractor Isadore Langsner, and was popular in Jewish and intellectual circles. In Ontario, Langsner became friends with three of the Pollack family sons, Jackson, Frank, and Sanford, as well as Philip Guston, Reuben Kadish, Leonard Stark, and Don Brown as a teenager. Guston, Kadish, and Jackson Pollock were later mentored by Lorser Feitelston which helped to foster in Langsner an interest in avant-garde painting.

Langsner went on to study philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. In the early 1940s, Langsner married and had a son, Drew Langsner. He divorced in 1946. In 1944, he enlisted in the United States Army and served as a psychiatric social worker and psychologist during World War II in the United States.

Art & Architecture magazine was the first to publish Langsner's art criticism in 1948. Throughout the 1950s and 60s his work was published widely in Art & Architecture as well as Art News, Art in America, Craft Horizons, Beverly Hills Times, Zodiac, and others. Langsner wrote extensively about art history in both published and unpublished manuscripts, including Painting in the Modern World which he worked on until his death. Additionally, he taught art history classes at the Chouinard Art Institute and University of Southern California and lectured for a variety of organizations and occasions.

Langsner curated several influential exhibitions in southern California, including the "Four Abstract Classicists" exhibition for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1959 and in whose catalog he and Peter Selz coined the term "Hard-Edge painting." He curated the first full-scale retrospective of Man Ray in the United States at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1966.

Langsner received a grant from the Ford Foundation in 1964 that allowed him to travel throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Europe for a year studying regional art and architecture. He wrote notes on his travels and corresponded frequently with June Harwood, a Hard-Edge painter, whom he married in Italy in 1965.

Jules Langsner died unexpectedly of a heart attack on September 29, 1967, in Los Angeles.

Related Archival Materials note:

The papers of Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg at the Archives of American Art contain a significant amount of writings by Jules Langsner, including exhibition catalog essays.

Papers of Jules Langsner, 1941-1967, are also located at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Provenance:

The Jules Langsner papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in several installments from 1973-1996, and in 2004 by June Harwood Langsner, widow of Jules Langsner. Notes for a lecture given at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1966 and 39 pieces of correspondence were donated in 1982 by the University of California Art Library, Los Angeles, via Librarian Virginia Steele.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Art critics -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Art historians -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Painting, Abstract -- California  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art criticism  Search this

Curators -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Articles

Sound recordings

Essays

Lectures

Drafts (documents)

Manuscripts

Poems

Citation:

Jules Langsner papers, circa 1910s-1998, bulk 1950-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.langjule

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Jules Langsner papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96ca20c0c-5a91-42e5-9ff4-d5217f7fd266

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-langjule

Landscape architect:

Hanson, A. E. (Archibald Elexis)  Search this

Creator:

Webber, Staunton, & Spaulding A.  Search this

Names:

Lloyd, Harold, 1893-1971  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Books

Place:

California -- Beverly Hills

United States of America -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Beverly Hills

Date:

1932.

General:

Photo of owner, comedian Harold Lloyd, taken approx. two years after garden was completed.

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Collection Rights:

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Topic:

Walkways  Search this

Stairs  Search this

Water stairs  Search this

Flower beds  Search this

Urns  Search this

Villas  Search this

Palms  Search this

Walls (building)  Search this

Men  Search this

Genre/Form:

Books

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item CA157039

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / California / CA157: Beverly Hills -- Greenacres

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69d41f761-82e8-433a-b5f9-c52c87f674c9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref24589

Landscape architect:

Cook, Wilber David  Search this

Hanson, A. E. (Archibald Elexis)  Search this

Creator:

Hudson And Mumsell  Search this

Architect:

Murphy, Daniel  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

California -- Los Angeles

United States of America -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles

Date:

1932

General:

Olive walk garden. Architectural Drawings Collection, University Art Museum, U of Ca at Santa Barbara.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Spring  Search this

Water stairs  Search this

Containers  Search this

Walkways  Search this

Flower beds  Search this

Mosaics  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item CA166002

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / California / CA166: Los Angeles -- Secundo Guasti Villa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6aee34aeb-c40d-43c7-9005-146536a95555

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref24907

Landscape architect:

Cook, Wilber David  Search this

Hanson, A. E. (Archibald Elexis)  Search this

Creator:

Hudson And Mumsell  Search this

Architect:

Murphy, Daniel  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

California -- Los Angeles

United States of America -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles

Date:

1932

General:

Bottom of stairs. Architectural Drawings Collection, University Art Museum, U of Ca at Santa Barbara. Olive Walk Garden.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Spring  Search this

Walls (building)  Search this

Containers  Search this

Standard  Search this

Stairs  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Niches (Architecture)  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item CA166003

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / California / CA166: Los Angeles -- Secundo Guasti Villa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6d21c27d4-f6bf-434c-8072-db9f4ea15f71

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref24908

Landscape architect:

Cook, Wilber David  Search this

Hanson, A. E. (Archibald Elexis)  Search this

Creator:

Hudson And Mumsell  Search this

Architect:

Murphy, Daniel  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

California -- Los Angeles

United States of America -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles

Date:

1932

General:

Architectural Drawings Collection, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. 2 copies of this slide.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Spring  Search this

Fountains  Search this

Water stairs  Search this

Walkways  Search this

Stairs  Search this

Allées  Search this

Walls (building)  Search this

Trees  Search this

Shrubs  Search this

Ponds  Search this

Plants, Potted  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item CA166004

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / California / CA166: Los Angeles -- Secundo Guasti Villa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb691e17e2f-8bd9-4589-88ed-aa1bb58ffca3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref24909

Landscape architect:

Cook, Wilber David  Search this

Hanson, A. E. (Archibald Elexis)  Search this

Creator:

Hudson And Mumsell  Search this

Architect:

Murphy, Daniel  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

California -- Los Angeles

United States of America -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles

Date:

1932

General:

Architectural Drawings Collection, University Art Museum, U of Ca at Santa Barbara. Four grass panels with a lily pond in the center.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Spring  Search this

Gazebos  Search this

Walkways  Search this

Ponds  Search this

Lily ponds  Search this

Hedges  Search this

Aquatic plants  Search this

Flower beds  Search this

Formal gardens  Search this

Edging (inorganic)  Search this

Bridges  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item CA166005

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / California / CA166: Los Angeles -- Secundo Guasti Villa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6a58c1520-4412-4aa1-ad49-5c255788426d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref24910

Landscape architect:

Cook, Wilber David  Search this

Hanson, A. E. (Archibald Elexis)  Search this

Creator:

Hudson And Mumsell  Search this

Architect:

Murphy, Daniel  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

California -- Los Angeles

United States of America -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles

Date:

1932

General:

Architectural Drawings Collection, University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara. Mosaic pebble work.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Spring  Search this

Ponds  Search this

Fountains  Search this

Retaining walls  Search this

Aquatic plants  Search this

Plants, Potted  Search this

Mosaics  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item CA166006

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / California / CA166: Los Angeles -- Secundo Guasti Villa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb64c29e373-1411-45ff-bd2f-44c93124a02e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref24911