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Ernst Scheyer papers, 1924-1972

Creator:
Scheyer, Ernst, 1900-1985  Search this
Subject:
Feininger, Lyonel  Search this
Mann, Thomas  Search this
Mann, Erika  Search this
Richardson, Edgar Preston  Search this
Sepeshy, Zoltan  Search this
Churchill, Maria  Search this
Churchill, Alfred Vance  Search this
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow  Search this
Feininger, Julia  Search this
Feininger, T. Lux  Search this
Einstein, Elsa  Search this
Werner, Fred  Search this
Citation:
Ernst Scheyer papers, 1924-1972. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Art -- Study and teaching -- United States  Search this
Painting, German  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9100
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211294
AAA_collcode_scheerns
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211294

Galka Scheyer papers, 1917-1945

Creator:
Scheyer, Galka E., 1889-1945  Search this
Subject:
Jawlensky, Alexej von  Search this
Kandinsky, Wassily  Search this
Klee, Paul  Search this
Le Corbusier  Search this
Léger, Fernand  Search this
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig  Search this
Moholy-Nagy, László  Search this
Rivera, Diego  Search this
Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl  Search this
Schoenberg, Arnold  Search this
Schwitters, Kurt  Search this
Segal, Arthur  Search this
Tamayo, Rufino  Search this
Varèse, Edgard  Search this
Weber, Max  Search this
Weston, Edward  Search this
Archipenko, Alexander  Search this
Arp, Jean  Search this
De Chirico, Giorgio  Search this
Duchamp, Marcel  Search this
Feininger, Julia  Search this
Feininger, Lyonel  Search this
Citation:
Galka Scheyer papers, 1917-1945. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Painting, German -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Germany -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Theme:
Patronage  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9101
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211295
AAA_collcode_schegalk
Theme:
Patronage
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211295

Galka Scheyer papers

Creator:
Scheyer, Galka E.  Search this
Names:
Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964  Search this
Arp, Jean, 1887-1966  Search this
De Chirico, Giorgio, 1888-  Search this
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968  Search this
Feininger, Julia  Search this
Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956  Search this
Jawlensky, Alexej von, 1864-1941  Search this
Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944  Search this
Klee, Paul, 1879-1940  Search this
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965  Search this
Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955  Search this
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969  Search this
Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946  Search this
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this
Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl, 1884-1976  Search this
Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951  Search this
Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948  Search this
Segal, Arthur, 1875-1944  Search this
Tamayo, Rufino, 1899-1991  Search this
Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965  Search this
Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958  Search this
Extent:
5 Reels (ca. 1200 items (on 5 partial microfilm reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Reels
Date:
1917-1945
Scope and Contents:
Papers relate mainly to the Blue Four and contain primarily correspondence; also business materials, photographs, essays, and printed materials.
REEL 1644: Correspondence with Lyonel Feininger and his wife Julia, mainly concerning personal matters, contemporary events in Europe and America, and Scheyer's efforts to establish the Blue Four's reputation on the west coast. Many letters are illustrated with Feininger block cuts.
REEL 1854: Letters from Feininger, Alexei Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee; typescripts of letters to members of the Blue Four; import declarations; a shipping invoice; a consular certificate for paintings; and price lists of works of art.
REEL 1905: Correpsondence documenting Scheyer's friendship with various artists associated with the Blue Four and her efforts to exhibit and sell their work. Important correpsondents include: Alexander Archipenko, Hans Arp, Giorgio de Chirico, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Klee, Le Corbusier, Fernand Leger, Carlos Merida, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Diego Rivera, Arthur Segal, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Arnold Schoenberg, Kurt Schwitters, Rufino Tamayo, Mies van der Rohe, Edgar Varese, Max Weber, and Edward Weston. Also included are miscellaneous photographs, essays, notes, and financial and printed materials.
REEL 2031-2032: Correspondence with Alexei Jawlensky and Wassily Kandinsky, including several illustrated letters; two photographs of interiors; a published article by Kandindsky, "Abstrakte Kunst," ca. 1925-1926; and price lists for works of art by Kandkinsky. Some letters are typescripts.
Biographical / Historical:
Art collector, dealer; b. 1889; d. 1945; Los Angeles, Calif. Scheyer worked to introduce the art of the Blue Four (Blaue Vier), Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, and Alexei Jawlensky, to American collectors.
Other Title:
Galka Scheyer Blue Four Archive.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming by Norton Simon Museum of Art, 1979-1980.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Painters -- United States  Search this
Art dealers -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Painting, German -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Germany -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.schegalk
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92583993e-a76d-478c-90b5-a46e40b71054
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-schegalk

Ernst Scheyer papers

Creator:
Scheyer, Ernst, 1900-1985  Search this
Names:
Churchill, Alfred Vance, 1864-1949  Search this
Churchill, Maria  Search this
Einstein, Elsa, 1876-1936  Search this
Feininger, Julia  Search this
Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956  Search this
Feininger, T. Lux  Search this
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 1906-2001  Search this
Mann, Erika, 1905-1969  Search this
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955  Search this
Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985  Search this
Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974  Search this
Werner, Fred  Search this
Extent:
244 Items ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1924-1972
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence; lecture notes; photographs; clippings; and biographical material.
REEL 496: Correspondence, mostly 1949-1962, including letters from Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Frank Lloyd Wright, Thomas Mann, Erika Mann, Zoltan Sepeshy, Julia Feininger, T. Lux Feininger, E.P. Richardson, Mrs. Albert Einstein, Fred Werner, major German museums, and others; lecture notes from Scheyer's art history classes; poetry translated from Dutch to English; photographs; clippings; and biographical material.
REEL 3471: Letters from family and friends of Lyonel Feininger for a biography of him by Scheyer. Correspondents include Julia Feininger, T. Lux Feininger, H. Francis Kortheuer, Maria and Alfred Churchill, Dayrell Kortheuer, and others. Also included is a letter from Scheyer to the Smithsonian Institution discussing his collection of works by the "Blue Four," and asking to exhibit and lecture on the group at the Smithsonian.
Biographical / Historical:
Ernst Scheyer (1900-1995) was an art historian of Detroit, Mich. Scheyer wrote extensively on his friend and artist, Lyonel Feininger. He was a proponent of the art of the German Expressionist and abstract art group, the Blue Four (Blaue Vier), whose members were Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, and Alexei Jawlensky.
Provenance:
Material on reel 496 was lent for microfilming in 1973 by Ernst Scheyer. The material on reel 3471, except a letter to the Smithsonian, was donated by Scheyer, in 1965. The letter to the Smithsonian on reel 3471 was transferred from the National Museum of American Art in 1981.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm.
Occupation:
Art historians  Search this
Painters -- Germany  Search this
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Art -- Study and teaching -- United States  Search this
Painting, German  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.scheerns
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95b8d9917-f445-4eba-b4c4-8eeeadb237da
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-scheerns

The blue four : Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Paul Klee : Galka E. Scheyer Collection / Pasadena Art Museum

Author:
Pasadena Art Museum  Search this
Subject:
Feininger, Lyonel 1871-1956  Search this
Jawlensky, Alexej von 1864-1941  Search this
Kandinsky, Wassily 1866-1944  Search this
Klee, Paul 1879-1940  Search this
Scheyer, Galka E Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
[32] p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Pasadena, Calif
Date:
1954
[1954?]
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Art--Catalogs  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 P27
N6868.5.E9P27
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_91319

The Blue Four and German expressionism, March 10-April 21, 1974; a fiftieth anniversary exhibition commemorating the group's founding in Weimar during 1924, plus work by other artists active in Germany between 1905 and 1930. [Catalogue

Author:
Allentown Art Museum  Search this
Physical description:
42 p. illus. (part col.) 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Germany
Date:
1974
1974]
20th century
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Art, German  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 A44 1974X
N6868.5.E9A44 1974X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_44018

Galka E. Scheyer & the Blue Four : Correspondence 1924-1945 / edited and introduced by Isabel Wünsche

Author:
Wünsche, Isabel  Search this
Scheyer, Galka E  Search this
Subject:
Scheyer, Galka E  Search this
Feininger, Lyonel 1871-1956  Search this
Jawlensky, Alexej von 1864-1941  Search this
Kandinsky, Wassily 1866-1944  Search this
Klee, Paul 1879-1940  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 380 p. : ill., (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Correspondence
Place:
Germany
Date:
2006
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Artists  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 .G2413 2006
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_812149

The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection, Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena / edited by Sara Campbell

Author:
Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena  Search this
Abdo, Sara Campbell 1941-  Search this
Subject:
Scheyer, Galka E Art collections  Search this
Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena  Search this
Physical description:
159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Germany
Pasadena, Calif
Date:
1976
[1976]
20th century
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Art, German  Search this
Art  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 N67 1976X
N6868.5.E9N67 1976X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_79188

The Blue Four, Klee, Kandinsky, Feininger, Jawlensky : [exhibition] July 15th, Hamilton Galleries, London

Author:
Klee, Paul 1879-1940  Search this
Hamilton Galleries, London  Search this
Subject:
Feininger, Lyonel 1871-1956  Search this
Javlensky, Alexej von 1864-1941  Search this
Kandinsky, Wassily 1866-1944  Search this
Physical description:
[32] p. : ill. (some col.) 23 x 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Germany
Date:
[n.d.]
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9B6
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_100653

The Blue Four collection at the Norton Simon Museum / Vivian Endicott Barnett

Author:
Barnett, Vivian Endicott  Search this
Subject:
Scheyer, Galka E Art collections  Search this
Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena, Calif.)  Search this
Physical description:
496 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Exhibitions
Place:
Germany
California
Pasadena
Date:
2002
C2002
20th century
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Art, German  Search this
Art, Modern  Search this
Art  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 B376 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_706663

The Blue Four : Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Paul Klee, March 30-May 24, 1984

Author:
Leonard Hutton Galleries  Search this
Physical description:
78 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Germany
Date:
1984
C1984
20th century
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Art, German  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 B58 1984
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_653909

The Blue Four : Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Paul Klee : Los Angeles Museum, October, 1933 ..

Author:
Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art  Search this
Physical description:
1 folded sheet : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1933
[1933]
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 B58 1933 Sp. Coll
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_637168

Die Blaue Vier : Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Klee in der Neuen Welt / herausgegeben von Vivian Endicott Barnett und Josef Helfenstein

Author:
Barnett, Vivian Endicott  Search this
Helfenstein, Josef  Search this
Kunstmuseum Bern  Search this
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)  Search this
Physical description:
367 p. ill. (part col.) 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Germany
Date:
1997
C1997
20th century
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Art, German  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 B55 1997
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_641472

Die Blaue Vier : Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Klee in der neuen Welt / herausgegeben von Vivian Endicott Barnett und Josef Helfenstein ; mit Beiträgen von Vivian Endicott Barnett ... [et al.]

Author:
Barnett, Vivian Endicott  Search this
Helfenstein, Josef  Search this
Kunstmuseum Bern  Search this
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)  Search this
Subject:
Feininger, Lyonel 1871-1956  Search this
Jawlensky, Alexej von 1864-1941  Search this
Kandinsky, Wassily 1866-1944  Search this
Klee, Paul 1879-1940  Search this
Physical description:
367 p. ill. (some col.) 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Germany
Date:
1997
20th century
Topic:
Blaue Vier (Group of artists)  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Art, German  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 B53 1997
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_545309

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