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Albert Bloch papers

Creator:
Bloch, Albert  Search this
Names:
Bloch, Anna  Search this
Fehl, Philipp P.  Search this
Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944  Search this
Klee, Paul, 1879-1940  Search this
Klinker, Emmy  Search this
Marc, Franz, 1880-1916  Search this
Penney, James, 1910-1982  Search this
Sudlow, Robert  Search this
Extent:
17.9 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Sketches
Date:
1873-2014
Summary:
The papers of painter and educator Albert Bloch measure 17.9 linear feet and date from 1873 to 2014. The collection documents his career as an artist and university professor in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as his time in Munich, Germany, as part of the Blue Rider group of German Expressionists. The collection includes biographical material, extensive personal and professional correspondence, writings, personal business records, exhibition files, printed material, photographs, and artwork. Throughout the collection are records maintained by his widow Anna Bloch on the exhibition, sale, and research of Bloch's work after his death.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of painter and educator Albert Bloch measure 17.9 linear feet and date from 1873 to 2014. The collection documents his career as an artist and university professor in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as his time in Munich, Germany, as part of the Blue Rider group of German Expressionists. The collection includes biographical material, extensive personal and professional correspondence, writings, personal business records, exhibition files, printed material, photographs, and artwork. Throughout the collection are records maintained by his widow Anna Bloch on the exhibition, sale, and research of Bloch's work after his death.

Biographical material includes vital records, passports, chronologies, biographical summaries, family history documents, and bibliography files compiled by Anna Bloch. Correspondence is with family, friends, artists, art historians, students, museums, galleries, publishers, magazines, and others, and includes letters of both a personal and professional nature. Of note is Albert Bloch's correspondence with artists Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Emmy Klinker, Franz Marc, Philipp Fehl, and his students James Penney and Robert Sudlow.

Writings include poetry, lectures, essays, notes, and Bloch's translations of the writings of Austrian writer Karl Kraus. Included are many drafts of his book of poetry, Ventures in Verse: Selected Pieces. Also found are love notes between Albert and Anna Bloch. Writings by others include a few notebooks and loose notes by Anna Bloch, essays and lectures about Bloch's artwork, and poetry.

Personal business records include lists of artworks, price lists, sales records, and ownership records, and more recent records concerning artwork conservation; agreements, and consignment records with art galleries and dealers; and artwork shipping records, all maintained by Anna Bloch. Exhibition files are not comprehensive, and primarily document retrospective exhibitions of Bloch's artwork occurring after his death. Of note are records, including a scrapbook, for a 1997 retrospective at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Printed material includes exhibition publications, news clippings, magazines, journals, and photocopies of Bloch's work for The Mirror. Photographs depict Bloch in his home, studio, and with family and friends. Also found are many photographs of family and friends, artwork by Bloch, Blue Rider exhibition photographs taken by artist Gabriele Münter, and two photograph album "Record Books" that contain annotated photographs of his painting during the period that he lived in Germany. A small amount of artwork includes sketches by Bloch.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged as 8 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1873-1990s (0.4 Linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1912-2013 (6.2 Linear feet; Boxes 1-7)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1920s-1990s (3.9 Linear feet; Boxes 7-11)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1914-2014 (0.6 Linear feet; Box 11)

Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1939-2000 (0.7 Linear feet; Box 12, 19)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1911-2006 (2 Linear feet; Boxes 12-14)

Series 7: Photographic Materials, circa 1882-2013 (4.1 Linear feet; Boxes 14-21)

Series 8: Artwork, circa 1930s-1950s (0.2 Linear feet; Box 17)
Biographical / Historical:
Albert Bloch (1882-1961) was a painter and educator in Lawrence, Kansas. From 1909 to 1921, he lived and worked in Germany, where he was associated with Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group of European modernists.

Bloch was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and as a teenager attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. From 1905 to 1913, he contributed numerous caricatures, cartoons, covers, and articles to the satirical newspaper The Mirror. In 1905, he married Hortense Altheimer and they lived briefly in New York City before moving to the artists' district in Munich, Germany, thanks to the financial support of William Reedy, editor of The Mirror. By 1911 Bloch had befriended prominent members of the Neue Kunstlervereinigung Munchen (NKVM), including Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. He joined them when they later seceded from the NKVM group to form Der Blaue Reiter. Bloch exhibited six paintings in the group's first exhibition in 1911-1912. Over the next few years, Bloch exhibited his works regularly, most notably at Der Sturm Gallery. He and his family remained in Germany throughout World War I, returning to the US in 1921.

Bloch worked briefly at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art, and in 1923, settled in Lawrence, Kansas, accepting a faculty position at the University of Kansas. During this period he did not regularly exhibit his work and focused on teaching and writing. He corresponded with Austrian writer Karl Kraus, editor of Die Fackel, and began to translate Kraus' works into English. In the early 1930s, Bloch met Anna Francis at the University of Kansas and later she lived with the Bloch family, including Hortense and two sons, Bernard and Walter. After the death of his wife Hortense, Alfred married Anna in 1951. 1947, Bloch suffered a heart attack and retired from the University of Kansas. That same year a book of his poetry, Ventures in Verse: Selected Pieces, was published.

Bloch continued to paint and had a large retrospective of his work in 1955 at the University of Kansas Museum of Art. He died in December 1961 after a long illness.
Related Materials:
The Albert Bloch, the American Blue Rider Exhibition records, 1994-1997, are available at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Provenance:
The collection was donated in 2015 by the Albert Bloch Foundation via Scott Heffley, president. Additonal letters from Anna Bloch donated 2017 by David Strauss, Albert Bloch's cousin.
Restrictions:
Use of 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:
Educators -- Kansas -- Lawrence  Search this
Painters -- Kansas -- Lawrence  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Blaue Reiter (Group of artists)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Sketches
Citation:
Albert Bloch papers, 1873-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.blocalbe
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Albert Bloch papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9de19bb6e-6cde-48f6-9d3e-67fc9916e819
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-blocalbe
Online Media:

Sleeping Bull [drawing] / (photographed by Walter Rosenblum)

Artist:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Photographer:
Rosenblum, Walter 1919-2006  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
E. V. Thaw & Co., Inc  Search this
Animal--Cattle  Search this
Image number:
ROS R0005243
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_134677

Franz Marc, Pferde / Christian von Holst ; mit Beiträgen von Karin von Maur ... [et al.]

Title:
Pferde
Author:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Holst, Christian von  Search this
Maur, Karin von 1938-  Search this
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart  Search this
Subject:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Physical description:
283 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
2000
Topic:
Horses in art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_742613

Franz Marc, 1880-1916 : Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik : Ausstellung vom 5.-22. September 1984, Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel

Author:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel  Search this
Subject:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Physical description:
60 p. : ill. (some col.), port. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1984
Call number:
N6888.M34 A4 1984
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_918070

Skizzenbuch aus den Felde

Author:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Lankheit, Klaus  Search this
Subject:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. 36 plates. 17 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1956
1956]
Call number:
N40.1.M299 L2 1956
N40.1.M299L2 1956
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_432943

The Blaue Reiter almanac. Edited by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc

Author:
Kandinsky, Wassily 1866-1944  Search this
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Lankheit, Klaus  Search this
Subject:
Blauer Reiter  Search this
Physical description:
296 p. illus. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1974
[1974]
20th century
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Call number:
N6490 .K2913 1974X
N6490.K2913 1974X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_44121

Zwischen den Zeilen : Dokumente zu Franz Marc / Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy

Author:
Klingsöhr-Leroy, Cathrin  Search this
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Subject:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Physical description:
160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Sources
Date:
2005
Call number:
ND588.M194 K55 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_765549

Kandinsky, Franz Marc, August Macke: drawings and watercolors

Author:
Kandinsky, Wassily 1866-1944  Search this
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Macke, August 1887-1914  Search this
Röthel, Hans Konrad 1909-  Search this
Hutton-Hutschnecker Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 129 p. plates (part col.) 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1969
[1969]
Topic:
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.K16 H9
N40.1.K16H9
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8311

Der Blaue Reiter. Hrsg. von Wassily Kandinsky und Franz Marc. Dokumentarische Neuausg. von Klaus Lankheit. Mit 160 Abbildungen

Author:
Kandinsky, Wassily 1866-1944  Search this
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Lankheit, Klaus  Search this
Physical description:
363 p. 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1965
[1965]
Topic:
Art  Search this
Blaue Reiter (Group of artists)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_771618

Franz Marc : the retrospective / edited by Annegret Hoberg, Helmut Friedel ; with contributions by Barbara Eschenburg, Annegret Hoberg, Isabelle Jansen ; [translated from the German by Paul Aston]

Author:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Hoberg, Annegret  Search this
Friedel, Helmut  Search this
Eschenburg, Barbara  Search this
Jansen, Isabelle  Search this
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München  Search this
Subject:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Physical description:
335 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
2005
C2005
Call number:
N6888.M34 A4 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_804051

Botschaften an den Prinzen Jussuff. Mit einem Geleitwort von Maria Marc und einem Essay von Georg Schmidt Über das Poetische in der Kunst Franz Marcs."

Author:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Physical description:
54 p. col. plates 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1954
[c1954]
Call number:
N40.1.M299P6
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_102235

Franz Marc / Roland März ; [translated by Dorothea Pelham and Lisbeth Gombrich]

Author:
März, Roland  Search this
Subject:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
15, [57] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1987
Call number:
ND588.M194 M37 1987
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_647829

Franz Marc, 1880-1916 / by Mark Rosenthal ; with contributions by Frederick S. Levine, Klaus Lankheit, Ida Katherine Rigby

Author:
Rosenthal, Mark D  Search this
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
University of California, Berkeley University Art Museum  Search this
Fort Worth Art Museum  Search this
Walker Art Center  Search this
Subject:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Physical description:
112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 x 23 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1979
C1979
Call number:
N40.1.M299 R8
N40.1.M299R8
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_130131

Die Gemälde von Franz Marc und August Macke im Westfälischen Landesmuseum Münster / Ernst-G. Güse (Hrsg.)

Author:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Macke, August 1887-1914  Search this
Güse, Ernst-Gerhard  Search this
Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster  Search this
Subject:
Macke, August 1887-1914 Exhibitions  Search this
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster Exhibitions  Search this
Physical description:
68 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1982
C1982
Call number:
ND588.M13 A4 1982
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_657268

Franz Marc : Ausstellung vom 10. August-13. Oktober 1963, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachaus München

Author:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Physical description:
[186] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1963
[1963]
Call number:
ND.588.M194.A4.1963
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_643799

Franz Marc : Gemälde, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, Skulpturen

Author:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Kunstverein in Hamburg  Search this
Subject:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Physical description:
[38] p., 74 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1963
Call number:
N6888.M34.A4.1963
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_635400

Franz Marc, 1880-1916 : [Ausstellung], 27.8-26.10.1980, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München / [Konzeption der Ausstellung und Katalog, Rosel Gollek]

Author:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Gollek, Rosel  Search this
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München  Search this
Subject:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Physical description:
328 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Date:
1980
C1980
Call number:
N6888.M34 A4 1980X
N6888.M34A4 1980X
N40.1.M299G6
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_138080

Der Blaue Reiter : December 7, 1954-January 8, 1955, Curt Valentin Gallery

Author:
Kandinsky, Wassily 1866-1944  Search this
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Curt Valentin Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
[16] p. : ill. ; 18 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Germany
Date:
1954
1954]
20th century
Topic:
Blaue Reiter (Group of artists)  Search this
Art, German  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 B52 1954
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_611103

Der Almanach "Der Blaue Reiter" : Bilder und Bildwerke in Originalen / [Katalogkonzeption und Redaktion, Birgit Jooss, Brigitte Salmen, Annette Splieth-Locherer ; autoren: Michaela Appel ... et al.]

Author:
Jooss, Birgit  Search this
Salmen, Brigitte  Search this
Splieth-Locherer, Annette  Search this
Appel, Michaela  Search this
Schlossmuseum Murnau  Search this
Subject:
Kandinsky, Wassily 1866-1944 Blaue Reiter  Search this
Marc, Franz 1880-1916 Blaue Reiter  Search this
Physical description:
188 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Germany
Date:
1998
20th century
Topic:
Blaue Reiter (Group of artists)--Influence  Search this
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Art, German  Search this
Call number:
N6868.5.E9 A43 1998
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_566846

Franz Marc and August Macke 1909-1914 / edited by Vivian Endicott Barnett ; with preface by Ronald S. Lauder, foreword by Renée Price and essays by Vivian Endicott Barnett, Erich Franz, Ursula Heiderich, Annegret Hoberg, Isabelle Jansen, and Olaf Peters

Artist:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Macke, August 1887-1914  Search this
Author:
Barnett, Vivian Endicott 1944-  Search this
Franz, Erich  Search this
Heiderich, Ursula  Search this
Hoberg, Annegret  Search this
Jansen, Isabelle  Search this
Peters, Olaf  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Lauder, Ronald S.  Search this
Price, Renée  Search this
Organizer:
Neue Galerie New York  Search this
Musée de l'Orangerie  Search this
Subject:
Marc, Franz 1880-1916  Search this
Macke, August 1887-1914  Search this
Physical description:
207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Germany
Date:
2018
Topic:
Expressionism (Art)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1105335

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