Letters, 1959-1960, from Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Adolph Gottlieb, Maria Hofmann (for Hans Hofmann), Leo Lionni, Robert Motherwell, Paul Rand, Ben Shahn, and Marguerite Wildenhain each responding to Foster's invitation to be a guest instructor at the Atlanta Art Institute. Most declined the invitation. Robert Motherwell wrote that he would not teach in a segregated school.
Also included are writings and printed material on and by Josef Albers, ca. 1960-1966.
Biographical / Historical:
Gurtherie Foster was Director of the Atlanta Art Institute, which evolved along with the High Museum of Art out of the historic Atlanta Art Association formed in 1905. There was a later name change to the Atlanta College of Art, followed by it being absorbed by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) when it merged with Woodruff Arts Center in 2005.
Provenance:
Donated 1985 by Guthrie Foster.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Three discussions between Rudolf Arnheim and architect Daniel Libeskind, art historian Vincent Scully and graphic artist Paul Rand, portions of which were used for a Festchrift in honor of Arnheim, "Rudolf Arnheim: Revealing Vision," (University of Michigan, 1998), edited by Kent Kleinman and Leslie Van Duzer.
Biographical / Historical:
Kent Kleinman (1956- ) is an author, dean of Cornell University's College of Architecture and a former professor at State University of New York, Buffalo, New York and University of Michigan. Rudolf Arnheim (1904-2007) was an art historian, educator, writer and psychologist, who taught at Harvard and at the University of Michigan.
Provenance:
Donated 2013 by Kent Kleinman.
Restrictions:
Use of original cassettes requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
"When men can freely communicate their thoughts and their sufferings, teal or imaginary, their passions spend themselves in air, like gunpowder scattered upon the surface; but pent up by terrors, they work unseen, burst forth in a moment, and destroy..." (sculpture)
Title:
Great Ideas of Western Man Series: When Men Can Freely Communicate Their Thoughts and Their Sufferings, Real or Imaginary, Their Passions Spend..., (sculpture)
Paul Rand / Steven Heller ; foreword by Armin Hofmann; introduction by George Lois; essay by Jessica Helfand; [research, Elinor Pettit, Georgette Ballance]
Thoughts on design, by Paul Rand; introduction by E. McKnight Kauffer; illustrations from the author's work. Réflexions sur l'art graphique. Reflexiones sobre el arte grafico
