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Creator:
Bruner, Louise Katherine, 1910-  Search this
Subject:
Bookatz, Samuel  Search this
Botero, Fernando  Search this
Greene, Balcomb  Search this
Harper, Bill  Search this
Heade, Martin Johnson  Search this
Kozlow, Richard M.  Search this
Milliken, William Mathewson  Search this
Philipp, Robert  Search this
Winter, Edward  Search this
Winter, Thelma Frazier  Search this
United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
1 Linear foot, (partially microfilmed on 2 reels)
Access Note / Rights:
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. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
Donated in 1980 by Louise Bruner, art critic for the Toledo Blade. Correspondence, subject files, printed materials, exhibition catalogs and announcements, and photographs.
REEL 532: Correspondence largely relating to her work as art critic for the TOLEDO BLADE; clippings of articles by Bruner and other relevant articles; exhibition notices and catalogs; photographs of works of art, artists and exhibition openings; and press and biographical material relating to artists.
REEL 2787: Letters to Bruner from Lisel Salzer, Harold Tishler, and Karl Tremp regarding the art of enameling.
UNMICROFILMED: Files on artists Samuel Bookatz, Fernando Botero, Bill Harper, Martin J. Heade, Richard Kozlow, Robert Philipp, and Edward and Thelma Winter; a file on museum director William M. Milliken, containing mainly letters to Bruner; files also contain photographs. Subject files containing correspondence, writings, press releases, exhibition catalogs and announcements, clippings, and photographs of artists, works of art and conservation work. Topics include ART GALLERY magazine, art in the embassies, black artists, the Toledo Museum of Art, and the Works Progress Administration.
REELS 439-441(Now Scanned): Photographs of artists, formerly part of Photos of Artists Collection I and now scanned on the Digital Collections Database. Artists include: Thomas Hart Benton, Samuel Bookatz, Staas Cotsworth, Balcomb Greene, Susan Guevara, Frances Loring, Edouard MacAvoy, and John Rood.
Citation:
Louise Bruner papers, 1945-1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 532 and 2787 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Art critic, writer; Toledo, Ohio Critic for the Toledo Blade.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 1972-1980 and 1999 by Louise Katherine Bruner.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art criticism  Search this
Women art critics  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8970
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211157
AAA_collcode_brunloui
Theme:
Women
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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