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Art historians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Frankl-Kulbach Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25568
Abstract

The Frankl-Kulbach Family Collection contains materials documenting the lives of members of the Frankl, Kulbach, and related families, particularly art historian Paul Frankl and his wife Elsa Frankl, and their daughters Johanna Kulbach née Frankl, Susan Wilk née Frankl, and Regula Davis née Frankl. Through family histories, correspondence, diaries, vital documents, writings, and photographs, the collection covers their lives in Germany before World War II, their efforts to immigrate to the United States, and their lives and careers in the United States.

Dates: 1728; 1867-2015

Franz Landsberger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2318
Abstract

This collection contains several letters Landsberger received from various notables, as well as transcribed correspondence and other materials on Ludwig Meidner and Anita Rée.

Dates: 1903-1970

Gundersheimer Siegel Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25546
Abstract

The Gundersheimer Siegel Family Collection holds papers of the art historian and professor Hermann S. Gundersheimer as well as papers of members of the Gundersheimer and Siegel families. With a focus on the professional work of Hermann Gundersheimer and the family's emigration, the collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, lecture texts and notes, official documents, articles, certificates, genealogical research and family trees.

Dates: 1834-2004; Majority of material found within 1925-1942

Heinrich Strauss Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 702
Abstract

The collection contains various documents pertaining to Heinrich Strauss and comprises five folders.

Dates: undated, 1900-1988; Majority of material found within 1920-1988

Julie Braun-Vogelstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25034 / MF 473
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence and other materials related to the Braun-Vogelstein family.

Dates: 1743-1971

Julius S. Held Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25002
Abstract

This collection documents the family history of art historian Julius S. Held (1905-2002), who was born in Mosbach, Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1934. The bulk of the collection consists of personal family correspondence. Other materials include genealogical tables, a few business and educational records, personal notes, a few anti-Semitic flyers, clippings, a ketubah, and a portrait of Rabbi David Sinzheim.

Dates: 1800-1999

Karl Schwarz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1904
Abstract

This collection contains notes and notebooks related to the art trade, art collecting and art provenance.

Dates: circa 1946-1961

Walter Friedlaender Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3393
Abstract

The Walter Friedlaender Collection describes the professional life of this art historian. The major focus of the collection is his work on sixteenth and seventeenth century artists. It includes correspondence, a few published works, photographs, lecture and manuscript notes, art reference files, newspaper clippings, and poetry.

Dates: 1900-1966; Majority of material found within 1930-1960