Albert Kresch papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kresch, Albert, 1922-2022
label: Names
content: Jane Street Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2023 by Elizabeth Kresch, Albert Kresch's daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kresch, Albert, 1922-2022
setName: label: See more items in
content: Albert Kresch papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Albert Kresch measure 2.7 linear feet and date from circa 1930s to 2021. The collection documents Kresch's work as an artist and educator through biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, writings and 15 notebooks, professional and business files, sketches and 19 sketchbooks, printed material, and photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Albert Kresch (1922-2022) was a painter and educator active in Brooklyn, New York. Kresch studied with Hans Hofmann at the Hans Hofmann Art School and later attended NYU for his M.A., also winning a Fulbright Fellowship to Europe in 1954. He was one of the founding members of the Jane Street Gallery in the 1940s, also exhibiting at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Bowery Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Cornell University, Schoelkopf Gallery, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Corcoran Gallery, and Contemporary Realist Gallery in San Francisco, among others. Kresch's teaching experiences include Brooklyn College, Pratt Institute, Queens College, Parsons School of Design, NYU Hampton Institute, and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) from 1951 to 1986, one of the longest tenures of FIT's history.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930s-2021
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kresalbe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as seven series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1951-2012 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1940s-2021 (1.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 3: Writings and Notebooks, 1937-circa 1970s (0.3 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 4: Professional and Business Files, circa 1950s-2010 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 5: Sketches and Sketchbooks, circa 1950s-1983 (0.5 linear feet; Box 3, OV 5)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1945-2010 (0.1 linear feet; Box 4, OV 5)

Series 7: Photographs, circa 1930s-2010 (0.1 linear feet; Box 4)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Anna Rimel in 2025.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Albert Kresch measure 2.7 linear feet and date from circa 1930s to 2021. The collection documents Kresch's work as an artist and educator through biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, writings and 15 notebooks, professional and business files, sketches and 19 sketchbooks, printed material, and photographs.