Galka Scheyer papers
odd: label: Other Title
content: Galka Scheyer Blue Four Archive.
name: label: Creator
content: Scheyer, Galka E.
label: Names
content: Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964
label: Names
content: Arp, Jean, 1887-1966
label: Names
content: De Chirico, Giorgio, 1888-
label: Names
content: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
label: Names
content: Feininger, Julia
label: Names
content: Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956
label: Names
content: Jawlensky, Alexej von, 1864-1941
label: Names
content: Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944
label: Names
content: Klee, Paul, 1879-1940
label: Names
content: Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
label: Names
content: Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955
label: Names
content: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
label: Names
content: Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
label: Names
content: Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl, 1884-1976
label: Names
content: Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951
label: Names
content: Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948
label: Names
content: Segal, Arthur, 1875-1944
label: Names
content: Tamayo, Rufino, 1899-1991
label: Names
content: Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965
label: Names
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
label: Names
content: Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Blaue Vier (Group of artists)
label: Topic
content: Expressionism (Art)
label: Topic
content: Painting, German -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Germany -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming by Norton Simon Museum of Art, 1979-1980.
creator: label: Creator
content: Scheyer, Galka E.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art collector, dealer; b. 1889; d. 1945; Los Angeles, Calif. Scheyer worked to introduce the art of the Blue Four (Blaue Vier), Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, and Alexei Jawlensky, to American collectors.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Reels (ca. 1200 items (on 5 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1917-1945
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schegalk
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 1644, 1854, 1905, and 2031-2032 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, California.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Microfilm reel 1905: Finding aid available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers relate mainly to the Blue Four and contain primarily correspondence; also business materials, photographs, essays, and printed materials.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1644: Correspondence with Lyonel Feininger and his wife Julia, mainly concerning personal matters, contemporary events in Europe and America, and Scheyer's efforts to establish the Blue Four's reputation on the west coast. Many letters are illustrated with Feininger block cuts.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1854: Letters from Feininger, Alexei Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee; typescripts of letters to members of the Blue Four; import declarations; a shipping invoice; a consular certificate for paintings; and price lists of works of art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1905: Correpsondence documenting Scheyer's friendship with various artists associated with the Blue Four and her efforts to exhibit and sell their work. Important correpsondents include: Alexander Archipenko, Hans Arp, Giorgio de Chirico, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Klee, Le Corbusier, Fernand Leger, Carlos Merida, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Diego Rivera, Arthur Segal, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Arnold Schoenberg, Kurt Schwitters, Rufino Tamayo, Mies van der Rohe, Edgar Varese, Max Weber, and Edward Weston. Also included are miscellaneous photographs, essays, notes, and financial and printed materials.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2031-2032: Correspondence with Alexei Jawlensky and Wassily Kandinsky, including several illustrated letters; two photographs of interiors; a published article by Kandindsky, "Abstrakte Kunst," ca. 1925-1926; and price lists for works of art by Kandkinsky. Some letters are typescripts.