Lynne Drexler papers
name: label: Creator
content: Drexler, Lynne Mapp, 1928-1999
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Names
content: Jackson, Martha Kellogg, 1907-1969
label: Names
content: Spohn, Clay Edgar, 1898-1977
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Maine -- Monhegan Island
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1970-1980 by Lynne Drexler.
creator: label: Creator
content: Drexler, Lynne Mapp, 1928-1999
setName: label: See more items in
content: Lynne Drexler papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of abstract painter Lynne Drexler measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1956 to 1980. Found are biographical material including photographs, personal and professional correspondence, personal business records, and printed material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lynne Drexler (1928-1999) was an abstract painter active in New York City, New York and Maine. 

Drexler studied at Hunter College under Robert Motherwell and Hans Hofmann in the late 1950s and developed an interest in Abstract Expressionism. In 1961 she met painter John Hultberg and the two were married in 1962 and traveled together in Mexico, the West Coast, and Hawaii before living at New York's Chelsea Hotel in the late 1960s. 

The couple bought a summer house off the coast of Maine on Monhegan Island in 1971, and by 1983 Drexler lived there year-round. The island's people and landscape were the subject of many of her works as Drexler's painting began to combine abstract and representational influences.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956-1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.drexlynn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The papers were microfilmed on reels N70-25 at some point after receipt. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel N70-25 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of abstract painter Lynne Drexler measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1956 to 1980. Found are biographical material including photographs, personal and professional correspondence including with Martha Jackson, Hans Hofmann, and Clay Spohn, personal business records, and printed material.