Guthrie Foster papers
name: label: Creator
content: Foster, Guthrie
label: Names
content: Atlanta College of Art
label: Names
content: Albers, Anni
label: Names
content: Albers, Josef
label: Names
content: Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Maria, 1885-1963
label: Names
content: Lionni, Leo, 1910-
label: Names
content: Motherwell, Robert
label: Names
content: Rand, Paul, 1914-
label: Names
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Names
content: Wildenhain, Marguerite
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers
label: Occupation
content: Painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1985 by Guthrie Foster.
creator: label: Creator
content: Foster, Guthrie
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gurtherie Foster was Director of the Atlanta Art Institute, which evolved along with the High Museum of Art out of the historic Atlanta Art Association formed in 1905. There was a later name change to the Atlanta College of Art, followed by it being absorbed by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) when it merged with Woodruff Arts Center in 2005.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((36 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959-1966
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fostguth
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, 1959-1960, from Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Adolph Gottlieb, Maria Hofmann (for Hans Hofmann), Leo Lionni, Robert Motherwell, Paul Rand, Ben Shahn, and Marguerite Wildenhain each responding to Foster's invitation to be a guest instructor at the Atlanta Art Institute. Most declined the invitation. Robert Motherwell wrote that he would not teach in a segregated school.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are writings and printed material on and by Josef Albers, ca. 1960-1966.