Alfred Levitt papers
name: label: Creator
content: Levitt, Alfred H. (Alfred Hofmann), 1894-2000
label: Names
content: School of Modern Painting of the Provence
label: Names
content: Biddle, George, 1885-1973
label: Names
content: Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981
label: Names
content: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
label: Names
content: Lhote, André, 1885-1962
label: Names
content: Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975
label: Names
content: Pearson, Ralph M., 1883-1958
topic: label: Occupation
content: Historians
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Periodicals
label: Topic
content: Cubism
label: Topic
content: Painting, Prehistoric
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1985 by Alfred Levitt.
creator: label: Creator
content: Levitt, Alfred H. (Alfred Hofmann), 1894-2000
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Cubist painter and photographer, New York, N.Y. Began his formal art training at the Art Students League, continued at the Academie Grand Chaumiere, France, and with Hans Hofmann. Metropolitan Museum owns twenty of his paintings. Founded the School of Modern Painting of Provence in St. Remy in 1960, where he was director and instructor until 1962. Levitt also developed an interest in prehistory and eventually became an expert in the field, winning an award from the French government for his studies of Stone Age cave art. Except for a few years in France and Spain, Levitt lived all of his life in New York. Studied at the Ferrer Art School. Died May 25, 2000, at age 105.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Massachusetts
label: Function
content: Art Schools -- France -- Saint Remy de Provence
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.levialfr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4058-4059 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, 1920-1984; biographical material, business records, 1951-1959, includes receipts for watercolors exhibited at New York museums and galleries, and a project proposal for a series of lectures on cave art; writings, ca. 1917-1971, includes poems by Levitt, two proposals for a Greenwich Village Cultural Center, an article for a new art magazine, and an article about Levitt by George Dorgan; scrapbooks [unbound], undated and 1943-1975; printed material, including brochures concerning Levitt's political activities; photographs including portraits of Levitt and views of his studio, 1926, some of his paintings, 1937-1960; and the School of Modern Painting of the Provence, 1960; in which Levitt was active.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence is concentrated between 1945-1967 and includes statements of Levitt's philosophies and opinions on art and related matters; business letters, some pertaining to artists' associations on Cape Ann, Mass.; correspondence with museums; letters which reveal Levitt's efforts to gain recogition in the 1950s; also letters or notes from Marcel Duchamp, Ralph Pearson, G.L.K. Morris, George Biddle, and Ilya Bolotowsky; and letters discussing Levitt's interest in prehistoric art.