Jack Jefferson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Jefferson, Jack, 1921-2000
label: Names
content: Metart Gallery
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2000 by Zena Jefferson, widow of Jack Jefferson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jefferson, Jack, 1921-2000
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; San Francisco, Calif. b. 1921, d. 2000. Jefferson was born in Lead, S.D., the birthplace of his mentor and major influence, Clyfford Still. He studied with Still at the California School of Fine Arts from 1946 to 1950 and there participated in the development of the west coast version of Abstract Expressionism. He was a founder of the Metart Gallery, which opened in 1949.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960-1999
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jeffjack
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Box inventory available at the Archives of American Art's Washington, D.C. office.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection includes some professional letters; slides, transparencies, and negatives of artwork; exhibition catalogs and announcements; and printed material including magazines and newspaper articles.