Fritzi Brod papers
name: label: Creator
content: Brod, F. (Fritzi), 1900-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Lithographers -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Textile designers -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women authors
label: Topic
content: Women textile artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1972 by Oswald Brod, who was married to Fritzi Brod, and by Rose Brod, Oswald Brod's second wife, in 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Brod, F. (Fritzi), 1900-
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content: Fritzi Brod papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of painter Fritzi Broad measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1932 to 1977. The papers consist of books, photographs of works of art, resumes, and a mixed media scrabook documenting Fritzi Brod's career and the Chicago art scene from the early 1920s to the early 1950s.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Fritzi Brod (1900-1952) was a painter, lithographer, author, and illustrator active in Chicago, Illinois.

Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Brod came to Chicago in 1924 after studying art in Prague and Vienna. Already an accomplished designer of textiles in the "modern manner," she continued her work with Raymond Katz at the Little Gallery. Brod's work was critically acclaimed at Chicago's first outdoor art fair in 1932. She was featured in C. J. Bulliet's column, "Artists of Chicago" in 1936. 

Brod died in 1952.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brodf
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 paper were arranged upon receipt and microfilmed on reels 376 and 4190. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reels 376 (frames 1337-1379) and 4190 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 painter Fritzi Broad measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1932 to 1977. The papers consist of books, photographs of works of art, resumes, and a mixed media scrapbook documenting Fritzi Brod's career and the Chicago art scene from the early 1920s to the early 1950s.