William Meyerowitz and Theresa F. Bernstein papers
name: label: Creator
content: Meyerowitz, William, 1887-1981
label: Creator
content: Bernstein, Theresa
label: Names
content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936
label: Names
content: Bluemner, Oscar, 1867-1938
label: Names
content: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935
label: Names
content: Karolik, Maxim
label: Names
content: Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966
label: Names
content: Saint-Gaudens, Homer, b. 1880
label: Names
content: Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985
label: Names
content: Weichsel, John, 1870-1946
topic: label: Occupation
content: Etchers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Etching -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Jewish artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1966-1978 by Mr. and Mrs. William Meyerowitz. Microfilmed 1994 with funding provided by the Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, the Goldie-Anna Charitable Trust, the Samuel Bronfman Foundation, and the Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation.
creator: label: Creator
content: Meyerowitz, William, 1887-1981
label: Creator
content: Bernstein, Theresa
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painters and printmakers; New York, N.Y. William Meyerowitz was born in Russia in either 1889 or 1898. Moving to New York in 1908, he studied at the National Academy of Design from 1912-1916. He married Theresa Bernstein in 1918, and travelled in Europe from 1922-1923. During his exhibition at the Corcoran in 1930, he met Oliver Wendell Holmes, who became a patron and a subject for later work. Theresa Bernstein was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Philadelphia School of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and continued her studies at the Art Students League in New York. She died on Feb. 13, 2002, and was generally believed to be 111, though she could have been as old as 116.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1915-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.meyewill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D285-D285a, N69-137, and 4866 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes is a photocopy.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical accounts, letters, notes, writings, art work, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs document the careers of William Meyerowitz and his wife Theresa Bernstein, both painters and printmakers.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS D285-D285a: Letters, 1918-1967, from patrons and colleagues, including John Taylor Arms, Edwin Blashfield, Maxim Karolik, Duncan Phillips, and John Weichsel; exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1920-1967; 35 photographs of art works; a scrapbook, 1923-1944, containing exhibition announcements and catalogs, a clipping, and a photograph of an art work; 16 drawings; 3 prints; a list of Bernstein's work; 2 poems; a 4-page typescript "Reflections on the Art Status" by Bernstein; a typescript concerning painting in America by Oscar Bluemner; miscellaneous manuscripts, undated and 1964; 2 receipts for gifts of art work, 1927 and 1957; and a copy of the by-laws of the Cape Ann Arts Council, 1955.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N69-137: Three exhibition catalogs, 1969, for works of Meyerowitz and Bernstein.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 4866: Biographical accounts; 2 award certificates for Bernstein; letters, 1921-1978, from patrons and colleagues, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Homer Saint-Gaudens, and Lynd Ward; 3 lists of Bernstein's works; 7 poems; a manuscript "On Portraiture"; a typescript by Bernstein about Meyerowitz' work; 22 drawings; 1 print; a scrapbook of clippings, 1915-1918; a scrapbook, undated and 1931, containing a clipping, a photograph of an art work, and exhibition catalogs; clippings, 1929-1978; a reprint "On the Need of Art" by Meyerowitz, 1944; exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1921-1977; reproductions of art works; a card advertising a summer art course taught by Meyerowitz and Bernstein; 10 photographs of the artists, 1930-1962; and 19 photographs of art works.