Eleanore Lockspeiser papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lockspeiser, Eleanore, 1900-1986
label: Names
content: Frank, Mary, 1933-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Eleanore Lockspeiser donated some of her papers in 1983. Her daughter, Mary Frank, donated additional materials to the Archives of American Art in 1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lockspeiser, Eleanore, 1900-1986
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content: Eleanore Lockspeiser papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of abstract painter Eleanore Lockspeiser measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1918 to 1982. Found are biographical material, family correspondence, photographs, printed material, writings, and artwork including two sketchbooks. Of note are letters from Mary Frank, Lockspeiser's daughter.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Eleanore Lockspeiser (1900-1986) was an abstract painter active in London and New York City, New York. 

Eleanore Lockspeiser was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Gregory and Eugenie Weinstein. She studied at the Art Students League with Max Weber, at the Louvre Print Room in Paris, and at the Slade School in London. She settled in London, marrying musicologist Edward Lockspeiser and together they had a daughter, Mary. During World War II, the Lockspeiser family separated with Eleanore taking her daughter to the United States. Mary married photographer Robert Frank. Eleanore exhibited around the United States. She died in 1986.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1918-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lockelea
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
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 collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2020.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of abstract painter Eleanore Lockspeiser measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1918 to 1982. Found are biographical material, family correspondence, photographs, printed material, writings, and artwork including two sketchbooks. Of note are letters from Mary Frank, Lockspeiser's daughter.