Rose Kuper papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kuper, Rose, 1888-1987
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2000 by Terry Kirker, daughter of Rose Kuper.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kuper, Rose, 1888-1987
setName: label: See more items in
content: Rose Kuper papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter Rose Kuper measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1930 to 1993. The papers focus on Kuper's later career from 1940 to the 1970s. Found are biographical materials, scattered correspondence, five notebooks with sketches and writings, photographs of Kuper and works of art, printed material, and pencil sketches.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Rose Kuper (1888-1987) was an abstract painter in New York City, New York and Whittier, California. Born in Russia, Kuper attended Hunter College in New York and studied with Hans Hofmann and Domenico Paulon. She married Theodore Fred Kuper and raised a daughter while teaching at New York City Public Schools. In 1959, she moved to Los Angeles and continued her painting career. She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kuperose
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 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter Rose Kuper measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1930 to 1993. The papers focus on Kuper's later career from 1940 to the 1970s. Found are biographical materials, scattered correspondence, five notebooks with sketches and writings, photographs of Kuper and works of art, printed material, and pencil sketches.