Heri Bert Bartscht papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bartscht, Heri Bert, 1919-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Texas -- Dallas
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were lent for microfilming in 1980 by Heri Bert Bartscht as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project, and were returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bartscht, Heri Bert, 1919-
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content: Heri Bert Bartscht papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of sculptor Heri Bert Bartscht date from 1954 to 1977. Concerning Bartscht's career are scattered letters; a typescript of a radio talk; a copy of Twenty Years of Sculpture; printed material; and two mixed-media scrapbooks.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Heri Bert Bartscht (1919-1996) was a German-born sculptor and educator in Dallas, Texas. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and moved to Dallas in 1953 with his wife, Waltraud. Bartscht founded the Dallas Society for Contemporary Arts and in 1961 established a sculpture program at the University of Dallas, where he taught until 1990. Barscht was a devout Roman Catholic and his sculptures were often influenced by his religious beliefs. He also completed artistic commissions such as baptismal fonts, altar panels, altars, and stations of the cross for churches in the Southwest.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1954-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bartheri
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel 2150 and was returned to Heri Bert Bartscht after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel 2150. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Heri Bert Bartscht after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of sculptor Heri Bert Bartscht date from 1954 to 1977. Concerning Bartscht's career are scattered letters; a typescript of a radio talk; a copy of Twenty Years of Sculpture; printed material; and two mixed-media scrapbooks.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Dallas Museum of Art Archives holds the Heri Bert Bartscht papers, 1946-1992.