William N. Eisendrath, Jr. Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS-MS-ms038

Staff Only

The William N. Eisendrath, Jr. Papers includes correspondence from Alexander Calder; Jean Dubuffet; Franz, Prince of Bavaria; Fernand Leger; Marino Marini; Alfonso Ossorio; William Zorach; and William Troy to Eisendrath. Also includes a letter to Elizabeth de Charius from Antionio Frasconi, a Dubuffet lithograph, and clippings of reviews and articles by William Troy.

Dates

Creation: 1926-1960

Creator

Eisendrath, Jr., William N. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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Extent

65.00 items

1 boxes

Additional Description

Biographical Information

William N. Eisendrath, Jr. (March 4, 1903 – February 21, 1983) was a teacher and nationally known organizer of art exhibitions. As chairman of the exhibitions committee of the Arts Club of Chicago, Eisendrath organized one of the first American shows of the French Cubist painter Fernand Leger, and what is believed to be the first American exhibition of the Swiss painter Paul Klee. He also organized one of the first shows of the American Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock. He was a curator and professor emeritus of the history of art at Washington University in St. Louis. He recently received an honorary doctorate from the University of Missouri in St. Louis.