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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 18 Nov 2010
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| 30 Jan 2019 | processed (KD) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Van Leyden, Ernst, 1892-1969. |
| Title: | Ernst Van Leyden Papers |
| Dates: | 1938-1964 |
| Quantity: | 0.25 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, clippings, and writings by European painter and sculptor, Ernst Van Leyden |
| Language: | Most of the materials are in English but the collection includes some material in French and German. |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Ernst Van Leyden (1892-1969) was a European painter and sculptor known for his murals and frescoes, particularly his use of light, and for his work in mixed-media sculpture.
Born in Holland, he studied there and in London and Berlin, and worked in various countries around Europe including Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, England, Egypt and the Middle East. He emigrated to the United States in the early years of World War II and spent ten years in California. In 1948 he created his first abstract work (prior to this his work had been more expressionist). His circle of friends included Picasso, Salvador Dali, and Willem de Kooning. He died in Paris in 1969.
The Ernst Van Leyden Papers includes artwork, correspondence, printed material, and writings.
Artwork contains one item: a double-sided page with sketches by Salvador Dali.
Correspondence contains a majority of incoming mail with some outgoing.
Printed material contains clippings about Van Leyden and his wife, Karin.
Writings contains material by or about Van Leyden, including lectures.
Artwork is a single item. Correspondence is arranged chronologically, with undated material at the end. Printed material is in no particular order. Writings by Leyden are arranged chronologically with undated material at the end. Writings by others are arranged alphabetically with unidentified material at the end.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Persons
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989.
Van Leyden, Ernst, 1892-1969.
Van Leyden, Karin, 1906-1977.
Subjects
Muralists -- United States.
Painters -- United States.
Sculptors -- United States.
Genres and Forms
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Lectures.
Sketches.
Occupations
Artists.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Ernst Van Leyden Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ernst Van Leyden, 1964.
Artwork
Correspondence
Printed material
Writings
| Artwork | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Original sketches by Salvador Dali undated | ||||||||||
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Dingle, Edwin J. 1953 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Goeritz, Mathias 1954 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | John, Augustus 1950 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Kahlo, Frida undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Kunkel, Fritz 1942-1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Mahler, Alma 1945 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Mann, Thomas 1943-1950, undated - includes letters from Klaus and Erika Mann | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Mendelsohn, Eric 1942-1947 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Morris, Ira 1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Pickford, Mary 1943 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Rebay, Hilla 1949-1953, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Schaeffer, Pierre 1945 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Slijper, S. B. 1950 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Stern, James 1944 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Syracuse University 1964 - donor's inventory of the collection's contents | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Wright, Frank Lloyd 1943-1953 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | A-Z miscellaneous 1942-1947, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Unidentified 1950, undated | ||||||||||
| Printed material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Clippings undated | ||||||||||
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | by Ernst Van Leyden 1940-1951, undated - lectures and articles | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | by others 1938-1953, undated | ||||||||||