Scheyer, Ernst, 1901-
type Scholar/Critic/Expert
dates 1901-1985
city Detroit
stateMI
other citiesCologne, Germany; Freiberg, Germany;
sex M
history Art historian; Detroit, Mich. Wrote extensively on his friend and artist, Lyonel Feininger. Was a proponent of the art of the German Expressionist and abstract art group, the Blue Four (Blaue Vier), whose members were Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, and Alexei Jawlensky. Married to Galka Scheyer.
decades1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Ernst Scheyer papers, 1924-1972.
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Ernst Scheyer interview, 1977 Mar. 30-Apr. 27. see details...

see alsoScheyer, Galka E.