Scheyer, Galka E. |
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Scholar/Critic/Expert Collector Dealer/Gallery |
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1889-1945 |
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city
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Hollywood |
| state | CA | | other cities | Brussels, Belgium; London, United Kingdtom; Munich, Germany; Hamburg, Germany; New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; |
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historical notes
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Galka Emmy Scheyer was born in Germany in 1889, in 1924 Scheyer moved to New York and became the American representative of the Blue Four (Lyonel Feininger, Alexei Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee).
The following year she moved to to California, becoming the European representative for the Oakland Museum. She lectured widely and arranged exhibitions of the Blue Four. Her collection of paintings is housed at the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California.
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decades
of activity | 1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
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03/22/2024 12:09:28 |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |
Peg Weiss papers, 1916-1990. |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Galka Scheyer papers, 1917-1945. |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Oral history interview with Beatrice Wood, 1976 Aug. 26. |
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Norton Simon Museum
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Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection Archives |
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