Collection Information
Size: 0.7 Linear feet
Summary: The papers of painter Bettina Brendel measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1937 to 2000. Found are biographical materials, correspondence, a writing, photographs, printed material, and a mixed media scrapbook.
Biographical/Historical Note
German-born Los Angeles painter and educator Bettina Brendel studied at Kunstschule Schmilimsky, Hamburg, and Landeshochschule Für Bildende Künste, Hamburg with Erich Hartmann in the 1940s before coming to the United States in 1951. She continued her studies at the University of Southern California from 1955-1958, and taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, from 1958-1961.
Provenance
Bettina Brendel donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in installments from 1981 to 2003.
Related Materials
Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview of Bettina Brendel conducted August 23, 2001, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Brendel's home/studio.
Language Note
English .
Funding Note
Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.