Von Wiegand, Charmion
Painter, Art critic
Size: 0.4 Linear feet
Summary: The papers of abstract painter, art critic, and art historian, Charmion von Wiegand, measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1926-1937. The bulk of the collection consists of writings by von Wiegand. Also found are three letters to her father, Karl Henry von Wiegand.
Charmion von Wiegand (1896-1983) was an abstract painter, art critic, and art historian in New York City, New York. Von Wiegand grew up in Arizona and California and settled in New York after attending Barnard College and Columbia University. She began to paint in the mid-1920s when she started psychotherapy. Additionally, von Wiegand became a correspondent with Hearst newspapers.
Provenance is unknown.
English .
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