Ilse-Margret Vogel papers, circa 1924-2001

Collection Information

Size: 0.6 Linear feet

Summary: The papers of New York illustrator and gallery owner Ilse-Margret Vogel measure 0.6 linear feet and date from circa 1924 to 2001. The collection comments on Vogel's career as a gallery owner in New York City and Berlin and documents Vogel's close personal and professional relationship with J. B. Neumann. Found are biographical materials, correspondence with Neumann and scattered others, photographs, and printed material. Also found are audio recordings of an interview with Vogel by Lily Harmon in 1985.

Biographical/Historical Note

Ilse-Margret Vogel (1914-2001) was an illustrator and gallery owner in New York City, New York and Berlin, Germany who illustrated children's books. Originally from Berlin, Vogel opened Galerie Gerd Rosen, the first modern art gallery in Berlin in the 1940s. Upon moving to New York City, she became close with J.B. Neumann and worked at New Art Circle gallery. She married Howard Knotts and remained close to Neumann until his death in 1961.

Provenance

Howard Knotts donated his wife's papers to the Archives of American Art in 2007, c/o Nancy Lindbloom.

Language Note

The collection is in English and German.

Funding Note

Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.