Jean Halpert-Ryden and Edward Ryden Letters, 1981-1997

Collection Information

Size: 0.01 Linear feet

Summary: The Jean Halpert-Ryden and Edward Ryden letters measure 0.01 linear feet and consist of 42 items that date from 1981 to 1997. The bulk of the collection is correspondence, but there are also 2 short biographical summaries, and one clipping from 1991, and a career resume for Jean Halpert-Ryden. Among the correspondents are Hildegarde and Ernst Haas, Edith Hamlin, Ernie and Frances Barrish, and Myril Adler of Myril Adler Arts Workshop. A few letters pertain to Edward Ryden.

Biographical/Historical Note

Jean Halpert-Ryden (b. 1919) is a painter married to painter, sculptor, and designer Edward Ryden (b. 1922). They were primarily based in San Francisco, California. Jean Halpert-Rydern was born 1919 in Brooklyn, N.Y. and attended Brooklyn College. She studied art in New York City and in a collective of young artists under the leadership of painter and stage designer Mol Solotaroff. Her first exhibition was at the Norlyst Gallery in 1946. She married artist Edward Ryden in 1947. After two years in Boulder, Colo., they moved to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Provenance

The Jean Halpert-Ryden and Edward Ryden letters were donated to the Archives of American Art by Jean Halpert-Ryden and Edward Ryden in 1997.

Language Note

English .