Collection Information
Size: 0.7 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 1 reel)
Summary: Correspondence, art works, printed material (1928-1981), and photographs relate to Schanker's teaching and painting careers.
Reel N68-16: Correspondence (1934-1968), exhibition catalogs (1936-1966), clippings (1936-1966), and a scrapbook (1928-1944).
Unfilmed: Letters (1933-1981) are from art organizations, colleagues, and friends. Art works consist of 16 drawings, 3 watercolor sketches and 2 sketchbooks of charcoal, ink, and crayon drawings. Printed materials include clippings (1928-1981), 60 exhibition announcements and catalogs (1926), and course catalogs (1937, 1943-1958). Photographs show Schanker in his studio, teaching, and in a gallery, and 30 of his works of art. Other materials include biographical accounts (1972), a list of exhibitions, a poem, a list of members of the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors (1973), a loan agreement and a letter of payment for prints purchased by NCFA (1972).