Brecher, Samuel, 1897-
Landscape painter, Portrait painter
Size: 69 items (microfilmed on 2 reels)
Summary: Biographical notes; a typescript of newspaper and magazine reviews of Brecher's work, 1933-1982; 39 letters received, 1933-1982 and a letter of condolence to Mrs. Brecher, 1983; newspaper and magazine clippings, undated and 1938-1979, and 3 scrapbooks, 1921-1983, containing biographical notes, photographs, correspondence, catalogs, and clippings.
Painter and printmaker; New York, N.Y. Born 1897, died 1982.
Material on reel 4909 donated 1984 by Mrs. Samuel Brecher, widow of Brecher. The scrapbooks on reel 3267 lent for microfilming 1984 by Mrs. Florence Brecher. Photocopies discarded after microfilming.
Microfilm reels 3267 and 4909 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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Samuel Brecher papers, 1909-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
