Brenson, Theodore, 1893-1959
Illustrator, Graphic designer
Size: 406 items.
Summary: Correspondence, mostly personal; catalogues and announcements; clippings; lecture and teaching materials, poetry and other writings; biographical material; and miscellany. Among the correspondents are Louis Bromfield, Fitz Roy Barrington, Carol Janeway, Joseph Lacasse, Hannah Weber Sachs, Albert Reese, Joop Sanders, Jerome Melquist, and Howard Conant.
Illustrator, etcher, painter, writer, teacher, and lecturer (New York City). Born in Latvia, Brenson authored and illustrated books on European travel, art, and education. In addition, he contributed to national magazines and taught at the College of Wooster in Ohio.
Donated 1959-1960 by Mrs. Theodore Brenson, widow of Brenson.
Some of the letters are in French.
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Theodore Brenson papers, 1937-1959. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
