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Guide to the Abe Weiner Papers and Photographs, 1936-2011

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Title
Abe Weiner Papers and Photographs, 1936-2011
Subject
Weiner, Abe, 1917-1993, Jewish artists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Artists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Jews--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Description
The Abe Weiner papers are stored in two manuscript boxes and one oversized folder. The folders are divided by document type. These papers include artwork, awards and certificates, correspondence, a DVD, exhibit and sale records, exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings and photographs of artwork, exhibited paintings and family. Within each folder the papers are arranged chronologically. The only exceptions are the exhibit and sales records folder, of which one segment is grouped by the creator, and the sketches, which have no discernable dates. The folder arrangement is alphabetical. The DVD was compiled by his family members after his death and features Weiner paintings, family photographs, and newspaper clippings about him., Abe Weiner Papers, 1936-2011, MSS#582, Rauh Jewish Archives,Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center, Kim Weiner gift 2010 2011.0001, Abe Weiner (1917-1993) was a Surrealist Pittsburgh painter and teacher. A native of Pittsburgh, he lived his entire life there and frequently used the city as the subject of his work. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). Common themes in his work include nature, cityscapes and life, and decay and rebirth. Weiner won numerous awards, including several from the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibitions held at the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, and was named one of the Fifty Most Promising Painters in the United States by Life Magazine. His family consisted of his wife Anne and their three children. Weiner died from heart failure at the age of 75., Gift of Kim Weiner, Processed MSS 582 03/2011 E. Orelove, Finding aid available.
Contributor
Weiner, Abe, 1917-1993, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
Date
1936-2011
Type
Collection, Text
Format
print, manuscript, 1.0 linear ft.
Identifier
oclc:724561004, pitt:US-QQS-mss582
Language
eng
Relation
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MSS582
Coverage
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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