The Girl With the Gallery: Edith Gregor Halpert and the Making of the Modern Art Market
2006Pollock, Lindsay
483 pages (color)
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1894 Blue Earth, Minnesota - 1989. Known for: Art deco interior designer.
A designer and painter, Donald Deskey was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota and established a career in New York City where he became especially known for his sumptuous, elaborate art-deco interior... Read full biography
A designer and painter, Donald Deskey was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota and established a career in New York City where he became especially known for his sumptuous, elaborate art-deco interior design of Radio City Music Hall in the late 1920s. One of his earliest supporters in New York was Edith... Read full biography
A designer and painter, Donald Deskey was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota and established a career in New York City where he became especially known for his sumptuous, elaborate art-deco interior design of Radio City Music Hall in the late 1920s. One of his earliest supporters in New York was Edith Halpert, owner of the first American art gallery dedicated to sales of modernist artists. A major influence on his style was his visit in 1925 to Paris to the Exposition Internatonale des Arts... Read full biography
A designer and painter, Donald Deskey was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota and established a career in New York City where he became especially known for his sumptuous, elaborate art-deco interior design of Radio City Music Hall in the late 1920s. One of his earliest supporters in New York was Edith Halpert, owner of the first American art gallery dedicated to sales of modernist artists. A major influence on his style was his visit in 1925 to Paris to the Exposition Internatonale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. This event, which featured modern, streamlined design, was key to the future direction of his career. Having been chosen by the Rockefeller Center architects for Radio City, Deskey was in charge of the overall design... Read full biography
A designer and painter, Donald Deskey was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota and established a career in New York City where he became especially known for his sumptuous, elaborate art-deco interior design of Radio City Music Hall in the late 1920s. One of his earliest supporters in New York was Edith Halpert, owner of the first American art gallery dedicated to sales of modernist artists. A major influence on his style was his visit in 1925 to Paris to the Exposition Internatonale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. This event, which featured modern, streamlined design, was key to the future direction of his career. Having been chosen by the Rockefeller Center architects for Radio City, Deskey was in charge of the overall design including the furnishings. One of the unique features he introduced was the wallpaper in the mens' lounge, wh... Read full biography
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The Guide to the Art of Rockefeller Center
2006Roussel, Christine159 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesMasterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum
1999Editor, Smith College Museum307 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
1999Steiner, Raymond J187 pagesThe Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S600 pagesAll Color Book of Art Deco (Photographs by Angelo Hornak)
1974Klein, Dan71 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1973
1973Jaques Cattell Press927 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1947
1947Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)685 pages