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Papers of Kenneth Clark

[c.1876–1984]

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This collection consists of the papers of Kenneth Clark, from which one file of correspondence relating to interned refugees has been digitised. This file has been highlighted as it sheds light on Kurt Schwitters' time at the Hutchinson Internment Camp and his role in appealing for release from the camp, alongside other artists, with the aid of Kenneth Clark.

Items also digitised include letters and postcards from Henry Moore to Kenneth Clark dating from the 1930s to 1970s.

Further information on this collection is available on the archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Kenneth Clark 1903–1983
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
The material was presented to the nation (as a gift in lieu) and allocated to the Tate Archive in 1988.
Reference
TGA 8812

120 objects in this collection

  • Papers of Kenneth Clark

    120 Objects

    • Correspondence of Kenneth Clark

      120 Objects

      • Kenneth Clark’s correspondence series c 1946-55

        4 Objects

      • General correspondence of Kenneth Clark

        95 Objects

      • Correspondence files

        21 Objects

        • Correspondence file for Interned Refugees

          21 Objects

Title
Correspondence file for Interned Refugees
Date
1940–1
Description
Correspondence and related papers regarding intervention and appeals for the release of artists, art historians and curators from alien internment camps. First selection includes general correspondence with Helen Roeder of the Artist's Refugee Committee; a group of interned artists' at Hutchinson Internment Camp, among them Kurt Schwitters, Fred Uhlman, Siegfried Charoux and Georg Ehrlich and with the Home Office. This is followed by correspondence arranged alphabetically by name of internee: Otto Benesch, Hugo Dachinger, Otto Fein, Dr & Mrs Walter Gernsheim, Gustave Gluck, Henry Happ, Felix Horta, Sebastien Isepp, Oskar Kokoschka, Mr Van Puyvelde, Warburg Institute Staff including Hans Meier and F. Saxl, Dr & Mrs Johannes Wilde, Edgar Wind and Mr Zempi.
Reference
TGA 8812/1/4/182

Showing 21–21 of 21 objects

Rough note listing correspondents and things to do

Kenneth Clark
[1940–1]
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