Estelle Glaser De Escobar papers, 1945-1969

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution: Other
Physical Description: 0.01 Linear feet
Arrangement: Due to the small size of the collection the papers are arranged as one series.
Access Note / Rights: This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Summary: The papers of painter Estelle Glaser De Escobar date from 1945 to 1969 and measure 0.01 linear feet. The papers provide scattered documentation of De Escobar's career as a painter through a résumé, a list of her works, annotated exhibition catalogues, a 1951 photograph of Estelle with her mother and daughter, and miscellany.
Citation: Estelle Glaser De Escobar papers, 1945-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 2803 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
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Biography Note: Estelle Glaser De Escobar (1908-unknown) was a painter who lived and worked in both Brooklyn, New York and Bogotá, Colombia. De Escobar was born in Brooklyn in 1908, and completed her studies at Cooper Union Women's Art School in 1930. She married Luis Javier Escobar Lopez in 1932 and moved to Bogotá, Colombia. During the 1950s De Escobar taught art at the University Javeriana Femenina in Bogotá before returning to the United States around 1960. Thereafter she taught at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and at Cooper Union Women's Art School. De Escobar exhibited her works primarily in Brooklyn, Bogotá, and Rome.
Language Note: The material is in English and Spanish.
Provenance: Donated 1960 by Estelle Glaser De Escobar.
Location Note: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Data Source: Archives of American Art

Record number: (DSI-AAA_CollID)5461; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209573; AAA_collcode_deeseste

Creator: De Escobar, Estelle Glaser, 1908-

Theme: Latino and Latin American; Women; Lives of artists

Topic: Latino and Latin American artists; Women artists; Women painters
Theme: Latino and Latin American; Women; Lives of artists

Record ID: AAADCD_coll_209573

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