Benedikt F. Dolbin drawings,
- Author:
- Dolbin, Benedikt F.
- Call Number:
- MSS GER-012 LOCAL
- Abstract:
- Approximately 5,000 original pencil and pen-and-ink drawings of European and American performing artists, including opera singers, dancers, actors, and musicians (especially internationally renowned conductors like Arturo Toscanini and Bruno Walter) performing at the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and other institutions in New York City; as well as writers, businessmen, and public figures. The bulk of the Albany collection are drawings dating from 1935 to 1969, which were drawn by Dolbin to illustrate articles and reviews in the New York emigre newspaper "Aufbau", the magazine "Musical America", and other publications. The collection also includes a small number of pastel landscapes dating from the Dolbin's career in Vienna in the early 1920s and a few drawings dating from his journalistic career in Berlin in the late 1920s and early 1930s. There are photographs of Dolbin and exhibitions of his work, which were done by emigre photographer Fred Stein. Dolbin's personal papers and most of his drawings from the 1920s are at the Institut fur Zeitungsforschung, Dortmund, and at the Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach am Neckar.
- Historical Note:
- Austrian emigre artist and journalist. Benedikt Fred Dolbin (originally Pollak) was born in Vienna and graduated from the Technische Hochschule Wien in 1910 as a civil engineer. After early efforts in the construction industry and as a cabaret singer, Dolbin was influenced by the work of Egon Schiele and turned to drawing as a career. From 1926 to 1933 Dolbin worked in Berlin, where he wrote on music and his drawings found their way into newspapers, books, theater programmes, and advertisements. As a Jew, Dolbin fled Nazi Germany in 1935 and settled in New York City, where from 1935 until 1969 he worked for the emigre newspaper "Aufbau" and sold caricature-like sketches of personalities to magazines such as "Musical America" and "Fortune."
- Physical Description:
- 12.0 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Special Collections' copy is part of the German and Jewish Intellectual E´migre´ Collection. LOCAL
- Subjects:
- Drawing, German, Drawing, Austrian, Pastel drawing Austria, Landscape painting, Austrian, Jews Austria Vienna, Jews Germany Berlin, Austrians United States, Journalists Germany, German American newspapers, Musicians Portraits, Dancers Portraits, Singers Portraits, Caricatures and cartoons, Opera New York (State) New York, Performing arts New York (State) New York, Performing arts Germany Berlin, Performing arts Austria Vienna, Austrians, Caricatures and cartoons, Dancers, Drawing, Austrian, Drawing, German, German American newspapers, Jews, Journalists, Landscape painting, Austrian, Musicians, Opera, Pastel drawing, Performing arts, and Singers
- Genres/Forms:
- Portraits and Drawings. ftamc
- Names:
- Dolbin, Benedikt F, Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957, Schiele, Egon, 1890-1918, Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962, Stein, Fred, 1909-1967, Dolbin, Benedikt F, Schiele, Egon, 1890-1918, Stein, Fred, 1909-1967, Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957, and Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962
- Corporate Names:
- New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), and New York Philharmonic
- Geographic Terms:
- Berlin (Germany) Jews, Austria, Austria Vienna, Germany, Germany Berlin, New York (State) New York, and United States
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