Summary
Abstract
This collection consists of audio and moving image recordings of interviews, lectures, and speeches by Viktor Lowenfeld.
Dates
- Creation: 1957-1981
Extent
124 Items
Background
Biographical / Historical
Viktor Lowenfeld (1903-1960) was a Viennese artist, scholar, psychologist, educator, prolific writer and speaker, and professor of art and art education. Born in Linz, Austria, he graduated from the College of Applied Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. While teaching, he earned a doctorate in education from the University of Vienna (1928), and served as the director of art in the Blind Institute. He fled to the United States around the time that his first book The Nature of Creative Activity (1939) was published in English. In the United States, he taught at Hampton Institute (1939-1947), establishing its art department. He is known primarily for his scholarship on creativity and his textbook on art education, Creative and Mental Growth, published in 1947, about the time he transferred to Penn State. There he taught art education in the Department of Home Economics from1946 until 1957 when the Department of Art Education was created.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of audio and moving image recordings of interviews, lectures, and speeches by Viktor Lowenfeld.
Location
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Penn State University Libraries catalog via the link above. Archival collections may be housed in offsite storage. For materials stored offsite, please allow 2-3 business days for retrieval.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
Using These Materials
Repository Details
Part of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library Repository
104 Paterno Library
Penn State University
University Park 16802 USA
(814) 865-1793
spcollections@psu.edu
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Photocopies of original materials may be made available for research purposes at the discretion of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library. Photocopies or reproductions of original materials may be subject to fees as outlined by the Pennsylvania State University Libraries reproduction policies.
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Patrons seeking advice on the availability of unpublished materials for publication should consult relevant copyright law and laws of libel.
Preferred Citation
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Art Education, Viktor Lowenfeld seminar records, 00077, Eberly Family Special Collections Library, Pennsylvania State University.
- Title
- Guide to the Pennsylvania State University, Department of Art Education, Viktor Lowenfeld seminar records
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Prepared by Special Collections Library faculty/staff
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin