Lincoln Kirstein
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Object Details
- Artist
- James Browning Wyeth, born 6 Jul 1946
- Sitter
- Lincoln Edward Kirstein, 4 May 1907 - 5 Jan 1996
- Exhibition Label
- Born Rochester, New York
- A poet, critic, magazine editor, and novelist, Lincoln Kirstein above all played a central role in shaping America’s classical ballet tradition. Obsessed with dance from an early age, Kirstein brought choreographer George Balanchine of Russia’s Diaghilev Ballet to the United States in the early 1930s, and together they founded the School of American Ballet. Their collaboration continued, and in 1948 they established the New York City Ballet, with Kirstein serving as general director until 1989. He also founded the Dance Archives of the Museum of Modern Art, which became the basis of the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library. The portraitist, Jamie Wyeth, was only nineteen when this painting was completed.
- Provenance
- The sitter; bequest to NPG
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Lincoln Kirstein
- 1965
- Object number
- NPG.96.97
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Jamie Wyeth
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 99.1 x 77.8 x 2.5cm (39 x 30 5/8 x 1")
- Frame: 109.2 x 88.9 x 2.9cm (43 x 35 x 1 1/8")
- Place
- United States\New York\Kings\New York
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Bravo!
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 322 Mezzanine
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Lincoln Edward Kirstein: Male
- Lincoln Edward Kirstein: Literature\Writer
- Lincoln Edward Kirstein: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist\Patron of the arts
- Lincoln Edward Kirstein: Performing Arts\Producer\Impresario
- Lincoln Edward Kirstein: Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Lincoln Edward Kirstein: Performing Arts\Founder of ballet company
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.96.97
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d429acc6-1ce4-4822-8d79-5898fc016b6e
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