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Robert Benney original drawings

Title
  1. Robert Benney original drawings, 1926-1947.
Author
  1. Benney, Robert, 1904-2001

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  1. p1pc Benney, Robert. Original drawings and research materials (CStRLIN)NYPW02-a168
Description
  1. 36 lin. ft. (45 boxes)
Summary
  1. The Robert Benney drawings are black and white sketches in pencil and ink primarily of actors and actresses in costume for New York City theater productions.
Subject
  1. Actors -- Portraits
  2. Actresses -- Portraits
  3. Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
  4. Motion pictures -- United States
Genre/Form
  1. Portraits
Call number
  1. *T-Vim 1984-005
Source (note)
  1. Berson, Alma
Biography (note)
  1. Robert Benney was an illustrator, painter and war correspondent known primarily for the combat sketches he made of U.S. military personnel in the Pacific during World War II.
Indexes/finding aids (note)
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Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of: Robert Benney Original Drawings and Research Materials.
Processing action (note)
  1. Cataloged
Author
  1. Benney, Robert, 1904-2001.
Title
  1. Robert Benney original drawings, 1926-1947.
Biography
  1. Robert Benney was an illustrator, painter and war correspondent known primarily for the combat sketches he made of U.S. military personnel in the Pacific during World War II. In addition to his military work, Benney drew portraits of actors and actresses who appeared in New York theater productions and Hollywood films. Born in Romania in 1904, Benney grew up in the United States and studied art in New York at Cooper Union and at the National Academy of Design. He began drawing prominent performers of the stage and screen for publication beginning in 1926. His drawings were commissioned by New York newspapers and magazines and, in the late 1930s, by large Hollywood movie studios. Benney also taught art at the college level, worked as a commercial artist for businesses and advertising agencies, had his own studio, and was a war artist correspondent in North Africa (1954) and Vietnam (1968).
Indexes
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Linking entry
  1. Forms part of: Robert Benney Original Drawings and Research Materials.
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  1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
  2. Finding Aid
Found in:
  1. p1pc Benney, Robert. Original drawings and research materials (CStRLIN)NYPW02-a168
Research call number
  1. *T-Vim 1984-005
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