Hopkins (Henry) Papers, 1950-2005

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Summary

Title:
Henry Hopkins papers
Dates:
1950-2005
Creators:
Hopkins, Henry, 1928-2009
Abstract:
The selected papers of curator, teacher, and museum director, Henry Hopkins, document his teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles, some of the exhibitions he curated, and his directorship at the Fort Worth Art Center Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Armand Hammer Museum of Art.
Extent:
15 Linear Feet (32 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Henry Hopkins papers, 1950-2005, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2006.M.1.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2006m1

Background

Scope and content:

Henry Hopkins's papers include manuscripts of writings and lectures; research files; correspondence with artists, including Clyfford Still; and copies oral histories conducted with Hopkins by the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Archives of American Art. Files document his time as Director of the Fort Worth Art Center Museum (1968-1973) and the controversy that precipitated his departure, and Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1974-1986). Also included are papers relating to his teaching at UCLA (1991-2002) and his chairmanship of the Art Department (1991-1994). Some files relate to the negotiations that resulted in the Armand Hammer Museum of Art being transferred to UCLA (1994), and his directorship of the Hammer, from 1994 to 1998. Some papers document events at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The papers contain materials about the exhibition "Sunshine & Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997," and posters and printed ephemera for other exhibitions, including posters for "War Babies," and "L.A. When it Began." Audio and video recordings contain interviews with prominent American artists and Los Angeles art collectors.

Also included in the papers are personal files that pertain to Hopkins's study at the Art Institute of Chicago, and his military service. Publications received with the papers will be transferred to the Getty Research Library's core collection.

This inventory is a preliminary draft.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Hopkins, born 1928, studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago, but is best known as a curator, teacher, and museum director. He was director of the Fort Worth Art Center Museum from 1968 to 1973. In 1974 he moved to San Francisco where he took over the directorship of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1974-1986). In 1991 he was made Chair of the Department of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was instrumental in the negotiations that gave UCLA management responsibility over the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and was the museum's director from 1994 until 1998, when he returned to teaching in UCLA's art department. In 1991 Hopkins began painting again, and had several exhibitions of his work. Hopkins died in 2009.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Henry Hopkins in 2006.
Processing information:

Processed and re-housed by Sheila Prospero. Inventory is preliminary.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged as received.

Physical location:
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Sheila Prospero.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-04-10 08:40:25 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers. Digitized audio and video recordings are available to on-site readers and Getty staff only.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Henry Hopkins papers, 1950-2005, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2006.M.1.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2006m1

Location of this collection:
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Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
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