Ref No | 2012.103/G/2/11 |
Level | File |
Extent | 7 items |
Title | Correspondence related to the International Artists Association |
Date | [1956?]-1969 |
Description | Small file of correspondence related to the International Artists' Association, of which Tennant was a committee member. Includes a handwritten letter from [Richard Carline] asking Tennant to attend a national committee meeting of the [International Artists' Association] in his place, outlining points concerning the constitution and its members he wishes Tennant to make on his behalf (/1); a letter from Sir Frederick A. Hoare related to the provision of hospitality for the International Conference on the Training of the Artists (/2); and correspondence, including Tennant's manuscript draft letters, related to the Barbican Arts Centre (/3-7). |
Notes | This represents an artificial gathering of letters found loose in the collection |
International Artists Committee was co-founded by Richard Carline in 1952. The organisation acted an advisory body in the visual arts and was affiliated to UNESCO. Carline had been a prominent member of the Artists' International Association and also co-founded the Hampstead Artists' Council. |