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Milton Halberstadt (1919–2000) was a US photographer in fine art and commercial photography who left a body of work covering genres from abstract art to commercial photography.
Early life and education
Halberstadt grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and attended the
Mechanic Arts High School , which taught mechanical trades.
[1] He then studied at the
Massachusetts School of Art .
[1] Afterwards, he studies at the
Art Institute of Chicago [
citation needed ] and the
Institute of Design (founded in 1937 as New Bauhaus by designer-painter
László Moholy-Nagy ).
[2] He served as an assistant to both László Moholy-Nagy and
György Kepes .[
citation needed ]
He served as a
US Army Air Forces navigator during
World War II in the
456th Bombardment Group .
[3] While a second lieutenant, he was a navigator aboard a
B-24 Liberator called "Texas Ranger" flying over Yugoslavia in 1944 when his aircraft was hit by enemy fire.
[4] Despite severe injuries, Halberstadt guided the plane down safely and he received the
Distinguished Flying Cross medal for heroism in aerial combat.[
citation needed ]
M. Halberstadt Illustration studio in San Francisco produced fine
large format studio photography. Halberstadt's clients included Del Monte, Dole, S&W, Paul Masson, Pan-Am Airlines, and Royal Viking Lines.[
citation needed ]
The Milton "Hal" Halberstadt Papers and Photograph Collection resides at University of California Davis special collections archives.
[5]
Chronology
1919 Born
1936 Began professional photography career in Boston after high school. In his early work he documented the streets of his native Boston for the
Works Progress Administration (WPA) National Research Project.
1940 Rockefeller foundation Scholarship to the School of Design, Chicago (New Bauhaus)
1943 Served as a navigator of a bomber during World War II
1945-1973 M. Halberstadt Illustration Photography Studio in San Francisco
1973- Taught fine photography at
University of California, Berkeley ,
San Francisco State University and the
University of Oregon
2000 Died
Print references
Warren, Lynne. Encyclopedia of Twentieth-century Photography CRC Press, 2006.
Comer, Stephanie, et al. The Moment of Seeing: Minor White at the California School of Fine Arts Chronicle Books, 2006.
Susan Ehrens. B&W Magazine Millenium Issue #5 B&W Magazine, February, 2000.
Court, Arthur. Minerals; Nature's Fabulous Jewels, photography by Milton Halberstadt Abrams, 1974.
Kepes, György. Language of Vision Credited as Halbe, Paul Theobald Company, 1961.
Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo. Vision in Motion Credited as Halbe, Paul Theobald Company, 1947.
The Editors of Time-Life Books, The Studio , Life Library of Photography, numerous printings.
Exhibitions
Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Art , Houston, Texas, 1948.
Pioneer Photographers
Addison Gallery of American Art , Andover, Massachusetts, 1948.
Subjektive Fotographie, 2nd International Exhibit of Modern Photography .
State School of Arts & Crafts , Saarbrücken, Germany, 1954.
Fine Arts Exhibit IV , Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1966.
American Photography: The Sixties , Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1968.
Affrischer Fran Califrien GavIe Museum, Stockholm, Sweden, 1968.
Art in Embassies , A Program of the United States Dept. of State.
Ten Californian Photographers , 1973.
Photography + The City Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1965.
Retrospective: Photographs 1936-81 , Douglas Elliott Galleries, San Francisco, 1981.
Taken by Design: Photographs From the Institute of Design, 1937–1971 , Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.
[6]
A Mind at Play , Art Institute of Chicago, 2008.
[7]
Permanent collections
Addison Gallery of American Art , Andover, Massachusetts.
George Eastman House , Rochester, New York.
Polaroid Corporation , Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Smithsonian Institution , Washington, D.C..
Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York.
The Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California.
Center for Creative Photography , University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Film
Photography - The Incisive Art (Ansel Adams' series of 5 films for KQED) Professional Photography with Ansel Adams, Beaumont Newhall and others, 1960.
References
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a
b
"Oral history interview with Ernst Halberstadt, 1979 Feb. 16" ,
Smithsonian Institution , Reference Department,
Archives of American Art , Washington. D.C.
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"Taken By Design: Photographs from the Institute of Design, 1937-1971 - Chronology" (PDF) .
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"456th Bomb Group Crews, Page 13" . 2008-09-07. Archived from
the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2020-12-01 .
^
"Lucky Silver Dollar, Pals' Loyalty Save Plainfielder's Life" ,
Plainfield Courier-News , Plainfield, New Jersey, May 2, 1944, page 5. (subscription required)
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"Manuscript Collections - Special Collections - University Library - University of California Davis" . 2011-12-08. Archived from
the original on 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2020-12-01 .
^ Boxer, Sarah (2002-05-08).
"The Late, Great Light Show; Chicago's Photographers and Their Abstract World (Published 2002)" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-12-01 .
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"Art Institute Chicago zeigt A Mind at Play in Chicago - Ausstellungen in kunstaspekte" . 2012-02-14. Archived from
the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2020-12-01 .
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