Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.

Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., is the Executive Director of the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation and the Gordon Parks Foundation. Recent museum exhibitions in which he has been involved include Gordon Parks: The Making of An Argument with the New Orleans Museum of Art,[1] Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family 1967 with the Studio Museum in Harlem,[2] and Lincoln, Life-Size with the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science in Greenwich, Connecticut.[3] Kunhardt served as co-editor with Paul Roth on the multi-volume publication Gordon Parks: Collected Works.[4] With his father, Peter W. Kunhardt, and his uncle Philip B. Kunhardt III, he coauthored Lincoln, Life-Size[5] and Looking for Lincoln: The Making of American Icon.[6][7] He is responsible for the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation’s acquisition of the archive of Life photographer Ed Clark, which was donated in 2009. Kunhardt has established seven scholarships granted annually to young artists at SUNY Purchase,[8][9] the Ghetto Film School,[10] the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation,[11][12] the National YoungArts Foundation,[13] and The Harlem School of the Arts.[14] He lives in New York City and works in Pleasantville, New York.

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  1. ↑ "Gordon Parks - The Making of an Argument". NOMA. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Gordon Parks - Harlem Family Revisited". NY Times. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Lincoln, Life-Size". The Bruce Museum. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Estrin, James (27 September 2012). "Gordon Parks: 'A Lasting Love'". NY Times. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Kunhardt, Jessie (19 November 2009). ""Lincoln, Life-Size": Abraham Lincoln's Fascinating Face". Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Keeping Lincoln's memory alive for 5 generations". CNN. February 12, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Telling the Story of "The Ages": Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon". University of Michigan. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "2013 Nikon/Gordon Parks Photography Scholarship Awarded to Daniel Naman". The Gordon Parks Foundation. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Gordon Parks Foundation Honors Purchase College Students". SUNY Purchase. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "2013 HBO/Gordon Parks Film Scholarship Awarded to Linda Huang". The Gordon Parks Foundation. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "2013 Gordon Parks Centennial Scholarship Awarded to Quentin Williams". The Gordon Parks Foundation. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "Gordon Parks Centennial Gala Celebrates 100 Years of Legendary Artist". Black Gives Back. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  13. ↑ "2013 Gordon Parks Centennial Scholarship Awarded to Elliott Skinner". The Gordon Parks Foundation. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  14. ↑ "2013 Gordon Parks Arts Scholarship Awarded to Zahkele Zamisa". The Gordon Parks Foundation. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
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