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Stephen Longstreet (April 18, 1907 – February 20, 2002) was an American writer and artist.
Feb 22, 2002 · Stephen Longstreet, an artist, screenwriter and author of more than 100 fiction and nonfiction books, has died. He was 94.
Jun 5, 2023 · Columbus' newest public artwork has a contemporary look, but is inspired by 150 years of local history. Driving the news: The massive twine sculpture "Current" by Janet Echelman is now hanging over the downtown intersection of Gay and High streets.
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When quoting material fromthis collection, the preferred citation is: Stephen Longstreet. Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Stephen Longstreet was born in New York in 1907, and moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey with his family during his youth. Longstreet studied in Paris and at Rutgers and Harvard Universities; graduating from the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (Parsons) in 1929. On his return to the United States, his artistic style was considered "too moder...
Longstreet combined his talents as an author and artist with his interest in music. Longstreet published five books on jazz, illustrated with his own drawings and watercolors, including The Real Jazz Old and New (1956), Jazz from A-Z, A Graphic Dictionary (1989). Longstreet's artworks served as the basis for a 1989 exhibition in the Department of S...
Browse finding aids by topic. Other institutions containing Longstreet material are the Oakland Museum, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Yale University, the Mugar Memorial Library of Boston University, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution.
Longstreet, Stephen, 1907-JazzJazz -- Pictorial worksStephen Longstreet (1907–2002) was born in New York in 1907. He was educated in Paris, at Rutgers and Harvard Universities and the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (Parsons). He worked as a magazine artist and cartoonist, and in the 1930s began writing radio shows.
Ethel Longstreet section and 1970s updated. ALL THAT JAZZ ART! - 1950s - SL-Artist. Website dedicated to Stephen Longstreet (formerly Henri Weiner) the writer, artist and cartoonist.
Stephen Longstreet was a prolific novelist, screenwriter, cartoonist, and artist whose work ranged in subject from gourmet cookbooks to potboiler detective novels to portraits of American jazz greats. He published over 100 books in his lifetime, including the novel The Sisters Liked them Handsome, which was turned into a successful Broadway ...
