Lowenfeld Teaching Art: A European Theory and American Experience at Hampton Institute

Abstract

From 1939 to 1946 Lowenfeld worked as a studio art teacher in a Black American college setting. In his European publication prior to this American experience Lowenfeld had set forth his version of the visual-haptic theory. This theory, derived from the work of an Austrian art historian, was significantly modified by Lowenfeld during his Hampton Institute years. This paper examines Lowenfeld's European and American transformations of the theory.