January 5, 1996(1996-01-05) (aged 88) New York City, U.S.
Spouse
Fidelma Cadmus
(m. 1941; died 1991)
Parent(s)
Louis E. Kirstein Rose Stein
Education
Berkshire School
Alma mater
Harvard University
Occupation
Writer, philanthropist
Known for
Co-founder of the New York City Ballet
Awards
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1984)
National Medal of Arts (1985)
Military service
Years of service
1943–1945
Rank
Private First Class
Unit
MFAA
Battles/wars
World War II
Lincoln Edward Kirstein (May 4, 1907 – January 5, 1996) was an American writer, impresario, art connoisseur, philanthropist, and cultural figure in New York City, noted especially as co-founder of the New York City Ballet. He developed and sustained the company with his organizing ability and fundraising for more than four decades, serving as the company's general director from 1946 to 1989. According to the New York Times, he was "an expert in many fields", organizing art exhibits and lecture tours in the same years.[1]
^Jack Anderson (January 6, 1996). "Lincoln Kirstein, City Ballet Co-Founder, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-02-09. Lincoln Kirstein, a co-founder of the New York City Ballet and a visionary who never wavered in his belief that ballet could flourish in America...
Lincoln Edward Kirstein (May 4, 1907 – January 5, 1996) was an American writer, impresario, art connoisseur, philanthropist, and cultural figure in New...
Roman-catholic bishop in Mainz LincolnKirstein (1907–1996), American writer, impresario, art connoisseur and cultural figure Louis E. Kirstein (1867–1942), American...
Balanchine was invited to America in 1933 by a young arts patron named LincolnKirstein, and together they founded the School of American Ballet in 1934 as...
founding musical director of the New York City Ballet in combination with LincolnKirstein and George Balanchine. The couple moved to Europe in 1958 and lived...
founded with the help of LincolnKirstein and Edward Warburg, managed by Alexander Merovitch and populated by students of Kirstein and Balanchine's School...
literary and art crowd in New York City. John Cheever, Hart Crane, and LincolnKirstein were among his friends. He was a clerk for a stockbroker firm on Wall...
Capote's death. Windham also met and befriended such diverse figures as LincolnKirstein, Pavel Tchelitchew, Paul Cadmus, Gore Vidal, Christopher Isherwood...
illustrated children's books. His sister, Fidelma Cadmus, married LincolnKirstein, a philanthropist, arts patron, and co-founder of the New York City...
London, p. 49 Matthew 11:17 LincolnKirstein, Dance, Dance Horizons Incorporated, New York, 1969, p. 108 LincolnKirstein, Dance, Dance Horizons Incorporated...
Intimate Companions: A Triography of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, LincolnKirstein, and Their Circle, New York: Macmillan, 2001 ISBN 0-312-27127-1,...
to work with Balanchine and met his greatest champion and patron, LincolnKirstein. From 1940 to 1947, he provided illustrations for the Surrealist magazine...
portrait of a prominent person, titled appropriately, Portrait of LincolnKirstein. Kirstein was impressed by the portrait, and declared Wyeth the finest American...
ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and LincolnKirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers...
Catalogue online, http://balanchine.org. Retrieved 5 February 2015. LincolnKirstein, "La Esmeralda," in Movement and Metaphor: Four Centuries of Ballet...
Jean-Claude Clermont Bob Balaban as Private Preston Savitz, loosely based on LincolnKirstein Hugh Bonneville as 2nd Lieutenant Donald Jeffries, loosely based on...
December 1998). "Lincoln Journal Star at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 15 September 2018. Andersen, Erin (21 December 1998). "Lincoln Journal Star...
institution founded in 1946 by LincolnKirstein and George Balanchine. At its founding, Balanchine was the Artistic Director and Kirstein served as the Secretary...
Greek–English Lexicon, Perseus Digital Library, accessed 16 November 2013 LincolnKirstein, Dance, Dance Horizons Incorporated, New York, 1969, pp. 40-42, 48...
collaboration with LincolnKirstein. He was suspended for a prank just before graduation and had to repeat his senior year. Through Kirstein's sister, Mina...
Sachs, and co-founded the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art with LincolnKirstein and John Walker in 1928. The student organization exhibited the works...
photographer LincolnKirstein (1926) - co-founder of the New York City Ballet Stirling Dickinson (1927) - expatriate artist George Kirstein (1929) - publisher...
the Berkshire School in Massachusetts, where he was a classmate of LincolnKirstein (1907–1996). He was sent to Paris in 1925 with the idea of better preparing...
Intimate Companions: A Triography of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, LincolnKirstein, and Their Circle. Pages 206–207. St. Martin's Press, 2000. Dynes,...
Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey, 1991, 2002. His 2007 book The Worlds of LincolnKirstein was runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize. Duberman's play In White America...
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