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Interviewee:

Holub, Leo, 1916-2010  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Creator:

Art Schools in California Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Art Schools in California Oral History Project  Search this

Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Stanford University. Dept. of Art  Search this

University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts -- Faculty  Search this

University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts -- Students  Search this

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979  Search this

Barnes, Matthew Rackham, 1880-1951  Search this

Corbett, Edward, 1919-  Search this

Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976  Search this

Gaw, William A., 1891-1973  Search this

Hackett, Dick  Search this

Holub, Florence  Search this

Mackey, Spencer, 1880-1958  Search this

Mondale, Walter F., 1928-  Search this

Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969  Search this

Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914-1998  Search this

Piazzoni, Gottardo, 1872-1945  Search this

Randolph, Lee F., b. 1880  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Sinel, Joseph Claude, 1889-1975  Search this

Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this

Sterne, Maurice, 1878-1957  Search this

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958  Search this

White, Minor  Search this

Wilson, Charis, 1914-2009  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (90 min), analog)

34 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1997 July 3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Leo Holub conducted 1997 July 3, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in San Francisco, Calif.

Holub discusses his background, being born in Arkansas, moving to New Mexico, and then to Oakland, Calif. (1923); early educational experiences in Oakland, and later at the Art Institute of Chicago; seeing Edward Weston's photographic work at an exhibition in Chicago, and admiring Weston's nude studies of Charis Wilson; his return to the Bay Area; his studio on Montgomery St. (Monkey Block); meeting painter Matthew Barnes, who had assisted Diego Rivera with his murals at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA), 1931-1932; his experiences as a student at CSFA- its program and instructors which included Maurice Sterne, Gottardo Piazzoni, Lee Randolph, Dick Hackett, Otis Oldfield, William Gaw, Spencer Mackey, and Victor Arnautoff; fellow students including Hassel Smith, Ed Corbett, and Florence Michelson (his future wife); and his beginning awareness of modernism.

Holub discusses his involvement with the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939); apprenticeship with industrial designer Joe Sinel and the advent of the product design era; his founding of Design Development Associates, and staying only a year before moving to Grass Valley, Calif. for his son's health; his return to the Bay Area, succeeding Emmy Lou Packard at the San Francisco Planning Office graphic arts dept.; working at the housing agency and redevelopment agency and as chief designer for the Bay Area Rapid Transit report.

He recalls his encounter with Ansel Adams at the 1955 Yosemite workshop where Holub produced a pictorial map of Yosemite; Adam's "zone system" of exposing for shadows and developing for highlights; going on to teach at CSFA (1955-1957), where Imogen Cunningham was a guest instructor; Minor White replacing him; his ten years at Stanford University's planning office (1960-1970); his campus views "Stanford Scene" that were used by the university to appeal for more space for the art dept., and his shows at Stanford's art gallery in 1964 and at the Washington, D.C. home of Vice President Walter Mondale in 1980.

Biographical / Historical:

Leo Holub (1916-2010) was a photographer, lithographer, and teacher from San Francisco, Calif.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and administrators.

Topic:

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Photography  Search this

Photography -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Function:

Art Schools -- California

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Bente and Gerald E. Buck Collection.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.holub97

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94a5ec6a4-7e88-40a7-8b1c-4379fe338240

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-holub97

Artist:

Barnes, Matthew Rackham 1880-1951  Search this

Physical description:

1 folder

Type:

Photograph

Artist files

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Image number:

VFM VF000160

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Photograph Study Collection

Data Source:

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_jul_136881

Author:

Barnes, Matthew Rackham 1880-1951  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection DSI  Search this

Subject:

Barnes, Matthew Rackham 1880-1951  Search this

Physical description:

folders ; 25 x 38 cm

Type:

Mixed archival materials

Vertical files

Artist files

Call number:

AAF--Barnes, Matthew Rackham

Restrictions & Rights:

Photocopies of items in the folder(s) are available upon request, subject to fees and other current copyright guidelines for reproduction.

FOLDER(S) DO NOT CIRCUATE. FOLDERS MUST BE CONSULTED ON SITE

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_731095

Creator:

California Art Research Project  Search this

Names:

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Abdy, Rowena Meeks, b. 1887  Search this

Aitken, Robert, 1878-1949  Search this

Albright, Gertrude Partington, 1883-1959  Search this

Albright, Hermann Oliver, 1876-1944  Search this

Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979  Search this

Atkins, Arthur, 1873-1899  Search this

Barnes, Matthew Rackham, 1880-1951  Search this

Bergman, Frank  Search this

Berlandina, Jane, 1898-1962  Search this

Bethers, Ray, 1902-  Search this

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Boynton, Ray Scepter, 1883-1951  Search this

Bremer, Anne, 1872-1923  Search this

Breuer, Henry Joseph, 1860-1932  Search this

Bruton, Margaret, 1894-  Search this

Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970  Search this

Cadenasso, Giuseppe, 1858-1918  Search this

Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932  Search this

Chin, Chee, b. 1896  Search this

Cravath, Ruth, 1902-1986  Search this

Cummings, M. Earl, b. 1876  Search this

Cuneo, Rinaldo, 1877-1939  Search this

Dickman, Charles John, 1863-1943  Search this

Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946  Search this

Forbes, Helen, 1891-1945  Search this

Fortune, Ephemia Charlton, 1885-1969  Search this

Gaw, William A., 1891-1973  Search this

Grant, Charles Henry, 1866-1939  Search this

Hailey, Gene  Search this

Hamlin, Edith  Search this

Hansen, Armin C. (Armin-Carl), 1886-1957  Search this

Hansen, Herman W., 1854-1924  Search this

Hesthal, William, 1908-  Search this

Hill, Thomas, 1829-1908  Search this

Hobart, Clark, b. 1880?  Search this

Howard, Charles, 1899-1978  Search this

Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931  Search this

Howard, John Langley, 1902-  Search this

Howard, Robert Boardman, 1896-1983  Search this

Jorgensen, Christian, 1860-1935  Search this

Joullin, Amedee, 1862-1917  Search this

Keith, William, 1838-1911  Search this

Kent, Adaline Dutton, 1900-1957  Search this

Kingman, Dong, 1911-  Search this

Labaudt, Lucien, 1880-1943  Search this

Mackey, Spencer, 1880-1958  Search this

Macky, Constance L., b. 1883  Search this

Martinez, Xavier, 1869-1943  Search this

Mathews, Arthur Frank, 1860-1945  Search this

McComas, Francis John, 1874-1938  Search this

Mora, Joseph Jacinto, 1876-1947  Search this

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Nahl, Arthur Charles, b. 1878  Search this

Nahl, Charles Christian, 1818-1878  Search this

Nahl, Hugo Wilhelm Arthur, 1833-1889  Search this

Nahl, Perham Wilhelm, 1869-1935  Search this

Nahl, Virgil Theodore, 1876-1930  Search this

Obata, Chiura  Search this

Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969  Search this

Peixotto, Ernest, b. 1869  Search this

Peters, Charles Rollo, 1862-1928  Search this

Piazzoni, Gottardo, 1872-1945  Search this

Pommer, Julius, 1895?-1945  Search this

Poole, Horatio Nelson, b. 1883  Search this

Post, George, 1906-1997  Search this

Puccinelli, Dorothy Wagner, 1901-  Search this

Puccinelli, Raimondo, 1904-  Search this

Putnam, Arthur, 1873-1930  Search this

Randolph, Lee F., b. 1880  Search this

Raphael, Joseph, 1869-1950  Search this

Rexroth, André, Mrs., 1902-  Search this

Richardson, Mary Curtis, 1848-1931  Search this

Rix, Julian  Search this

Robinson, Charles Dorman, 1847-1933  Search this

Rosenthal, Toby Edward, ca. 1848-1917  Search this

Sandona, Matteo, b. 1883  Search this

Sargeant, Geneve Rixford, 1868-1957  Search this

Scherbakoff, Sergey John, b. 1894  Search this

Schnier, Jacques, 1898-1988  Search this

Sekido, Yoshida, b. 1894  Search this

Sheridan, Joseph Marsh, b. 1897  Search this

Sparks, Will, 1862-1937  Search this

Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973  Search this

Tavernier, Jules, 1844-1889  Search this

Tilden, Douglas, 1860-1935  Search this

Tojetti, Domenico, 1807-1892  Search this

Van Sloun, Frank J., 1879-1938  Search this

Welch, Thaddeus, 1844-1919  Search this

Williams, Virgil Macey, 1830-1886  Search this

Withrow, Evelyn Almond, 1858-1928  Search this

Wores, Theodore, 1858-1939  Search this

Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985  Search this

Extent:

20 Volumes ((on 2 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- California -- San Francisco

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- California -- San Francisco

Date:

1936-1937

Scope and Contents:

Twenty volumes of the publication, CALIFORNIA ART RESEARCH, containing monographs on artists whose principal residence was San Francisco.

REEL NDA/Cal 1: Artists include Robert Aitken, Arthur Atkins, Albert Bierstadt, Ray Boynton, Anne Bremer, Henry J. Breuer, Giuseppe Cadenasso, Emil Carlsen, M. Earl Cummings, Rinaldo Cuneo, Charles Dickman, Maynard Dixon, Charles Grant, Armin Hansen, H. W. Hansen, Thomas Hill, Christian Jorgensen, Amedee Joullin, William Keith, Constance Macky, Xavier Martinez, Arthur Mathews, Francis McComas, Arthur C. Nahl, Charles C. Nahl, Hugo W. A. Nahl, Perham W. Nahl, Virgil T. Nahl, Ernest Peixotto, Charles R. Peters, Gottardo Piazzoni, Horatio Nelson Poole, Arthur Putnam, Joseph Raphael, Mary C. Richardson, Julian Rix, Charles D. Robinson, Toby Rosenthal, Will Sparks,Jules Tavernier, Douglas Tilden, Domenico Tojetti, Frank Van Sloun, Thaddeus Welch, Virgil Williams, Evelyn A. Withrow, and Theodore Wores.

REEL NDA/Cal 2: Artists include Rowena M. Abdy, Gertrude Albright, Hermann O. Albright, Maxine Albro, Victor Arnautoff, Matthew R. Barne s, Frank Bergman, Jane Berlandina, Ray Bethers, Beniamino Bufano, Margaret Bruton, Chee Chin, Ruth Cravath, Helen Forbes, Euphemia C. Fortune, William Gaw, Edith Hamlin, William Hesthal, Clark Hobart, Charles Howard, John G. Howard, John L. Howard, Robert Boardman Howard, Adaline Kent, Dong Kingman, Lucien Labaudt, Spencer Mackey, Jo Mora, Jose Moya del Pino, Chiura Obata, Otis Oldfield, Julius Pommer, George B. Post, Dorothy W. Puccinelli, Raimondo Puccinelli, Lee F. Randolph, Andree Rexroth, Matteo Sandona, Geneve R. Sargeant, Sergey J. Scherbakoff,Jacques Schnier, Yoshida Sekido, Joseph M. Sheridan,Ralph Stackpole, and Bernard Zakheim.

Biographical / Historical:

Publication of the Works Progress Administration; San Francisco, Calif. Sponsored by Dr. Walter Heil of the M.H. de Young Museum. Was originally a joint project of the WPA-Statistical projects division and the WPA-Federal Art Project in order to disseminate information about artists and art in the San Francisco region.

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):

San Francisco, WPA Project 2874, 1936-1937.

Provenance:

Provenance unknown.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Artists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art and state -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.caliarp

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91151550c-b4d7-4c02-b025-d4bd657f78fb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-caliarp

Author:

Barnes, Matthew Rackham 1880-1951  Search this

Martha Jackson Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Barnes, Matthew Rackham 1880-1951  Search this

Physical description:

6 p. : ill. ; 17 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

1955

Call number:

NB237.B2626 A4 1955

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_682172