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Collection Creator:

Federal Art Project. Photographic Division  Search this

Container:

Box 8, Folder 13

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1937

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

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Collection Citation:

Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965, bulk 1935-1942. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Walton Family Foundation

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Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection

Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection / Series 1: Artist Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-fedeartp14-ref416

Creator:

Mesibov, Hugh, 1916-2016  Search this

Shopes, Linda  Search this

Subject:

Curran, Mary  Search this

Gallagher, Michael J.  Search this

Thrash, Dox  Search this

Federal Art Project (Pa.)  Search this

Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial  Search this

Graphic Sketch Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Artists' Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Prints -- Technique  Search this

Printmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10365

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213683

AAA_collcode_mesihugh

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213683

Creator:

Mesibov, Hugh, 1916-  Search this

Interviewer:

Shopes, Linda  Search this

Names:

Artists' Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Federal Art Project (Pa.)  Search this

Graphic Sketch Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial  Search this

Curran, Mary  Search this

Gallagher, Michael J., 1895-1965  Search this

Thrash, Dox, 1892-1965  Search this

Extent:

2 Items (sound cassettes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1990 June 23

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Hugh Mesibov conducted by Linda Shopes for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Mesibov speaks of his early life and early art experiences including his attendance at the Graphic Sketch Club (now known as the Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial); financial difficulties in the 1930s and his subsequest successful application to the Federal Art Project; his experiences on the FAP print project, including reminiscences of fellow artists Dox Thrash and Michael Gallagher; the development of the carborundum print process and its subsequent promotion; how the project was run and work assigned; his experiences on the easel and mural projects; political problems with the state director, Mary Curran, and the Artists' Union; and his post-FAP career.

Biographical / Historical:

Printmaker, associated with WPA Federal Art Project; Philadelphia, Pa.

Provenance:

Donated 1991 by the Pennsylvania State Archives.

Restrictions:

Untranscribed; use requires an appointment.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Prints -- Technique  Search this

Printmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.mesihugh

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mesihugh

Artist:

Michael J. Gallagher, born Scranton, PA 1898-died Philadelphia, PA 1965  Search this

Medium:

lithograph

Dimensions:

8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

Type:

Graphic Arts-Print

Date:

n.d.

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from D.C. Public Library

Object number:

1967.72.89

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Department:

Graphic Arts

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76ed4f1ee-a535-4ff4-ad9c-d8bd78ef2be5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1967.72.89

Artist:

Michael J. Gallagher, born Scranton, PA 1898-died Philadelphia, PA 1965  Search this

Medium:

wood engraving on paper

Dimensions:

image: 10 5/8 x 9 1/4 in. (27.0 x 23.5 cm)

Type:

Graphic Arts-Print

Date:

ca. 1933-1943

Topic:

Figure male  Search this

Still life\art object\sculpture  Search this

Occupation\art\sculptor  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jean Nichols

Object number:

1974.38.96

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Department:

Graphic Arts

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk711e43882-06a6-4c78-a8c3-c132a0a5cc19

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1974.38.96