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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

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National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

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edanmdm:yt_bqsq6Q8R4TI

Artist:

Laura Wheeler Waring, 1887 - 1948  Search this

Sitter:

James Weldon Johnson, 17 Jun 1871 - 27 Jun 1938  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Stretcher: 92.7 x 76.2cm (36 1/2 x 30")

Frame: 109.2 x 95.3 x 5.1cm (43 x 37 1/2 x 2")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1943

Topic:

Exterior\Landscape  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Imaginary  Search this

James Weldon Johnson: Male  Search this

James Weldon Johnson: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer  Search this

James Weldon Johnson: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer  Search this

James Weldon Johnson: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University  Search this

James Weldon Johnson: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this

James Weldon Johnson: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter  Search this

James Weldon Johnson: Literature\Writer\Novelist  Search this

James Weldon Johnson: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

James Weldon Johnson: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\School administrator\Principal  Search this

James Weldon Johnson: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Consul\US Consul  Search this

James Weldon Johnson: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Translator  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Harmon Foundation

Object number:

NPG.67.40

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Estate of Laura Wheeler Waring

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a2a48c69-9552-46ce-81b4-a011cec5dfad

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.67.40

Artist:

Betsy Graves Reyneau, 1888 - 1964  Search this

Sitter:

Mary McLeod Bethune, 10 Jul 1875 - 18 May 1955  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Stretcher: 114.9 x 89.5 x 2.5cm (45 1/4 x 35 1/4 x 1")

Frame: 133.4 x 108 x 6.4cm (52 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 2 1/2")

Type:

Painting

Date:

1943

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Artwork\Painting  Search this

Equipment\Walking stick\Cane  Search this

Home Furnishings\Globe  Search this

Mary McLeod Bethune: Female  Search this

Mary McLeod Bethune: Education and Scholarship\Founder\School  Search this

Mary McLeod Bethune: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher  Search this

Mary McLeod Bethune: Society and Social Change\Philanthropist  Search this

Mary McLeod Bethune: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\College administrator\President  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Harmon Foundation

Object number:

NPG.67.78

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Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Peter Edward Fayard

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Exhibition:

The Struggle for Justice Refresh

On View:

NPG, West Gallery 220

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National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ee515c6d-2679-449b-a721-6b43ad1bdd4a

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edanmdm:npg_NPG.67.78

Creator:

Thompson, Bob, 1937-1966  Search this

Names:

Billiard Place  Search this

David Anerson Gallery  Search this

Donald Morris Gallery  Search this

Sluggs Jazz Club  Search this

The Billard Palace  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014  Search this

Beskind, Dorothy Levitt  Search this

Bridwell, Margaret  Search this

Covi, Dario A.  Search this

Crodel, Charles, 1894-1973  Search this

Cruz, Emilio, 1938-  Search this

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-  Search this

Martin, Mary, 1913-  Search this

May, Mary Spencer  Search this

Ratcliff, Carter  Search this

Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-  Search this

Spellman, A. B., 1935-  Search this

Thompson, Bessie  Search this

Thompson, Carol  Search this

Wilke, Ulfert, 1907-1987  Search this

Wilson, Judith, 1952-  Search this

Young, Kenneth, 1933-  Search this

Extent:

2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Photographs

Date:

1949-2005

Summary:

The papers of New York African American figurative painter Bob Thompson measure 2 linear feet and date from 1949 to 2005. The collection includes biographical material, videocassettes, correspondence, writings by Bob Thompson and others, exhibition files, scattered personal business records, printed material, photographs, and photograph albums. The correspondence is mostly between Carol Thompson, the artist's wife, and others concerning Bob Thompson's artwork.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of New York African American figurative painter Bob Thompson measure 2 linear feet and date from 1949 to 2005. The collection includes biographical material, videocassettes, correspondence, writings by Bob Thompson and others, exhibition files, scattered personal business records, printed material, photographs, and photograph albums. The correspondence is mostly between Carol Thompson, the artist's wife, and others concerning Bob Thompson's artwork.

Biographical material includes certificates, school memorabilia, biographical chronologies, a memorial program and obituaries, and a transcript of "Bob Thompson: His Life and Friendships" panel discussion with several notable artists commenting on Thompson. There is also a video recording copy of a 1965 film by Dorothy Levitt Beskind titled Bob Thompson Happening which was made to accompany a 1999 exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Art.

Carol Thompson's correspondence is with various galleries, dealers, and friends primarily concerning Bob Thompson's artwork and posthumous exhibitions. There is correspondence with art historian Judith Wilson, the artist's mother Bessie Thompson, David Anderson Gallery, and Donald Morris Gallery.

Writings by Bob Thompson include church speeches, a letter to the editor of Louisville Courier Journal, a poem, and an artist statement. There are also writings about Thompson by others, including his mother Bessie Thompson, wife Carol Thompson, and artists and friends, including Margaret Bridwell, Dario Covi, Carl Crodel, Emilio Cruz, Allen Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones, Mary H. Martin, Mary Spencer May, Carter Ratcliff, Meyer Schapiro, A. B. Spellman, Ulfert Wilke, and Ken Young. The writings by friends are mostly in the form of recollections by friends that were gathered as a memorial tribute to Thompson.

Exhibition files consist of material related to posthumous group and solo exhibitions of Bob Thompson's work.

The majority of the personal business records are posthumous and include inventories, loan and consignment forms, sales and appraisal records, and scattered correspondence.

Printed material includes exhibition catalogs, magazine and newspaper clippings about Bob Thompson, blank postcards of artwork, posters, and press releases.

There are photographs of Bob Thompson, family, and friends, including many artists, shot in various locations in New York City and Provincetown, as well as in Spain, France, and Italy. There are images of Thompson's Rivington Street studio, the Billiard Palace and the Slugs Jazz Club in New York City, exhibitions, events, street scenes, and artwork. There are four photographs albums, one of the Thompson's wedding, two of exhibitions (one is disbound), and one personal album with many photographs of friends and family, including the artist's mother Bessie Thompson and wife Carol Thompson.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 7 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1953-2003 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Carol Thompson's Correspondence, 1971-2000 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Writings, 1949-1998 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 4: Exhibition Files, 1978-2001 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 5: Personal Business Records, 1965-2001 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1960-2005 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, 4, OV 5)

Series 7: Photographs, 1951-2000 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 2-4)

Biographical / Historical:

Bob Thompson (1937-1966) was an African American figurative painter who worked primarily in New York City.

Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1937. He attended Boston University as a pre-med student, but quit the program and returned to Kentucky to attend the University of Louisville and study painting under German expressionist artist Ulfert Wilke. As a student, he spent a summer in Provincetown, Massachusetts and immersed himself in the art communities there. In 1958, Thompson moved to New York City and reunited with several artists he had met in Provincetown and participated in some of the earliest "happenings," somewhat informal art events or gatherings usually involving performance art and music, in 1960. He became a regular at the jazz clubs The Five Spot and Slugs and became friends with several jazz musicians. Many of Thompson's paintings reflect his interest in jazz. He also formed friendships with writers Allen Ginsberg and LeRoi Jones. In 1960, he had his first solo exhibition at the Delancy Street Museum.

The same year as his first solo exhibition, Thompson married Carol Plenda and the couple lived in Paris from 1961-1962 after he received a Whitney Foundation fellowship. They lived in Ibiza, Spain the following year. Thompson painted prolifically while abroad, and when he returned to New York City in 1963, he brought many paintings with him. He quickly found representation by Martha Jackson Gallery and the gallery featured Thompson's work in solo exhibitions in 1963-1965. His reputation grew and more exhibitions across the country followed.

In late 1965, Thompson and his wife traveled to Rome, Italy, where he continued to study art and paint. Thompson died in Rome in 1966 at the age of 28 from a drug overdose not long after receiving gall bladder surgery.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Elaine Plenda, the artist's sister-in-law, in 2006, 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Restrictions:

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

Rights:

"Bob Thompson Happening" (1965) video: Permission to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Joanne Elkin. Contact Reference Services for more information.

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Photographs

Citation:

Bob Thompson papers, 1949-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.thombob

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95cbba908-2706-4ba6-8bb0-58c271c29d62

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-thombob

Interviewee:

Harris, Lyle Ashton, 1965-  Search this

Interviewer:

Fialho, Alex, 1989-  Search this

Names:

American Academy in Rome -- Students  Search this

California Institute of the Arts -- Students  Search this

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) -- Students  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Baker, Houston A., Jr., 1943-  Search this

Barton, Nancy, (Artist)  Search this

Basquiat, Jean-Michel, 1960-1988  Search this

Butler, Cornelia H.  Search this

Carby, Hazel V.  Search this

Collier, Jim  Search this

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.  Search this

Geer, Tommy  Search this

Goldin, Nan, 1953-  Search this

Gonzalez-Torres, Felix, 1957-1996  Search this

Gray, Todd, 1954-  Search this

Grayson, John, 1943-  Search this

Hemphill, Essex  Search this

Julien, Isaac  Search this

Lord, Catherine, 1949-  Search this

Mapplethorpe, Robert  Search this

Mays, Vickie M.  Search this

O'Dench, Ellen  Search this

O'Meally, Jackie  Search this

O'Meally, Robert G., 1948-  Search this

Riggs, Marlon T.  Search this

Seeley, J.  Search this

Sekula, Allan  Search this

Tate, Greg  Search this

Tilton, Jack  Search this

Watson, Simon  Search this

Wilson, Millie  Search this

Woodman, Francesca, 1958-1981  Search this

Extent:

6 Items (Sound recording: 6 sound files (8 hr., 6 min.), digital, wav)

95 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

England -- London -- Description and Travel

Ghana -- Description and Travel

Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Description and Travel

New York (N.Y.) -- Description and Travel

Tanzania -- Description and Travel

Date:

2017 March 27-29

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Lyle Ashton Harris, conducted 2017 March 27 and 29, by Alex Fialho, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at Harris's studio and home in New York, New York.

Harris speaks of his childhood in the Bronx; his family's influence on his race-consciousness; living in Tanzania for two years as a child and the effects on his understanding of race and sexuality; his grandfather's extensive photographic archive; contact with the South African diaspora through his step-father; attending Wesleyan University; formative experiences in London, Amsterdam, and New York in the mid-1980s; his education and development as a photographer; attending CalArts and encountering West Coast AIDS activism; encountering systemic racism in Los Angeles; close friendships with Marlon Riggs and Essex Hemphill; exhibitions of his work in New York in the early 1990s; the production of his Ektachrome Archive and his impulse to photograph daily life; his work on the Black Community AIDS Research and Education (Black C.A.R.E.) project in Los Angeles; participating in the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program; being diagnosed with HIV and remaining asymptomatic; attending the Dia Black Popular Culture Conference in 1992; photographing and mounting "The Good Life" in 1994 and "The Watering Hole" in 1996; issues of blackness and queerness in his photographic work; his residency at the American Academy in Rome in 2000; moving to Accra, Ghana for seven years in 2005; his pedagogy as an art professor; his thoughts on the lack of voices of color in the Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic Oral History Project and in the larger power structures of the art world; and his hope that his artistic legacy will be evaluated in its proper context. Harris also recalls Jackie and Robert O'Meally, Jay Seeley, Ellen O'Dench, Francesca Woodman, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jim Collier, Robert Mapplethorpe, Allan Sekula, Hazel Carby, Isaac Julien, Catherine Lord, Millie Wilson, Todd Gray, John Grayson, Tommy Gear, Marlon Riggs, Essex Hemphill, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Nancy Barton, Vickie Mays, Connie Butler, Greg Tate, Henry Louis Gates, Houston Baker, Nan Goldin, Jack Tilton, Simon Watson, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Lyle Ashton Harris (1965- ) is an artist who works in video, photography, and performance in New York, New York. Alex Fialho (1989- ) is a curator and arts writer and works as Programs Director for Visual AIDS in New York, New York.

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.

Occupation:

Performance artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Video artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

AIDS activists  Search this

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Racism  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Artists (LGBTQ)  Search this

Gay artists  Search this

African American art -- African influences  Search this

African American educators  Search this

African American photographers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funded by the Keith Haring Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.harris17

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9559d7597-04b4-4644-b6ae-bca2bdb27f88

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-harris17

Creator:

Clark, Edward, 1926-2019  Search this

Names:

Cinque Gallery  Search this

Gentry, Herbert, 1919-2003  Search this

Hutson, Bill, 1936-  Search this

Joans, Ted  Search this

Extent:

8.9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1923-2017

Summary:

The papers of African American abstract expressionist painter Ed Clark measure 8.9 linear feet and date from 1923 to 2017. The collection documents Clark's work as a professional artist through biographical material; correspondence with family, galleries, and friends, most notably Cinque Gallery, Herbert Gentry, Bill Hutson, and Ted Joans; writings, including documentation for the book Edward Clark: For the Sake of the Search; personal business records, including consignment and sales records; and material related to professional activities, including files on significant exhibitions and projects, gallery files, and teaching records. Also in the collection are exhibition announcements, catalogs, news clippings, and other printed material documenting Clark's work; photographic material depicting Ed Clark, his artwork, and other individuals; and a small amount of original artwork by Clark and others.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of African American abstract expressionist painter Ed Clark measure 8.9 linear feet and date from 1923 to 2017. The collection documents Clark's work as a professional artist through biographical material; correspondence with family, galleries, and friends, most notably Cinque Gallery, Herbert Gentry, Bill Hutson, and Ted Joans; writings, including documentation for the book Edward Clark: For the Sake of the Search; personal business records, including consignment and sales records; and material related to professional activities, including files on significant exhibitions and projects, gallery files, and teaching records. Also in the collection are exhibition announcements, catalogs, news clippings, and other printed material documenting Clark's work; photographic material depicting Ed Clark, his artwork, and other individuals; and a small amount of original artwork by Clark and others.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as eight series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1943-2016 (Boxes 1, 10; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1926, circa 1943-2016 (Boxes 1-3; 2.1 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, 1955, 1980-2006, 2015, undated (Boxes 3-4, 10; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1953, 1966-2015 (Boxes 4, 10; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 5: Professional Activities, circa 1954-2016 (Boxes 4-5, 10; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1923-1926, 1950-2017, undated (Boxes 5-8, 10, OV 11-14; 3.3 linear feet)

Series 7: Photographic Material, 1928, 1952-2014, undated (Boxes 8-9, 10; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 8: Artwork, 1977-1997, undated (Boxes 9-10, OV 14; 0.1 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Ed Clark (1926- ) is an abstract expressionist painter who worked in Paris, France and New York. Clark was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1926. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1946 to 1951 and enrolled at the Académie de la Grande Chaumièré in Paris after his arrival there in 1952. After his return to the United States, Clark became a charter member of the Brata Gallery. In 1957 he premiered his shaped canvas at the Brata Gallery Christmas group show. This shaped canvas is generally considered to be the first of its kind. In 1958, he began using a push broom to apply broad strokes of color to canvases on his studio floor.

Ed Clark has received multiple awards and honors including the National Endowment for the Arts' Master Award (1972), the United States Congressional Achievement Award (1994), and the Art Institute of Chicago's Legends and Legacy Award (2013). He has exhibited widely and his work is held in many collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, the California Afro-American Museum, the Centro de Arté Moderno in Guadalajara, Mexico, the Detroit Institute of the Arts, Louisiana State University, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the New York Public Library Schomburg Center.

Related Materials:

A 30-minute documentary recording, Ed Clark: a brush with success (2007) produced by Mark Hammond and Charles Martin is available at the Anacostia Community Museum Library.

Provenance:

The Ed Clark papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Melanca Clark, Ed Clark's daughter.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Occupation:

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- France -- Paris  Search this

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Painting, Abstract  Search this

Shaped canvas  Search this

Citation:

Ed Clark papers, 1923-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.clarked

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9591c8e79-7501-4649-aca7-b2703a3f44ce

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-clarked

Collection Creator:

Clark, Edward, 1926-2019  Search this

Extent:

Includes one sound cassette containing a recorded interview.

Container:

Box 5, Folder 13

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1995-1997

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Ed Clark papers, 1923-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

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Ed Clark papers

Ed Clark papers / Series 5: Professional Activities / Projects and Exhibitions

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw980fb0f62-55f4-43c8-b30d-e057d57bd0d3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-clarked-ref150

Collection Creator:

Clark, Edward, 1926-2019  Search this

Container:

Box 5, Folder 14

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1995-1997

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Ed Clark papers, 1923-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

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Ed Clark papers

Ed Clark papers / Series 5: Professional Activities / Projects and Exhibitions

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ee5a29e8-f08c-4790-8a30-e7d0d5d6b452

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-clarked-ref256

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-06-03T22:27:17.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

YouTube Channel:

cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_orbRNNebPE4

Creator:

Amos, Emma, 1937-2020  Search this

Subject:

Browne, Vivian E.  Search this

Roth, Moira  Search this

hooks, bell  Search this

Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University)  Search this

Antioch College  Search this

Spiral (Group of artists)  Search this

Citation:

Emma Amos papers, circa 1900-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

African American painters  Search this

African American printmakers  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Theme:

African American  Search this

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)21746

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)399151

AAA_collcode_amosemma

Theme:

African American

Women

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_399151

Collection Creator:

Amos, Emma, 1937-2020  Search this

Container:

Box 16, Folder 11

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

2012

Collection Restrictions:

Material regarding the Guerilla Girls is access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

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Collection Citation:

Emma Amos papers, circa 1900-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Emma Amos papers / Series 5: Project and Exhibition Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94c3f6b6c-1df7-4af5-b3a9-06cf41024163

EDAN-URL:

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Creator:

Amos, Emma, 1937-2020  Search this

Names:

Antioch College  Search this

Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University)  Search this

Spiral (Group of artists)  Search this

Browne, Vivian E., 1929-1993  Search this

Roth, Moira  Search this

hooks, bell, 1952-2021  Search this

Extent:

37.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1900-2019

Summary:

The papers of African American painter and printmaker Emma Amos measure 37.1 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to 2019. The collection documents Amos's family history, her professional life, and the intersection of her heritage and artwork. Found in the collection are biographical materials, family and inherited papers, correspondence, writings, project and exhibition files, teaching files, other professional records, personal business records, printed and photographic materials, and artwork.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of African American painter and printmaker Emma Amos measure 37.1 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to 2019. The collection documents Amos's family history, her professional life, and the intersection of her heritage and artwork. Found in the collection are biographical materials, family and inherited papers, correspondence, writings, project and exhibition files, teaching files, other professional records, personal business records, printed and photographic materials, and artwork.

Biographical materials include Amos's student records from Antioch and New York Universities, her personal Bible, resumes, and video recordings of interviews with bell hooks and Moira Roth. The Amos family and inherited papers of close family friends contain photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, and memorabilia from Fisk University.

Correspondence is with colleagues at galleries, museums, and arts organizations regarding exhibitions, the Spiral artist group, and Amos's other professional activities, as well as her personal letters with friends and family.

Also found in the collection are writings that include drafts, published copies of essays, autobiographical writings, lecture video recordings, mock-ups of book projects, and a few writings by others. Project and exhibition files are for the television show Show of Hands (1977), The Sky's the Limit installation at IS90, Emma Amos: Paintings and Prints 1982-1992 retrospective exhibition, and the Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Project. Teaching files are from Rutgers University where she served as Chair of Visual Arts at the Mason Gross School of the Arts.

Amos's files for her other professional activities document fellowships and residencies, memberships, presentations at conferences and workshops, travel, and exhibitions she curated such as Progressions: A Cultural Legacy (1986), also co-curated by Julia Hotton and Vivian Browne, and Resisting Categories: Finding Common Ground. Personal business records include gallery files, datebooks, donation and loan records, ledgers and sales books, invoices and receipts, and studio supply records.

Printed materials contain clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, magazines and journals, and video recordings of the documentary Emma Amos: Action Lines featuring Amos and her artwork. Photographic materials consist of photographic prints, negatives, transparencies, photographic digital prints, slides, photographs albums, and 1 electronic disc of Amos, family and friends, parties and events, art models, snapshots, and works of art. Artwork contains mainly preparatory and source materials created and collected by Amos for use in her work.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 11 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1937-2012 (1.2 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, 37)

Series 2: Family and Inherited Papers, circa 1900-2017 (3.5 linear feet; Boxes 2-4, 38, OV 43)

Series 3: Correspondence, 1952-2019 (3.2 linear feet; Boxes 4-7)

Series 4: Writings, 1948-2010s (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 7-8, 42)

Series 5: Project and Exhibition Files, 1950s-2019 (8.2 linear feet; Boxes 8-16, 37, OV 45)

Series 6: Teaching Files, 1948-2013 (3.5 linear feet; Boxes 16-20, 37, OV 44)

Series 7: Other Professional Activities, circa 1960s-2018 (4.0 linear feet; Boxes 20-24, 46)

Series 8: Personal Business Records, 1960-2019 (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 24-26, OV 43)

Series 9: Printed Materials, 1908-2019 (4.5linear feet; Boxes 26-30, 39, OV 43, OV 45)

Series 10: Photographic Materials, circa 1900-2010s (3.5 linear feet; Boxes 30-33, 40)

Series 11: Artwork, circa 1940s-2010s (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 33-36, 41)

Biographical / Historical:

Emma Amos (1937-2020) was an African American painter and printmaker in New York, N.Y.

Amos was born in Atlanta, Georgia to a prominent family that had connections to Hale Woodruff, Zora Neale Hurston, and W.E.B. DuBois. Her mother, India DeLaine Amos, received a degree in anthropology from Fisk University in Tennessee and her father, Miles Green Amos, was a pharmacist and graduate of Wilberforce University in Ohio. In 1923, Miles Amos, with his uncle Moses Amos, established the Amos Drug Store which became a social and intellectual center of the neighborhood.

Amos graduated from Booker T. Washington High School at 16. She enrolled at Antioch College where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1958. During her time at Antioch, Amos would spend part of the year attending classes and the rest of the year working in cities like Washington, D.C., New York, and Chicago where she frequented the local galleries and museums. During her fourth year, she traveled to study at the London Central School of Art with Anthony Harrison. After graduating from Antioch, she returned to London to get a degree in etching in 1960. She later received a Master of Art from New York University in 1966.

At the beginning of Amos's career, she went to New York because of the lack of opportunities in Atlanta. In New York, Amos began teaching art at the Dalton School. She started working with printmakers like Robert Blackburn eventually taking a job with designer Dorothy Liebes in 1961 who she worked for until 1969. Later, Amos taught textile design at Newark School of Art. In 1980, she began teaching at the Mason Gross School of Art at Rutgers University eventually becoming Chair of the Visual Arts department. Amos retired in 2008.

Amos was a member of the influential artist collectives Spiral, Heresies, and Guerilla Girls. She was the creator and host of the WGBH television program about crafts, Show of Hands (1977-1978). She has exhibited her work in numerous exhibitions including Emma Amos, Paintings and Prints, 1982–1992 and Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power.

Amos died in Bedford, N.H. in 2020.

Related Materials:

Also in the Archives of American Art are: Oral history interview with Emma Amos, 1968 October 3 and Oral history interview of Emma Amos, 2011 November 19-26.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 2020 by Emma Amos as part of the Archives' African American Collecting Initiative funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Restrictions:

Material regarding the Guerilla Girls is access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

African American painters  Search this

African American printmakers  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Citation:

Emma Amos papers, circa 1900-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.amosemma

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw961ea519e-31d8-4638-9487-54641641d72a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-amosemma