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Creator:

Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis), 1904-1994  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Interviews

Citation:

Kenneth Francis Bates papers, 1927-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5875

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208715

AAA_collcode_batekenn

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208715

Interviewee:

Marshall, John, 1936-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Carnegie Institute of Technology -- Students  Search this

Carnegie Museum of Art -- Students  Search this

Cleveland Institute of Art -- Students  Search this

Grove City College -- Students  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Syracuse University -- Faculty  Search this

Bacorn, Don  Search this

Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis), 1904-1994  Search this

Clague, John, 1928-  Search this

DuSell, Lee  Search this

Griffin, Gary, 1945-  Search this

Hauberg, Anne Gould  Search this

Lannan, J. Patrick  Search this

Lutz, Winifred  Search this

Metcalf, Bruce, 1949-  Search this

Miller, Fred, (Decorative artist)  Search this

Miller, John Paul, 1918-  Search this

Nordness, Lee  Search this

Penington, Ruth, b. 1905  Search this

Scott, Michael, 1958-  Search this

Smith, Paul J., 1931-  Search this

Solberg, Ramona  Search this

Takaezu, Toshiko  Search this

Extent:

6 Items (Sound recording: 6 sound files (3 hrs., 2 min.), digital, wav)

45 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Europe -- description and travel

Germany -- description and travel

Date:

2001 April 5

Scope and Contents:

An interview of John Marshall conducted 2001 April 5, by Lloyd Herman, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Edmonds, Washington.

Marshall speaks of his childhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; participating in an educational program with the Carnegie Museum; his exposure to art while in grade school and throughout his education; joining the army after high school; spending time in Germany with the army and experiencing the metalwork of that area; learning to work hard from his father; his family background; attending Grove City College, then working in construction during the day and going to classes at Carnegie Tech during the night; finally attending Cleveland Institute of Art; some of his teachers at the Institute, Kenneth Bates, Toshiko Takaezu, and John Clague; his first experiences with metal, Fred Miller, and learning how to design metal pieces; getting a job as head of the metals department at Syracuse and completing his MFA there; meeting Paul Smith and Lee Nordness, and participating in Objects: USA; his travels throughout Europe; the many commissions he has done for churches, everything from baptismal bowls, chalices, and crosses; Patrick Lannan, and how instrumental he was in Marshall's career, his collection of work that Lannan bought and where it all is now located; the different types of communities in the different areas he lived; commissions and how they were important to his career; how he challenges himself with new ideas and creations; the Handy and Harman Workshop; the difference between a university trained artist and one who has learned his/her craft outside academia; his students and how much satisfaction he has received from teaching; the decline in metal working programs at the university level; the influence of other faculty members on his work, such as Lee DuSell; the critics of metalwork, Bruce Metcalf and Gary Griffin; his involvement in the Society of North American Goldsmiths; and his two sons. Marshall also recalls John Paul Miller, Winifred Lutz, Ramona Solberg, Ruth Penington, Michael Scott, Don Bacorn, Annie Hauberg, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

John Marshall (1936- ) is a jeweler and metalsmith from Edmonds, Washington. Lloyd Herman (1936- ) is the former director of the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery from Seattle, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 2 min.

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:

Decorative arts  Search this

Jewelers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Religious articles  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

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.marsha01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98ec173b0-a717-4bbd-8ca7-080527025662

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-marsha01

Interviewee:

Renk, Merry, 1921-2012  Search this

Interviewer:

Fisch, Arline M.  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

750 Studio  Search this

American Craft Council  Search this

Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) -- Students  Search this

Metal Arts Guild  Search this

Mobilia Gallery  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

School of Industrial Design (Trenton, N.J.) -- Students  Search this

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Art -- Faculty  Search this

Albers, Josef  Search this

Asawa, Ruth  Search this

Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis), 1904-1994  Search this

Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957  Search this

Brynner, Irena  Search this

Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976  Search this

Curtis, Earle  Search this

De Patta, Margaret, 1903-1964  Search this

Godfrey, Mary Jo Slick  Search this

Guermonprez, Trude, 1910-1976  Search this

Hall, Doris.  Search this

Nordness, Lee  Search this

Oliver, Olive  Search this

Tajiri, Shinkichi, 1923-2009  Search this

Tawney, Lenore  Search this

Extent:

49 Pages (Transcript)

1 Item (sound file (4 min. 15 sec.) Audio excerpt, digital)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2001 January 18-19

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Merry Renk conducted 2001 January 18-19, by Arline M. Fisch, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Renk's home and studio, San Francisco, California.

Renk speaks of her family background; growing up during the Depression; her father's creativity and encouragement; early inspiration from "the structure of nature"; attending the School of Industrial Arts in Trenton, N.J., and later the Institute of Design in Chicago; student life at the Institute of Design; establishing a studio and gallery, 750 Studio, at 750 North Dearborn, in Chicago, in 1947, with two other students, Mary Jo Slick [Godfrey] and Olive [Bunny] Oliver; managing 750 Studio and organizing exhibitions of Harry Callahan, Henry Miller, Lazlo Maholy-Nagy, Warren and Ethel MacKenzie, Doris Hall, and others; working with enamels; early "primitive" spirals; decision to be a jeweler; the importance of the "wearability" of jewelry; moving to San Francisco in 1948; living in Paris, 1950-1951; relationship with Shinkichi Tajiri; visiting Constantin Brancusi; traveling with Lenore Tawney through Spain and Morocco; settling in San Francisco; friendship with sculptor and neighbor Ruth Asawa; learning about Josef Albers from Asawa, resulting in experiments with folded metal; meeting her second husband, potter Earle Curtis on Halloween 1954; purchasing and remodeling their home; teaching part-time at the University of California, Berkeley and in workshops; her children, Baunnie and Sandra; managing motherhood and jewelry making in a two-artist household; drawing as a form of inventory; the influence of Lee Nordness; learning the plique-à-jour technique of enameling through trial and error; early influence of Doris Hall's work; working with wire; use of natural forms and interlocking forms; the process of making Wedding Crown (1968) for the exhibition Objects USA; making wedding crowns for her daughters; her shift from non-objective art to portraiture and symbolic imagery in the early 1970s; making large-scale sculpture in 1974, then "drifting back" to jewelry; importance of working independently; her "memory paintings" in the 1980s; evolution of her name from Mary Ruth Gibbs to Merry Renk Curtis (married Stanley Renk in 1941); her involvement with local guilds such as the Metal Arts Guild of San Francisco and national organizations such as the American Craft Council (ACC); lack of critical writing about her work; the value of exhibitions; various pieces in museum collections; early ACC conferences; her long friendship with photographer Imogen Cunningham; posing for Cunningham; becoming an ACC fellow; her jewelry tools; the process of painting compared to jewelry making. She also mentions Kenneth Bates, Trude Guermonprez, Irena Brynner, the Mobilia Gallery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and her mentor Margaret de Patta.

Biographical / Historical:

Merry Renk (1921-2012) was a jeweler, painter, and sculptor from San Francisco, California. Arline M. Fisch (1931-) is a metalsmith from San Diego, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 9 min.

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:

Enamel and enameling  Search this

Enamelers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry making  Search this

Jewelers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Women jewelers  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

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.renk01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9db1ea880-0f5e-4937-988b-b95afea04788

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-renk01

Creator:

Renwick Gallery  Search this

Names:

American metalsmithing and jewelrymaking in the 1940s and 1950s (1982 : Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Adler, Allan  Search this

Baldridge, Mark S., 1946-  Search this

Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis), 1904-1994  Search this

Cardinale, Robert L.  Search this

Christensen, Hans, 1924-1983  Search this

Eikerman, Alma  Search this

Fisch, Arline M.  Search this

Husted-Andersen, Adda  Search this

Miller, Frederick A.  Search this

Miller, John Paul, 1918-  Search this

Pearson, Ronald H. (Ronald Hayes), 1924-1996  Search this

Penington, Ruth, b. 1905  Search this

Prip, John, 1922-2009  Search this

Pulos, Arthur J.  Search this

Smith, Carlyle H., 1912-2004  Search this

Thomas, Richard C., 1917-1988  Search this

Vierthaler, Arthur A., 1916-  Search this

Von Neumann, Robert  Search this

Winston, Robert, 1915-  Search this

Withers, Margret Craver, 1907-  Search this

Extent:

2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Date:

1979-1983

Scope and Contents:

Records of the symposium "American Metalsmithing and Jewelrymaking in the 1940s and 1950s" sponsored by the Renwick Gallery, Sept. 24-25, 1982

Biographical / Historical:

Symposium was organized by Mark Baldridge and Lloyd Herman.

Provenance:

Transferred 1982 and 1985 from the Renwick Gallery. An additional file of records was donated 1995 by organizer Mark Baldridge.

Restrictions:

Unmicrofilmed and untranscribed; use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. office.

Occupation:

Jewelers  Search this

Enamelers  Search this

Goldsmiths  Search this

Metal-workers  Search this

Silversmiths  Search this

Topic:

Jewelry making  Search this

Metal-workers  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.renwgall

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92ce66e5b-7ad6-4c1e-9764-9dba53104943

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-renwgall

Creator:

Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis), 1904-1994  Search this

Extent:

1 Microfilm reel (150 items on 1 microfilm reel)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Scrapbooks

Interviews

Date:

1927-1973

Scope and Contents:

The microfilmed Kenneth Francis Bates papers contain a career resumé; letters from friends and associates commenting on his books Enameling (1951) and Basic Design (1960); and photographs of Bates and of his work. Also included are five (5) scrapbooks which contain book covers designed by Bates, clippings, exhibition notices, etc.; five (5) scrapbooks containing circa 450 working sketches for his enamels, many on religious topics; and a transcript of an undated interview in which Bates discussed his enameling methods and the relationship of his work to his interest in gardening.

Biographical / Historical:

Kenneth Francis Bates (1904-1994) was an enamelist, educator, and author in Euclid, Ohio. He earned his bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts School of Art and in 1927 joined the Cleveland School of Art, teaching design. He taught there through his retirement in 1968. Bates was honored by the National Society of Enamelists with the title Dean of American Enamelists in 1987. He has written three books, Enameling: Principles and Practice (1951), Basic Design, and The Enamelist (1967).

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1973 by Kenneth Bates.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Enamel artists -- Ohio  Search this

Educators -- Ohio -- Cleveland  Search this

Authors -- Ohio  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Interviews

Citation:

Kenneth Francis Bates papers. Owned by Kenneth Francis Bates. Microfilmed by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.batekenn

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9970f4519-31f2-4cb3-96ed-bf4487bc30ec

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-batekenn

Creator:

Brackman, Robert, 1898-  Search this

Names:

Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis), 1904-1994  Search this

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989  Search this

Dondero, George A. (George Anthony), 1883-1968  Search this

Hartford, Huntington, 1911-2008  Search this

Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952  Search this

Philipp, Robert, 1895-1981  Search this

Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937  Search this

Selznick, David O., 1902-1965  Search this

Vaughan, Malcolm, 1896-1962  Search this

Extent:

2 Linear feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Date:

1931-1978

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, photographs, writings, scrapbooks, sketchbooks, awards and printed material.

REEL D295: Correspondence with buyers, museum curators, and students, and with Irving Berlin, George A. Dondero, Robert Philipp, and Malcolm Vaughan; drafts of articles; scrapbooks; photographs of Brackman's paintings; clippings; and other publications.

REELS 2339-2340: Biographical data, with typescript of Kristin Smith's 1968 unpublished essay on Brackman; correspondence, including letters from Irving Berlin, Huntington Hartford, Harold L. Ickes, Robert Philipp, John D. Rockefeller, David O. Selznick, and others; printed material, including newspaper clippings, magazine articles, reproductions, exhibition catalogs, and announcements; awards; 2 scrapbooks, 1930-1952; and 8 undated sketchbooks.

REEL 2380: Photographs, including personal photographs of Brackman, his friends, his students; of Herbert Turner, his home, his school, and studio; and photographs of Brackman's works of art.

UNMICROFILMED: Writings by Brackman for his lectures; typescripts and a copy of BRACKMAN: HIS ART AND TEACHING by Kenneth Bates; and printed material including newspaper clippings, by-laws for the "Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce," London, and the "Royal Society of Arts," London, and a 1957 edition of the journal, THE ARTIST.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter and educator; New York, N.Y. Born in Russia. Studied at Francisco Ferrer School, with Robert Henri, and with George Bellows. Came to United States in 1908. Taught at the Art Students League. Died 1980.

Provenance:

Material on reel D295 lent 1966 by Robert Brackman. Portions of this material were subsequently given by Brackman's widow, Frances, with her gift of all other materials, 1981. Twenty-seven personal photographs from reel 2380 were returned to Frances Brackman at her request.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

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

Topic:

Painting, American -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.bracrobe

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f3e9abd9-5aac-4602-8b0f-a194960f19fa

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bracrobe