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Creator:

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Subject:

Wildenstein, Felix  Search this

Phillips, Duncan  Search this

Hays, Lee  Search this

Untermeyer, Louis  Search this

Zigrosser, Carl  Search this

Robeson, Paul  Search this

DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)  Search this

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano)  Search this

Ruggles, Carl  Search this

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur  Search this

Nearing, Helen  Search this

Nearing, Scott  Search this

Pach, Walter  Search this

Rasmussen, Knud  Search this

Reeves, Ruth  Search this

Seeger, Pete  Search this

Daniel, Charles  Search this

Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland)  Search this

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen)  Search this

Chamberlain, J. E.  Search this

Boyesen, Bayard  Search this

Chase, William Merritt  Search this

Freuchen, Peter  Search this

Gellert, Hugo  Search this

Gottlieb, Harry  Search this

Hartley, Marsden  Search this

Fitzgerald, James  Search this

Keller, Charles  Search this

Miller, Kenneth Hayes  Search this

Henri, Robert  Search this

Jones, Dan Burne  Search this

United American Artists  Search this

United Office and Professional Workers of America  Search this

United Scenic Artists  Search this

National Farmers' Union (U.S.)  Search this

National Maritime Union of America  Search this

American Artists' Congress  Search this

Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Artists League of America  Search this

Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects  Search this

Farmers Union of the New York Milk Shed  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Federal Writers' Project  Search this

Macbeth Gallery  Search this

International Workers Order  Search this

Type:

Poems

Sketches

Business records

Photographs

Drawings

Citation:

Rockwell Kent papers, circa 1840-1993, bulk 1935-1961. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Designers -- New York (State)  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Politics and culture  Search this

Authors -- New York  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- Political aspects  Search this

Dairy farms  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Illustrators -- New York (State)  Search this

Illustration of books  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Art and war  Search this

Commercial art  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9557

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211757

AAA_collcode_kentrock

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211757

Creator:

Park, Marlene, 1931-  Search this

Subject:

Palmer, William  Search this

Magafan, Ethel  Search this

Markowitz, Gerald E.  Search this

Reisman, Philip  Search this

Rothschild, Lincoln  Search this

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim  Search this

Refregier, Anton  Search this

Van Veen, Stuyvesant  Search this

Solman, Joseph  Search this

Sternberg, Harry  Search this

Walton, Marion  Search this

Alston, Charles Henry  Search this

Bolotowsky, Ilya  Search this

Barnet, Will  Search this

Brooks, James  Search this

Cadmus, Paul  Search this

Cronbach, Robt. (Robert M.)  Search this

Citron, Minna Wright  Search this

Gottlieb, Adolph  Search this

Gellert, Hugo  Search this

Bouché, Louis  Search this

King, Roy E.  Search this

Katz, Leo  Search this

Lanning, Edward P.  Search this

Kotin, Albert  Search this

National Personnel Records Center (U.S.)  Search this

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Transcripts

Photographs

Citation:

Marlene Park and Gerald E. Markowitz research materials on New Deal Art, 1931-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6277

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216622

AAA_collcode_parkmarl

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216622

Creator:

Shore, Lily  Search this

Citation:

Lily Shore papers, 1939-1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8712

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210893

AAA_collcode_shorlily

Theme:

Women

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210893

Creator:

Shore, Lily  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1939-1976

Summary:

The papers of sculptor Lily Shore measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1939 to 1976. Found is a resume and two portraits of Shore, photographs of works of art, and printed material. Of note is Shore's copy of a 1939 exhibition catalog of the United American Sculptors, signed by many artists.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of sculptor Lily Shore measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1939 to 1976. Found is a resume and two portraits of Shore, photographs of works of art, and printed material. Of note is Shore's copy of a 1939 exhibition catalog of the United American Sculptors, signed by many artists.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Lily Shore was a sculptor in New York City, New York. She participated in the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project.

Provenance:

Donated 1979 by Lily Shore.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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:

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

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Citation:

Lily Shore papers, 1939-1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Processing of this collection received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Identifier:

AAA.shorlily

See more items in:

Lily Shore papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9bc819702-f4ca-4c5c-97fa-1586ce5a3760

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-shorlily

Interviewee:

McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981  Search this

Interviewer:

Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943  Search this

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this

Extent:

41 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Nov. 18

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Audrey McMahon conducted 1964 Nov. 18, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art.

McMahon speaks of her pre-Federal Art Project experiences; her early involvement with the WPA; how it functioned; and political problems with the WPA. She recalls Juliana Force, Edward Bruce, Holger Cahill.

Biographical / Historical:

Audry McMahon (1900?-1981) served under Holger Cahill as Regional Director of the WPA Federal Art Project for New York and New Jersey from 1935-1939.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 21 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.mcmaho64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9864ed5b9-a17e-4270-8f11-238311a58054

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mcmaho64

Creator:

Zeigler, Lee Woodward, 1868-1952  Search this

Names:

Enoch Pratt Free Library  Search this

Federal Art Project (U.S.)  Search this

Public Works of Art Project  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943  Search this

Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942  Search this

Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this

Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961  Search this

Leiber, Fritz, 1882-1949  Search this

Murray, Oscar H., 1882-1957  Search this

Osgood, Charles Grosvenor, 1871-1964  Search this

Wheeler, Joseph Lewis, 1884-  Search this

Extent:

1 Linear foot

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1911-1968

Scope and Contents:

Biographical material, correspondence files, writings, photographs, and printed material.

Biographical material includes Zeigler's Works Progress Administration identification card, 1936, obituaries, 1952, a biographical sketch, pages from an engagement book, 1914-1917, and an address book.

Correspondence, 1920-1941, relates to Zeigler's freelance painting, mural designs for Tiffany Studios, mural commissions for churches and other public and private commissions, including the Chapel of the Transfiguration Glendale, Oh. (1927-1928), St. Michael's Church, N.Y.C. (1929); Calvary Church, Cincinnati, Oh. (1936-1937), the "Faerie Queene" murals in the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md. (1933-1941); WPA-FAP projects in New York State (1933-1937), including murals for Washington Hall, West Point Military Academy, the Stony Point Battlefield Museum, Stony Point-on-the Hudson, and the Newburgh Free Academy, Newburgh. Among the correspondents are architects responsible for the designs of the buildings, such as Ralph Adams Cram and O.H. Murray, individuals associated with the execution of the projects, including Charles Osgood and Joseph L. Wheeler; and WPA adminstrators Edward Bruce and Juliana Force.

Printed material includes clippings, ca. 1910-1948, regarding Zeigler's works of art and his involvement in the war effort and local politics; exhibition catalogs and programs, ca. 1925, 1940-1968; and reproductions of Zeigler's illustrations for bookplates, Christmas cards, magazines, including Gunter's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, and Life, ca.1890-1900, and for limited edition books by such authors as Jane Austen, Honore' de Balzac, Amelia E. Barr, Theophile Gautier, Charles Kingsley, and William Stearns Davis, ca.1890-1915.

Photographs consist of three portraits of Zeigler, ca. 1930-1940, and photographs of works by him, ca.1900, 1915, 1993, and by others ca. 1900-1913. Also included are portrait of actor Fritz Leiber, ca. 1900, a snapshot of Percy and Ella Grainger, 1929.

Also included are copyrights for Zeigler's art work, 1911, 1944, 1945, 1979; an unpublished typescript of a short story by Zeigler, "Story of the Son of Roland"; a sketch of a suit of armor created by Zeigler, ca. 1945; a project file regarding a statue of "Ushabti," created by Zeigler, 1923-1924; and a guestbook from an exhibition at the Vanderbilt Galleries, 1941.

Biographical / Historical:

Illustrator, muralist; Baltimore, Md. Studied at the Maryland Institute of Art and was founding member of the Charcoal Club of Baltimore. He began his career as an illustrator and later specialized in mural painting.

Provenance:

Donated 1979 and 1994 by Audrey Z. Archer-Shee; Zeigler's daughter.

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.

Occupation:

Architects  Search this

Illustrators  Search this

Muralists -- Maryland -- Baltimore  Search this

Topic:

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Maryland -- Baltimore  Search this

Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this

Church decoration and ornament -- United States  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.zeiglee

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9169e7e38-30b4-46ff-bdda-2fbc155123ec

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-zeiglee

Interviewee:

Tamotsu, Chūzō, 1888-1975  Search this

Interviewer:

Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

An American Group (Organization)  Search this

Artists Equity Association  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Eddy, Stuart  Search this

Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this

Knight, Frederic C., 1898-1979  Search this

Mandelman, Beatrice  Search this

Philipp, Robert, 1895-1981  Search this

Ribak, Louis, 1902-1979  Search this

Rush, Olive, 1873-1966  Search this

Extent:

11 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 September 3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Chuzo Tamotzu (Tamotsu) conducted 1964 September 3 by Sylvia Loomis for the Archives of American Art.

Tamotzu discusses studying Occidental, Oriental art in Japan; traveling to Korea, Manchuria and China, South Sea Islands, Singapore, then Europe for a year; coming to New York in 1920; his involvement with An American Group; Juliana Force recruiting him for the Federal Art Project; being on the Easel Project and also on the Graphic Art Project; the Works Projects Administration; given "pink-slip" on the Project since he was not a U.S. citizen; stint in the U.S. Army, Office of Strategic Service doing propaganda paintings for psychological war material for the Japanese Army and soldiers; settling in Santa Fe, N.M.; Oriental painting; and Artist Equity Association. Tamotzu mentions Beatrice Mandelman, Louis Ribak, Robert Philip, Stuart Eddy, Frederick Knight, and Olive Rush.

Biographical / Historical:

Chuzo Tamotzu (1888-1975) was a Japanese American painter based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tamotzu was born in Japan and came to the United States in 1920. He moved to Santa Fe in 1948.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 40 min.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Occupation:

Painters -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Painting, Japanese  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Arts, Japanese -- Western influences  Search this

Painting, Asian  Search this

Japanese American art  Search this

Japanese American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.tamots64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9606ba830-2b86-4e11-b2ed-09c487270421

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-tamots64

Creator:

Orr, Elliot, 1904-1997  Search this

Names:

Federal art project (Mass.)  Search this

Macbeth Gallery  Search this

Vose Galleries of Boston  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Wildenstein Galleries  Search this

Bridaham, Lester Burbank  Search this

Landgren, Marchal E.  Search this

Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, 1874-1940  Search this

Extent:

1.4 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Date:

1910-1984

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence (1929-1984), a price list, subject files, notes, writings, art works (1929-1935), scrapbooks, printed material (1931-1984), and photographs document the life and career of Elliot Orr.

Reel D23 (frames 905-1246): One hundred twenty-five letters exchanged between Orr, his wife Elizabeth, and Frederic Fairchild Sherman discuss their art work (1934-1940). Other materials consist of a 6-page typescript, ELLIOT ORR: A CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PAINTER, by Marchal Landgren and an exhibition catalog for Orr (1936). A scrapbook about Frederic Fairchild Sherman contains clippings, photographs of works of art and illustrated poems by Sherman (1938-1940).

Reel 497: Letters were exchanged between Elliot Orr and his colleagues, dealers, galleries, and purchasers. Correspondents include Lester Burbank Bridaham, Marchal Landgren, Macbeth Gallery, Vose Galleries, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Wildenstein Galleries (1935-1955). Other materials consist of a curriculum vitae (1938), a Christmas card (1935), a clipping, and 3 exhibition catalogs (1938-1956).

Unfilmed: Correspondence, primarily between Orr, his family, and his colleagues including Frederic Fairchild Sherman (1929-1984), includes one letter with a sketch of "Andrews Mill and Farm". Subject files contain letters, printed material, and photographs concerning Orr's work for the Federal Art Project of Massachusetts (1938-1974) and the auction of Orr's collection of primitive art (1961-1969). Other materials consist of lists of works of art, a hand-made book, SONNETS, containing poems by Sherman and illustrated by Orr (1940), and a price list of works consigned to the Munson Gallery (1972).

Unfilmed: Art works include 6 studies for Orr's painting MacDOUGAL STREET (1935) and a sketch of Orr by Eugene Thomason (1929). Three scrapbooks contain letters, clippings, and exhibition announcements and catalogs (1928-1942). Printed material includes clippings (1931-1984), exhibition catalogs (1934-1984), and 2 books, ROMANTIC PAINTING IN AMERICA (1943) and AMERICAN WATER COLORS, DRAWINGS, AND PRINTS (1952), which contain reproductions of Orr's works. An album contains photographs of Orr, his family, home, and studio (1910-1957). Other photographs show Frederic Fairchild Sherman (1940) and Orr's works of art.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter; Chatham, Massachusetts. Born Flushing, New York. In 1927, Orr was a student of Charles Hawthorne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and from 1927 to 1929, he studied at the Grand Central School of Art in New York under George Pierce Ennis, Henry B. Snell, and Wayman Adams. From 1929 to 1930 he studied under George Luks.

Provenance:

Portions of material on D23 (fr. 905-1214) lent for microfilming 1962; portions of material on D23 (fr. 1215-1246), reel 497 and unmicrofilmed donated 1971-1984 all by Elliot Orr.

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  Search this

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.orrellip

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95d71c195-7acf-4a97-88e2-5a8a20554eec

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-orrellip

Interviewee:

Graham, F. Wynn  Search this

Interviewer:

Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings (1 hour), 7 in.)

25 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 July 22

Scope and Contents:

An interview of F. Wynn Graham conducted 1965 July 22, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art. Graham speaks of her background and her education at the Art Students League; working on lithography at the Harlem Arts Center; joining the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP) in 1935; working on the easel painting project; the Artists' Union; the effects of the FAP on her career and on art; and her post-FAP career. She recalls Juliana Force.

Biographical / Historical:

F. Wynn Graham is a painter and printmaker in Queens, N.Y. She painted for the Federal Art Project.

General:

An unrelated interview of Donald B. Goodall (7/8/65) conducted by S. Loomis is also on this tape.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

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

Painters -- New York (State)  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.graham65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98ebf3593-9efd-44ba-8ec0-34e100175f2c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-graham65

Creator:

Gershoy, Eugenie, 1901?-1983 or 6  Search this

Names:

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Federal Art Project (N.Y.)  Search this

Woodstock Artists Association (Woodstock, N.Y.)  Search this

Yaddo (Artist's colony)  Search this

Baker, Mildred, 1905-  Search this

Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968  Search this

Blanch, Lucile, 1895-1981  Search this

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945  Search this

Dehn, Virginia  Search this

Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this

Fruhauf, Aline, 1909-1978  Search this

Gottlieb, Harry, 1895-  Search this

Hart, Agnes, 1912-1979  Search this

Knight, Frederic C., 1898-1979  Search this

Marantz, Irving, 1912-1972  Search this

Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950  Search this

Nakian, Reuben, 1897-1986  Search this

Picken, George, 1898-  Search this

Pollet, Joseph C., 1897-1979  Search this

Presser, Josef, 1906-1967  Search this

Refregier, Anton, 1905-  Search this

Scaravaglione, Concetta, 1900-1975  Search this

Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-  Search this

Varda, Jean  Search this

Extent:

7.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Christmas cards

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Photographs

Place:

Woodstock (N.Y.)

Date:

1914-1983

Summary:

The papers of sculptor and art instructor, Eugenie Gershoy, measure 7.2 linear feet and date from 1914 to 1983. The collection documents Gershoy's career through biographical material, correspondence, business records, notes, writings, artwork, printed material, and photographs.

Scope and Content Note:

The Eugenie Gershoy papers date from 1914 to 1983, measure 7.2 linear feet, and reflect Gershoy's career as a sculptor and teacher. The collection contains biographical material, correspondence, business records, notes, writings, artwork of Gershoy and others, printed material including exhibition catalogs, and photographs with subjects including Gershoy, her friends and colleagues, her studio, and her artwork.

Correspondence forms the bulk of the collection and includes correspondence between Gershoy and her siblings and their families regarding her activities, as well as with colleagues, many of whom were associated with the Woodstock Artist Association, and many of whom were museum colleagues.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into eight series according to material type. The contents of each series have been arranged chronologically.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1939-1971 (boxes 1, 8-9; 3 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1914-1983, undated (boxes 1-6, 8-9; 5.8 linear ft.)

Series 3: Business Records, 1952-1978 (box 6; 5 folders)

Series 4: Notes, 1967-1970, undated (box 6; 3 folders)

Series 5: Writings, 1970, undated (box 6; 2 folders)

Series 6: Artwork, 1932-1978, undated (boxes 6, 8-9, OV 10, 26 folders)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1932-1983, undated (boxes 7, 9; 19 folders)

Series 8: Photographs, 1916-1983, undated (boxes 7, 9; 12 folders)

Biographical Note:

Born in Krivoi Rog, Russia on January 1, 1901, Eugenie was the youngest of the Gershoy children. The family immigrated to New York City in 1903. She later became a U.S. citizen.

With the aid of two scholarships, she attended the Art Students League and studied under A. Stirling Calder, Leo Lentelli, Kenneth Hayes Miller, Boardman Robinson, and Carl Walters. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, she maintained a studio with Harry Gottlieb in Woodstock, New York. From 1936 to 1939, under the WPA Federal Art Project, she worked in conjunction with Max Spivak on murals for the children's recreation room in the Astoria branch of the Queens Borough Public Library, New York.

Gershoy's first solo show was at the Robinson Gallery in New York in 1940. Following a year of teaching at the New Orleans Art School, she moved to San Francisco in 1942. In 1946 she taught ceramics at the California School of Fine Arts, and in May 1950, she studied at Yaddo.

In addition to visits to England and France in the early 1930s, Gershoy travelled to Mexico and Guatemala in 1947, 1948, and 1961. She worked in Paris in 1951 and toured Africa, India, and the Orient in 1955.

Eugenie Gershoy died in 1986.

Related Material:

Related material in the Archives of American Art includes a transcribed oral history interview with Eugenie Gershoy conducted by Mary McChesney for the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts Oral History Program, October 15, 1964. A link to the transcript is provided from the online catalog.

Provenance:

The Eugenie Gershoy papers were donated to the Archives of American Art between 1975 and 1983 by the artist.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Patrons must use microfilm copy.

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

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

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

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

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women ceramicists  Search this

Women sculptors  Search this

Function:

Artists' studios -- New York (State)

Genre/Form:

Prints

Christmas cards

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Photographs

Citation:

Eugenie Gershoy papers, 1914-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.gerseuge

See more items in:

Eugenie Gershoy papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9140504d0-90c4-45af-91c8-9c39b74aa139

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gerseuge

Interviewee:

Glassgold, Adolph, 1899-  Search this

Interviewer:

Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project  Search this

Index of American Design  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Defenbacher, D. S. (Daniel S), 1906-1986  Search this

Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this

McBride, Henry, 1867-1962  Search this

McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981  Search this

Parker, Thomas Cleveland, 1904-1967  Search this

Robinson, Edward, 1858-1931  Search this

Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 7 in.)

41 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Dec. 9

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Adolph Glassgold conducted by Harlan Phillips on 1964 Dec. 9 for the Archives of American Art.

Glassgold speaks of his education; working for the Whitney Museum under Juliana Force; joining the WPA Federal Art Project under Holger Cahill; becoming National Coordinator of the Index of American Design; the IAD's history; his feelings about the success of the Federal Art Project. He recalls Edward Robinson, Forbes Watson, Henry McBride, Holger Cahill, Thomas C. Parker, Juliana Force, Audrey McMahon, and Daniel Defenbacher.

Biographical / Historical:

Art administrator, New York, N.Y.

General:

An interview of Henry Billings conducted by H. Phillips is also on this tape.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.glassg64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dbbc6213-c78b-40c5-8b75-e1bc86378f65

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-glassg64

Subject:

Lawrence, Jacob  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Date:

1938 December 9

Citation:

Photograph of Jacob Lawrence with Harlem Scene (The Butcher Shop), 1938 December 9. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)24915

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Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965, bulk 1935-1942

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_24915

Creator:

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956  Search this

Krasner, Lee, 1908-  Search this

Subject:

Greenberg, Clement  Search this

Cavaliere, Barbara  Search this

Davis, Bill  Search this

De Kooning, Willem  Search this

Dehner, Dorothy  Search this

Pollock, Jackson  Search this

Eames, Ray  Search this

Forge, Andrew  Search this

Friedman, B. H. (Bernard Harper)  Search this

Glaser, Jane R.  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart  Search this

Brooks, James  Search this

Burkhardt, Rudy  Search this

Rouche, Burton  Search this

Rose, Barbara  Search this

Namuth, Hans  Search this

Motherwell, Robert  Search this

Pollock, Charles C.  Search this

Ossorio, Alfonso  Search this

Zogbaum, Wilfrid  Search this

Wright, William  Search this

Still, Clyfford  Search this

Smith, Tony  Search this

Wasserman, Tamara E.  Search this

Valliere, James  Search this

Isaacs, Reginald R.  Search this

Janis, Sidney  Search this

Johnson, Philip  Search this

Kadish, Reuben  Search this

Gray, Cleve  Search this

Gruen, John  Search this

Holmes, Doloris  Search this

Matter, Mercedes  Search this

McCoy, Sanford, Mrs.  Search this

Miller, Daniel  Search this

Miller, Robert  Search this

Maddox, Charles  Search this

Betty Parsons Gallery  Search this

Martha Jackson Gallery  Search this

Type:

Motion pictures (visual works)

Video recordings

Photographs

Interviews

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Transcripts

Citation:

Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, circa 1914-1984, bulk 1942-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Economic aspects  Search this

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8943

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211129

AAA_collcode_polljack

Theme:

Women

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211129

Creator:

Contreras, Belisario R., 1916-1990  Search this

Subject:

Zakheim, Bernard Baruch  Search this

Bruce, Margaret T.  Search this

Dows, Olin  Search this

Ealand, Maria  Search this

Gernand, John  Search this

Jacobowitz, Arlene  Search this

Jewett, Masha Zakheim  Search this

Kainen, Jacob  Search this

Kallen, Horace Meyer  Search this

Kent, Rockwell  Search this

La More, Chet Harmon  Search this

Miller, Dorothy Canning  Search this

Phelps, Merwin C.  Search this

Rein, Selma  Search this

Scott, David W.  Search this

Weston, Harold  Search this

Agee, William C.  Search this

Biddle, George  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Citation:

Belisario Contreras papers, 1943-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Theme:

Latino and Latin American  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5459

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208531

AAA_collcode_contbeli

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208531

Creator:

Contreras, Belisario R., 1916-  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project  Search this

Agee, William C.  Search this

Biddle, George, 1885-1973  Search this

Bruce, Margaret T.  Search this

Dows, Olin, 1904-1981  Search this

Ealand, Maria  Search this

Gernand, John, 1913-1990  Search this

Jacobowitz, Arlene  Search this

Jewett, Masha Zakheim, 1931-  Search this

Kainen, Jacob  Search this

Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

La More, Chet Harmon, 1908-1980  Search this

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003  Search this

Phelps, Merwin C.  Search this

Rein, Selma  Search this

Scott, David W., 1916-  Search this

Weston, Harold, 1894-1972  Search this

Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985  Search this

Extent:

0.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Date:

1943-1984

Summary:

The papers of art historian Belisario Contreras measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1943 to 1984. The papers document his research on New Deal Art Projects, including correspondence and copies of correspondence with William C. Agee, George Biddle (including 16 photographs of murals in Mexico City and Washington, D.C. and a clipping), Mrs. Edward Bruce, Olin Dows, Maria Ealand, Arlene Jacobowitz, Masha Zakheim Jewett (including an exhibition catalog and clippings on Bernard Baruch Zakheim), Horace Kallen, Rockwell Kent, Chet LaMore, Merwin C. Phelps, David W. Scott, Harold Weston, and others. Also found are National Endowment for the Humanities grant proposals "NDA Projects in Pennsylvania," 1975, and "Images of the Heartland," 1980, and notes from Contreras' interviews with Maria Ealand, John Gernand, Jacob Kainen, Dorothy Miller, and Selma Rein.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art historian Belisario Contreras measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1943 to 1984. The papers contain his research on New Deal Art Projects, including correspondence and copies of correspondence with William C. Agee, George Biddle (including 16 photographs of murals in Mexico City and Washington, D.C. and a clipping), Mrs. Edward Bruce, Olin Dows, Maria Ealand, Arlene Jacobowitz, Masha Zakheim Jewett (including an exhibition catalog and clippings on Bernard Baruch Zakheim), Horace Kallen, Rockwell Kent, Chet LaMore, Merwin C. Phelps, David W. Scott, Harold Weston, and others; National Endowment for the Humanities grant proposals "NDA Projects in Pennsylvania," 1975, and "Images of the Heartland," 1980, and notes from Contreras' interviews with Maria Ealand, John Gernand, Jacob Kainen, Dorothy Miller, and Selma Rein.

Biographical / Historical:

Belisario Contreras was an Argentinian born art historian who lived and worked in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 1983 he published the book "Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art."

Related Materials:

Papers of Belisario R. Contreras, 1860-1976, are also located at The University of New Mexico's Center for Southwest Research.

Provenance:

Donated 1985 by Belisario Contreras.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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:

Art historians -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque  Search this

Topic:

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Citation:

Belisario Contreras papers, 1943-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.contbeli

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Belisario Contreras papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ae0dd679-9b53-45c6-8bcf-760156655f8b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-contbeli

Artist:

Louis, Morris, 1912-1962  Search this

Names:

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Robert Pierce/Films, Inc.  Search this

Bocour, Leonard, 1910-1993  Search this

Brenner, Marcella, 1912-2007  Search this

Faatz, Anita J. (Anita Josephine)  Search this

Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011  Search this

Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994  Search this

Noland, Kenneth, 1924-2010  Search this

Truitt, Anne, 1921-2004  Search this

Extent:

17.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Photographs

Date:

circa 1910s-2007

bulk 1965-2000

Summary:

The Morris Louis and Morris Louis Estate papers measure 17.8 linear feet and date from circa 1912-2007, with the bulk of the material dating from 1965-2000. The collection documents Morris Louis' career as a Color Field painter and founding participant in the Washington Color School, as well as the subsequent administration of his estate by his wife Marcella Brenner. Found within Morris Louis' papers are biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, scattered financial records, notes, writings, printed materials, and a canvas sample. The Morris Louis Estate papers include records of gallery exhibitions, mostly André Emmerich Gallery; artwork inventories; legal records concerning the lawsuit Bernstein v. Brenner; financial records of the sale of Louis' artwork; printed materials; writings about Louis; photographs of exhibition installations and artwork; and project files which include documentation of film projects by Robert Pierce Productions, a catalog raisonne, documentation of PBS documentaries, video recordings of the exhibition "Morris Louis Now", and numerous sound recordings of interviews with artists discussing Morris Louis conducted by Anita Faatz.

Scope and Contents:

The Morris Louis and Morris Louis Estate papers measure 17.8 linear feet and date from circa 1912-2007, with the bulk of the material dating from 1965-2000. The collection documents Morris Louis' career as a Color Field painter and founding participant in the Washington Color School, as well as the subsequent administration of his estate by his wife Marcella Brenner. Found within Morris Louis' papers are biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, scattered financial records, notes, writings, printed materials, and a canvas sample. The Morris Louis Estate papers include records of gallery exhibitions, mostly André Emmerich Gallery; artwork inventories; legal records concerning the lawsuit Bernstein v. Brenner; financial records of the sale of Louis' artwork; printed materials; writings about Louis; photographs of exhibition installations and artwork; and posthumous project files which include documentation of film projects by Robert Pierce Productions, a catalog raisonne, PBS documentaries, video recordings of the exhibition "Morris Louis Now", and numerous sound recordings of interviews with artists, many with transcripts, discussing Morris Louis and conducted by Anita Faatz.

Within the Morris Louis papers (circa 3 linear feet) are scattered biographical materials for Morris Louis and Marcella Brenner. Correspondence is with family friends, artists, and galleries, the bulk of which consists of photocopies. Of note are letters from Helen Frankenthaler, Clement Greenberg, Leonard Bocour, Kenneth Noland, and Anne Truitt. Business records include lists of artwork, receipts for art supplies, and scattered tax records. Six notebooks belonging to Morris Louis contain miscellaneous notes about students, studio rental payments, addresses, travel expenses, and a short list of paintings. There is one notebook of Marcella Brenner's containing notes about expenses and addresses. Also found are printed materials, one canvas sample, and one embossing stamp. Photographs are of Morris Louis, Marcella Brenner, and the Bernstein family.

The majority of the collection (circa 15 linear feet) consists of records created and maintained by Marcella Brenner in the course of managing Louis' estate and posthumous exhibitions and projects. There are numerous gallery exhibition records for many posthumous and retrospective exhibitions between 1965 through 2002, including those held at the Andre Emmerich Gallery, the Hirshhorn Museum, and numerous other U.S. and international galleries and museums. Louis' artwork is documented in highly detailed inventory lists and cards. Legal records document the lawsuit brought by the Bernstein family against Marcella Brenner which began in 1964 and ended in 1970 in favor of Brenner. Financial records document sales.

Printed materials include clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, and other miscellaneous materials. Writings include essays about Louis and manuscript copies of the book Trustee for the Human Race: Litigation over the Morris Louis Paintings written by Ruth S. Blau under contract for Marcella Brenner. Photographs are primarily of artwork depicted in exhibition installations. Project files are found for several posthumous documentary film projects and a catalog raisonne, and include a series of audio recordings of interviews of 27 artists conducted by Anita Faatz in 1970-1971. Artists interviewed include Clement Greenberg, Leonard Bocour, Andre Emmerich, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland, and many others.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 2 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Morris Louis Papers, circa 1910s-1998 (2.9 linear feet; Boxes 1-3)

Series 2: Morris Louis Estate Papers, 1947-2007 (14.9 linear feet; Boxes 3-19, OV 20)

Biographical / Historical:

Morris Louis (1912-1962) was one of the earliest American Color Field painters, and, along with other Washington, D.C., painters, formed the movement known as the Washington Color School.

Born in Baltimore, M.D., to Russian immigrants Louis Bernstein and Cecelia Luckman, Morris Louis attended the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts from 1927-1932 and served as president of the Baltimore Artists' Association in 1935. During the Depression, he worked in New York City on the steering committee of the Easel Division of the Federal Arts Projects of the Works Project Administration (WPA). He exhibited Broken Bridge at the WPA Pavilion of the New York World's Fair in 1939.

In 1947, Louis married Marcella (Siegel) Brenner, and moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, a close suburb of Washington, D.C., where he taught private art classes and continued painting, using his apartment bedroom as a studio. In 1948, Louis participated in the Maryland Artists, 16th Annual Exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and began using Leonard Bocour's Magna acrylic paint, which he would use exclusively for the rest of his painting career.

In 1952, Morris Louis and Marcella Brenner moved to Washington, D.C. and set up a studio in his home where he would complete his most notable canvases. He began teaching at the Washington Workshop Center for the Arts and met artist Kenneth Noland who was also exploring Color Field painting. Through Noland, Louis met art critic Clement Greenberg in 1953, and they visited artist studios in New York City to study abstract expressionist works, including those by Helen Frankenthaler, Jackson Pollock, and Franz Kline. Louis and Noland were greatly influenced by Frankenthaler's staining technique, and Louis began experimenting with staining methods upon his return to Washington. Clement Greenberg became a life-long advocate for Louis and, in 1954, included Louis in the seminal group exhibition, "Emerging Talent," organized by Greenberg for the Kootz Gallery. In 1960, Andre Emmerich became his dealer in the United States and Lawrence Rubin represented him in Paris.

Using thinned Magna paint and unstretched, unprimed canvases, Louis created his works by rotating the canvas as the paint moved across and soaked in. Between 1958 and 1962 Louis produced three major series of paintings—the Veils, the Unfurleds, and the Stripes. Each series numbered more than one hundred canvases. Louis never documented his exact painting methods and would not allow anyone to watch him work, including his wife. His own worst critic, Louis destroyed many of his paintings that did meet his standards, including a large number of his earliest works and many created between 1954 and 1957. He also designated numerous surviving works for destruction prior to his death.

Louis was diagnosed with lung cancer on July 1, 1962 and died a few months later. The Andre Emmerich Gallery held a previously scheduled exhibition as planned, a month following Louis' death, as a memorial exhibition.

Related Materials:

Also found at the Archives of American Art are the Marcella Brenner journals, 1962-2000. The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) also holds papers of Morris Louis and the Morris Louis Estate in their Morris Louis Study Collection.

Provenance:

The Morris Louis and Morris Louis Estate papers were donated by Marcella Brenner in several installments in 1976, 1986, and 1988. Subsequent donations in 2009 and 2012 were donated by Marcella Brenner via Ann M. Garfinkle, Executor. The Anita Faatz interviews were donated in 1976 by Marcella Brenner.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. Research Center. Many of the audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with 26 artists conducted by Anita Faatz in 1970-1971 are access restricted and written permission is required from the person interviewed. Please contact reference services for more information. Any use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

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 -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Transcripts  Search this

Washington Color School (Group of artists)  Search this

Law and art -- United States  Search this

Color-field painting  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Photographs

Citation:

Morris Louis and Morris Louis Estate Papers, circa 1910s-2007, bulk 1965-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Partial funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Marcella Brenner Revocable Trust.

Identifier:

AAA.louimorr

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Morris Louis and Morris Louis Estate papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ecc509be-66ed-4df5-9632-537bc9cf40ed

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-louimorr

Creator:

Baziotes, William, 1912-1963  Search this

Names:

Kootz Gallery (N.Y.)  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Peter A. Juley & Son  Search this

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Search this

Alloway, Lawrence, 1926-1990  Search this

Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981  Search this

Baziotes, Christos  Search this

Baziotes, Ethel  Search this

Baziotes, Harry  Search this

Bernshṭin, Meʼir, -1978  Search this

Blesh, Rudi, 1899-1985  Search this

Bodin, Paul, 1910-1994  Search this

Canaday, John, 1907-1985  Search this

Castano, Giovanni, 1896-1978  Search this

Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994  Search this

Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979  Search this

Halper, Nathan  Search this

Hare, David, 1917-1992  Search this

Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987  Search this

Janis, Harriet Grossman  Search this

Kamrowski, Gerome  Search this

Kootz, Samuel Melvin, 1898-1982  Search this

Lee, Francis P.  Search this

Licht, Michel, 1893-1953  Search this

Matta, 1912-2002  Search this

Motherwell, Maria  Search this

Motherwell, Robert  Search this

Namuth, Hans  Search this

Onslow-Ford, Gordon  Search this

Paneth, Donald  Search this

Peterson, Charles  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956  Search this

Ricci, F.  Search this

Ruiz-Picasso, Maya  Search this

Schumm, Gertrud  Search this

Schwabacher, Ethel, 1903-1984  Search this

Sievan, Maurice  Search this

Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980  Search this

Vazakas, Byron  Search this

Zulieta, Orlando  Search this

Extent:

6.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Date:

circa 1900-1992

bulk 1935-1980

Summary:

The papers of New York City abstract expressionist painter William Baziotes and his wife Ethel measure 6.3 linear feet and date from circa 1900-1992, bulk 1935-1980. The collection includes William Baziotes biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed material, and photographs. The papers of Ethel Baziotes consists of correspondence mostly dated after her husband's death regarding exhibitions of his work, along with limited biographical material and writings.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of New York City abstract expressionist painter William Baziotes and his wife Ethel measure 6.3 linear feet and date from circa 1900-1992, bulk 1935-1980. The collection includes William Baziotes biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed material, and photographs. The papers of Ethel Baziotes consists of correspondence mostly dated after her husband's death regarding exhibitions of his work, along with limited biographical material and writings.

Biographical material on William Baziotes consists of a bibliography, teaching files, a sound recording of an interview, membership cards, sales records, a sketchbook, and other miscellaneous material. There is one folder regarding Ethel Baziotes containing a few certificates and her college diploma.

Correspondence consists of letters to William and Ethel Baziotes. Notable correspondents include Lawrence Alloway, Alfred Barr, Andre Breton, Clement Greenberg, Peggy Guggenheim, David Hare, Jean Helion, Maria and Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, and others. There are also letters from the Samuel M. Kootz Gallery regarding the sales of William Baziotes's artwork and letters written by William Baziotes to his brother Christos. Letters to Ethel Baziotes include condolence letters as well as letters from museum and galleries regarding exhibitions of her husband's work.

Writings include William Baziotes's notes on various subjects, a list of book titles, and a transcript for a speech. Writings by others include essays about William Baziotes and other subjects.

Printed materials consist of clippings, announcements, magazines, and many exhibition catalogs, mostly on group exhibitions which included artwork by William Baziotes.

Photographs are of William Baziotes, Ethel Baziotes, family and friends, their residence, and his artwork. There are a also photographs of Meir Bernstein, Samuel Kootz, Paul Bodin, Maria Motherwell, Pablo and Maya Picasso, Rudi Blesh, Nathan Halper, Ethel Schwabacher, Clyfford Still, and others.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 5 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1933-1982 (Box 1; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1936-1988 (Boxes 1-2; 1 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1950-1992 (Box 2; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1944-1992 (Boxes 2-7, 9; 4.1 linear feet)

Series 5: Photographs, circa 1900-1979, bulk 1940-circa 1963 (Boxes 7-9; 0.7 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

William Baziotes (1912-1963) was an abstract expressionist painter in New York City. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Baziotes moved to New York City in 1933, where he studied painting at the National Academy of Design, 1933-1936. He participated on the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project as a teacher, 1936-1938, and painted for the Easel Painting Project, 1938-1940.

In 1941 he married Ethel Copstein. He had his first one-man show at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery in 1944. The Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, Inc. held a solo show for Baziotes in 1946 and continued to exhibit his works until 1958.

Baziotes taught at Subjects of the Artist, 1948; the Brooklyn Museum Art School and New York University, 1949-1952; the People's Art Center at the Museum of Modern Art, 1950-1952; and Hunter College, 1952-1962. Baziotes died in 1963.

Provenance:

The William and Ethel Baziotes papers were donated by Ethel Baziotes, widow of William Baziotes, in several installments from 1969 to 1993.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

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

Art, Abstract  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Citation:

William and Ethel Baziotes papers, circa 1900-1992, bulk 1935-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.baziwill

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William and Ethel Baziotes papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d6f7f943-90c5-4dd7-b527-e69d86772014

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-baziwill

Creator:

Laning, Edward, 1906-1981  Search this

Photographer:

Peter A. Juley & Son  Search this

Names:

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988  Search this

Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954  Search this

O'Connor, Francis V.  Search this

Extent:

2.2 Linear feet ((on 3 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Date:

1880-1983

Scope and Contents:

Identification cards and a resume; an eleven page Laning family genealogy; correspondence with Francis V. O'Connor and others, undated and 1925-1983; photographs of family members and ancestors, of Laning, including one of him with his self-portrait taken by Peter A. Juley & Son, ca. 1943, and of his work; writings, including lecture notes, articles on Reginald Marsh and on Thomas Hart Benton, and an account of his experiences as a muralist for the Treasury Section; Laning's sketchbook; a print by Luigi Lucioni; business and financial records, memberships in organizations; awards and certificates; typescript of an interview with Laning; and printed matter.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter and muralist, died in 1981. Born in Petersburg, Ill. Studied at Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Chicago, and the Arts Students League with Max Weber, Boardman Robinson, and John Sloan. Worked extensively on the WPA Federal Art Project and the Treasury Section.

Provenance:

Material donated in 1972 by Edward Laning, and in 1973, 1983 and 1984 by his widow, Mary Fife Laning, through Laning executor Jack Henderson.

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  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Muralists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.laniedwa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9eeb6759b-00a2-4ce0-ad3d-07368160c7ff

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-laniedwa

Interviewee:

Arnason, H. Harvard  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Names:

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Search this

Walker Art Galleries (Minneapolis, Minn.)  Search this

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Messer, Thomas M.  Search this

Rebay, Hilla, 1890-1967  Search this

Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-  Search this

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959  Search this

Extent:

44 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1970 March 3-9

Scope and Contents:

An interview of H. Harvard Arnason conducted 1970 March 3-9, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Arnason speaks of his family and educational background; the influence of the WPA Federal Art Project on museums; lecturing at the Frick Collection and Hunter College; his work as U.S. representative of UNESCO; his teaching positions and his roles as director of the Walker Art Center and trustee and vice president of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. He comments on Frank Lloyd Wright's design for the Guggenheim Museum building; competition among New York museums; conceptual art and museums; and the museum as a research center. He recalls Holger Cahill, Thomas M. Messer, Hilla Rebay, James Johnson Sweeney and others. Arnason also describes his writing projects, including his "History of Modern Art."

Biographical / Historical:

H. Harvard Arnason (1909-1986) was an historian, writer, and a former director of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 30 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' 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 others.

Topic:

Museum architecture -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Museum directors -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.arnaso70

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a9123567-738f-4dbc-827a-95ecf2e65c48

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-arnaso70

Interviewee:

Landon, Edward, 1911-1984  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Names:

American Artists' Congress  Search this

Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Federal art project (Mass.)  Search this

National Serigraph Society  Search this

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991  Search this

Bridgman, George Brant, 1864-1943  Search this

Dove, Arthur Garfield, 1880-1946  Search this

Gottlieb, Harry, 1895-  Search this

Hartley, Dennis  Search this

Hughes, Marian  Search this

Lozowick, Louis, 1892-1973  Search this

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Mark, Henry  Search this

Mauer, Alfred  Search this

McCausland, Elizabeth, 1899-1965  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986  Search this

Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991  Search this

Perry, Marvo  Search this

Rebay, Hilla, 1890-1967  Search this

Rogers, William T.  Search this

Sabbath, Bernie  Search this

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Strand, Paul, 1890-1976  Search this

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Extent:

39 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1975 Apr. 17-May 28

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Edward Landon conducted 1975 Apr. 17-May 28, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

Landon speaks of working with the local theater in high school; leaving Hartford at age 17 or 18 for Greenwich Village in New York and the Art Students League; studying figure drawing with George Bridgman; getting married and moving to Springfield, Mass.; exhibiting with the Springfield Art League; the Artist Union and the Artist Congress in the 1930s; spending a summer with Georgia O'Keeffe and Paul Strand in Taos, N.M.; the cooperation amongst artists that lasted into the 1950s to establish serigraphs as an American fine art print medium; when he received the Solomon Guggenheim Scholarship for Non-objective Art in 1939; when he made furniture and picture frames and the publishing of his book on making picture frames in 1946; when he began working as an easel painter in the Massachusetts Federal Art Project of the WPA in 1933; becoming president of the Western Chapter of the Artists Union in 1934; when he corresponded and visited Arthur Dove; his friendship with Elizabeth McCausland; his introduction to Harry Gottlieb and silk screen printing; the love of color and currently trying for emotional effects in his work; initiating silk screen exhibitions in the Springfield Museum; the beginning of the National Serigraph Society and his work as the exhibition secretary; his teaching approach; the first class held in his garage with fellow artists; more on his relationship with Elizabeth McCausland; Arthur Dove's influence on a recent painting Landon finished; his trip to Taos in 1930 and the importance of artist colonies for him early on; the feeling of not having roots, but being comfortable with the idea; the purpose of the National Serigraph Society; his feelings about printmakers moving away from traditional printing; organized exhibitions for the United States Information Service; his enjoyment in organizing things; the commercialization of creating "prints;" how photo-realism does not translate well in the print medium; the importance of trying to convey an idea in his work; his success in covering small boxes, address books and other items, as well as book binding; his preference for printing small editions of 25 to 35 prints; of a description of his method of printing; his Fulbright Fellowship in 1950 to travel to Norway and lecture; an interest in early Scandinavian art; publishing a silkscreen portfolio of pre-Viking art for the American Scandinavian Foundation; traveling through Europe; his influence as an innovator in France and Scandinavia; meeting with silk screen artists in Oslo; art forms in his work at this time; his inclusion in "Who's Who in American Art;" the avoidance of art movements; how by the 1950s the reason for the National Serigraph Society no longer existed because the medium was popular by that time; his move to Vermont in 1957 or 1958; work as a color mixer, book binder, and returning to framing because of health reasons; his second illness changing what he found important in his life; and how the content of his work became more emotional. Landon also recalls Louie Lozowick, Gertrude Stein, Marian Hughes, Elizabeth Olds, John Marin, Alfred Stieglitz, Berenice Abbott, Marvo Perry, Hilla Rebay, Sir William T. Rogers, Max Weber, Dennis Hartley, Alfred Maurer, Bernie Sabbath, and Henry Mark.

Biographical / Historical:

Edward Landon (1911-1984) was a printmaker from Weston, Vt.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 39 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are 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 others.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Printmakers -- Vermont -- Weston -- Interviews  Search this

Printing -- Technique  Search this

Function:

Artist colonies

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.landon75

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fc2f6099-4ac6-4cf6-b0a9-962e4fb7ba9b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-landon75