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Creator:

Federal Art Project. Photographic Division  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (N.Y.)  Search this

Federal Art Project (Wash.)  Search this

Federal Art Project -- Photographs  Search this

Federal Art Project. Easel Division  Search this

Federal Art Project. Graphic Arts Division  Search this

Federal Art Project. Poster Division  Search this

Federal Music Project (U.S.) -- Photographs  Search this

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) -- Photographs  Search this

Federal Writers' Project (U.S.) -- Photographs  Search this

Harlem Art Center  Search this

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991  Search this

Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977  Search this

Arenal, Luis  Search this

Barthé, Richmond, 1901-1989  Search this

Benson, John Howard, 1901-1956  Search this

Berger, Andrew  Search this

Blanch, Lucile, 1895-1981  Search this

Bloch, Lucienne, 1909-1999  Search this

Bolotowsky, Ilya, 1907-1981  Search this

Brann, Louise, 1906-  Search this

Burke, Selma, 1900-  Search this

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Calapai, Letterio, 1902-1993  Search this

Chodorow, Eugene, 1910-2000  Search this

Criss, Francis, 1901-1973  Search this

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

De Rivera, José Ruiz, 1904-1985  Search this

Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968  Search this

Dehn, Virginia E. (Virginia Engleman), 1922-2005  Search this

Ennis, George Pearse, d. 1936  Search this

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973  Search this

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

Goodman, Bertram, 1904-1988  Search this

Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948  Search this

Greenwood, Marion, 1909-1970  Search this

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980  Search this

Herman, Andrew  Search this

Hord, Donal, 1902-1966  Search this

Horn, Sol  Search this

Hovell, Joseph, 1897-  Search this

Karp, William, 1905-  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this

Laning, Edward, 1906-1981  Search this

Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin), 1900-1982  Search this

McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981  Search this

Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991  Search this

Refregier, Anton, 1905-  Search this

Robbins, David  Search this

Seltzer, Leo, 1916-  Search this

Shuster, Will  Search this

Zorach, William, 1887-1966  Search this

Extent:

12.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

circa 1920-1965

bulk 1935-1942

Summary:

The Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection dates from circa 1920-1965, with the bulk of the records spanning the active years of the Federal Art Project (FAP), 1935-1942. The collection comprises 12.4 linear feet of mostly photographic prints and negatives that document primarily artwork produced by artists employed by the FAP. A smaller number of photographs also document other programs of the FAP, such as art classes and community centers, exhibitions by children and adults, artwork installed in public buildings, project divisions, and demonstrations of art processes by FAP artists.

Scope and Content Note:

The Federal Art Project (FAP), Photographic Division collection dates from circa 1920-1965, with the bulk of the records spanning the active years of the FAP: 1935-1942. The collection comprises 12.4 linear feet of photographic prints and negatives, including photos of FAP artists and the artwork created by them, and other activities of the FAP in communities throughout New York City and other states. Photographers include Andrew Herman, Sol Horn, David Robbins, Leo Seltzer, and others.

Artist files comprise three-quarters of the collection and consist primarily of photographs of artwork, as well as scattered photos of artists at work, including: Charles Alston, Luis Arenal, Richmond Barthe, John Benson, Andrew Berger, Lucille Blanch, Lucienne Bloch, Ilya Bolotowsky, Luise Brann, Selma Burke, Letterio Calapai, Eugene Chodorow, Francis Criss, Stuart Davis, Adolf Dehn, Virginia Dehn, Jose de Rivera, George Pearse Ennis, Philip Evergood, Eugenie Gershoy, Bertram Goodman, Arshile Gorky, Marion Greenwood, Philip Guston, Donal Hord, Joseph Hovell, William Karp, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Edward Laning, Julian Levi, Audrey McMahon, Elizabeth Olds, Anton Refregier, Will Shuster, William Zorach, and others.

The remainder of the collection consists of files documenting related activities and programs of the FAP, arranged by subject. The bulk of these files document the activities of the New York City FAP, including free art classes and art exhibitions for adults and children, exhibitions at the Harlem Art Center, and the work of FAP branches including the Easel Division, the Graphic Arts Division, and the Poster Division.

Other subjects documented include federal and community art centers in eleven states, most extensively Washington State; other WPA projects such as the Federal Theater Project, the Federal Music Project, and the Federal Writers' Project; buildings decorated with FAP artwork; art processes as demonstrated by FAP artists; special events; and people involved with the FAP, including director Holger Cahill.

One folder contains images that appear to have been taken by Berenice Abbott for the exhibition Changing New York (1935), for the Museum of the City of New York in collaboration with the WPA.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 2 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Artist Files, circa 1920-1965 (Boxes 1-24; 9.6 linear feet)

Series 2: Subject Files, 1934-1956 (Boxes 25-32; 2.8 linear feet)

Historical Note:

The Federal Art Project (FAP) was one of the Depression-era work-relief programs of the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). The program was founded in August 1935 to provide employment for artists and to implement visual arts programs in local communities across the country.

Together with the Federal Music Project, the Federal Theater Project, and the Federal Writers' Project, the FAP formed part of the WPA's Federal Project No. 1. The WPA became the Work Projects Administration in 1939 when it fell under the administrative hand of the newly created Federal Works Agency; concurrently the Federal Art Project was officially re-named the Federal Art Program.

Under the direction of Holger Cahill, the goals of the FAP fell into three main areas: production of artwork, art education through art classes and community centers, and art research through the Index of American Design. During the course of the program, artists created murals and other works of art for many non-Federal government buildings such as schools, hospitals, and libraries. Separate photographic divisions were set up in several states, most notably in New York City, to document the work of artists employed by the program, activities in art education such as classes for children and adults, community center outreach programs, and other "Federal 1" projects, including the Federal Theater and Music Projects. Employees of the photographic division were also involved in other assignments, such as creating exhibitions and photo murals.

The Federal Art Project ended in 1943.

Related Material:

Among the holdings of the Archives of American Art are related collections, including the Federal Art Project of the Work Projects Administration records, 1935-1948. Additional FAP records are held by the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington D.C.

Provenance:

The collection was anonymously donated to the Archives of American Art in the late 1950s.

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.

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.

Topic:

Children's art  Search this

Photography  Search this

Art -- United States -- Exhibitions -- Photographs  Search this

Art -- United States -- Study and teaching -- Photographs  Search this

Art centers  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare -- Photographs  Search this

Theater and state -- United States -- Photographs  Search this

Music and state -- United States -- Photographs  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- Photographs  Search this

Art -- Technique  Search this

Artists -- United States -- Photographs  Search this

Art -- Exhibitions  Search this

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Function:

Programs (organizations)

Agencies

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

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

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.fedeartp14

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Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91f0216d7-ed8e-4482-8128-6def41dbe367

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-fedeartp14

Creator:

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Subject:

Brooklyn College  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Ad Reinhardt papers, 1927-1968. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Art, Modern  Search this

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

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5659

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208493

AAA_collcode_reinad

Theme:

Diaries

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208493

Creator:

Hoyer, Thorvald Arnst, 1872-1949  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Thorvald Arnst Hoyer papers, 1925-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Landscape painting -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Primitivism in art  Search this

Theme:

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9815

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212269

AAA_collcode_hoyethor

Theme:

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212269

Creator:

Federal Art Project. Photographic Division  Search this

Subject:

Berger, Andrew  Search this

Blanch, Lucile  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo  Search this

Guston, Philip  Search this

Olds, Elizabeth  Search this

Goodman, Bertram  Search this

Criss, Francis  Search this

Benson, John Howard  Search this

Dehn, Virginia E. (Virginia Engleman)  Search this

Greenwood, Marion  Search this

Chodorow, Eugene  Search this

Refregier, Anton  Search this

Ennis, George Pearse  Search this

McMahon, Audrey  Search this

Arenal, Luis  Search this

Herman, Andrew  Search this

Horn, Sol  Search this

Barthé, Richmond  Search this

Robbins, David  Search this

Seltzer, Leo  Search this

Brann, Louise  Search this

Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin)  Search this

Laning, Edward  Search this

Gorky, Arshile  Search this

Zorach, William  Search this

Calapai, Letterio  Search this

Karp, William  Search this

Hovell, Joseph  Search this

Davis, Stuart  Search this

Burke, Selma  Search this

Dehn, Adolf  Search this

Shuster, Will  Search this

Evergood, Philip  Search this

Bloch, Lucienne  Search this

Gershoy, Eugenie  Search this

De Rivera, José Ruiz  Search this

Hord, Donal  Search this

Bolotowsky, Ilya  Search this

Alston, Charles Henry  Search this

Cahill, Holger  Search this

Abbott, Berenice  Search this

Harlem Art Center  Search this

Federal Writers' Project (U.S.)  Search this

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Federal Art Project. Graphic Arts Division  Search this

Federal Art Project (N.Y.)  Search this

Federal Art Project. Easel Division  Search this

Federal Art Project. Poster Division  Search this

Federal Art Project (Wash.)  Search this

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)  Search this

Federal Music Project (U.S.)  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Citation:

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

Topic:

Children's art  Search this

Photography  Search this

Art -- United States -- Exhibitions -- Photographs  Search this

Art -- United States -- Study and teaching -- Photographs  Search this

Art centers  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare -- Photographs  Search this

Theater and state -- United States -- Photographs  Search this

Music and state -- United States -- Photographs  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- Photographs  Search this

Art -- Technique  Search this

Artists -- United States -- Photographs  Search this

Art -- Exhibitions  Search this

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Theme:

African American  Search this

Latino and Latin American  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Patronage  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5467

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216466

AAA_collcode_fedeartp14

Theme:

African American

Latino and Latin American

New Deal

Patronage

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216466

Photographer:

Pollard, Aubrey  Search this

Subject:

Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice)  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Date:

1938 Aug. 22

Citation:

Aubrey Pollard. Irene Rice Pereira, 1938 Aug. 22. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art and state  Search this

Artists at or with their work  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Painting  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)2836

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

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

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edanmdm:AAADCD_item_2836

Creator:

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Names:

Brooklyn College -- Faculty  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Extent:

3.9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Date:

1927-1968

Summary:

The papers of Ad Reinhardt measure 3.9 linear feet and date from circa 1927 to 1968. The collection documents Reinhardt's career as an abstract painter, cartoonist, and writer through biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed material, scrapbooks, and artwork.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of Ad Reinhardt measure 3.9 linear feet and date from 1927 to 1968. The collection documents Reinhardt's career as an abstract painter, cartoonist, and writer through biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed material, scrapbooks, and artwork.

Biographical material includes personal and professional records, such as passports and membership cards as well as an artist's chronology, and material documenting Reinhardt's time at Brooklyn College and his work for the WPA. Correspondence is of a general nature, including letters from art galleries, museums, and art dealers about exhibitions and artwork, colleges and universities concerning lectures and workshops, and letters from friends, art critics, and fellow artists, including Lucy Lippard, Abe Ajay, and George Rickey. Also found are letters from magazines and various art and social organizations. Writings and notes include calendars, and a small amount of notes and draft writings by Reinhardt. Printed material comprises the largest series in the collection and contains exhibition materials, including invitations and catalogs, and a large number of magazine and news clippings, primarily about Reinhardt's career and modern art, but also covering other topics of interest to him, such as Asian art. Also found in this series are clippings of his published cartoons and artwork. Scrapbooks contain additional printed material documenting his high school and college days, as well as his career. as an artist. Also found within the papers is a small amount of artwork by Reinhardt, primarily small sketches.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 6 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1928-1967 (Box 1; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1930-1967 (Boxes 1-2; 1.1 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, circa 1953-1966 (Box 2; 7 folders)

Series 4: Printed Material, circa 1927-1968 (Boxes 2-4; 1.7 linear feet)

Series 5: Scrapbooks, circa 1928-1959 (Boxes 4-5; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 6: Artwork, circa 1946, 1950, 1961 (Box 4; 4 folders)

Biographical Note:

Ad Reinhardt was born Adolph Dietrich Friedrich Reinhardt in 1913 in Buffalo, New York. Shortly after he was born, his family moved to Queens, New York. As a child he copied "funnies" and made collages from newspapers and won many school and community prizes for his artwork. In the fall of 1931 he entered Columbia University and studied art history under Meyer Schapiro, who encouraged him to get involved in radical campus politics. Reinhardt became the editor and cover designer of Jester, a campus magazine. After graduating in 1935, he trained as a painter at the National Academy of Design under Karl Anderson, and at the American Artists School under Francis Criss and Carl Holty, until 1937. At this time he joined American Abstract Artists and became affiliated with American artistic-political groups and other artist organizations. From 1936 to 1941 he worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project, Easel Division, while simultaneously developing his mature style of linear, abstract painting.

When his work for the Federal Art Project ended, Reinhardt worked as a commercial and freelance writer and graphic artist for pamphlets and magazines. Most notably, he was a reporter and cartoonist for the newspaper PM from 1942 to 1947. After serving in the Navy from 1946 to 1947, he took a position as an art history professor at Brooklyn College where he taught for twenty years. During his career as a professor he was also a visiting lecturer at several universities, including Yale University from 1952 to 1953, and the California School of Fine Arts in 1950. Reinhardt had a keen interest in Asiatic art and would often lecture and write on this subject. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he traveled to Japan, India, Persia, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, and Jordan.

Reinhardt began exhibiting his paintings early in his career. In 1946 he joined the Betty Parsons Gallery, which also represented many other prominent Abstract Expressionists, including Mark Rothko, Barnet Newman, and Jackson Pollock. Reinhardt rejected the emotionalism found in Abstract Expressionism and sought to produce geometric, minimalist paintings. In developing his own aesthetic theory, he wrote extensively for art periodicals such as Art News and Art International. His artwork culminated in the 1960s with his series of black paintings, which drew much attention from the art community and the public. A major retrospective of his work was held at the Jewish Museum in New York, NY, in 1960. Reinhardt continued to write and work on his series of black paintings until his death in 1967.

Related Material:

Related collections found in the Archives includes Ad Reinhardt postcards (to Katherine Scrivener), Ad Reinhardt letters and artwork (loaned material, available on microfilm only), Abe Ajay correspondence with Ad Reinhardt, Marjorie Grimm printed material and letters received from Ad Reinhardt, one photograph of Ad Reinhardt and Colette Roberts by William R. Simmons, and a 1955 painting by Ad Reinhardt.

Separated Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reels N69-99 - N69-103) including additional notes, writings, correspondence, photographs of artwork, and travel logs. Lent materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Rita Reinhardt, Ad Reinhardt's widow, donated papers and lent material for micorfilming in 1969.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

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:

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

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Art, Modern  Search this

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

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

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Ad Reinhardt papers, 1927-1968. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.reinad

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Ad Reinhardt papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9399bd395-e18e-440b-8305-5be89bf7b6f3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-reinad

Creator:

Hoyer, Thorvald Arnst, 1872-1949  Search this

Extent:

0.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Date:

1925-1982

Scope and Contents:

Letters, printed material, slides, and photographs documenting Hoyer's career. The letters (1935-1982) to Hoyer and his daughter, Olga Pegelow, mainly discuss Hoyer's exhibitions and Pegelow's gifts of his work to museums. Printed material consists of exhibition catalogs (1938-1976), reviews, exhibit announcements, articles, press releases, and Hoyer's scrapbook. There are 6 photographs of Hoyer and his work, 18 color slides of his paintings, and one original pencil drawing. The collection also contains Hoyer's resume, 4 pocket notebooks noting addresses, color notations, and sketches. Receipts and financial papers list Hoyer's paintings donated to The Art Institute of Chicago.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter of primitive-style landscapes. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He settled in Chicago in 1915, where he lived until his death. Hoyer worked for the Federal Art Project's easel division from 1938 to 1942. His work was exhibited throughout America, including The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.C., and The Art Institute of Chicago.

Provenance:

The donor, Olga Pegelow, is Hoyer'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:

Landscape painters -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Topic:

Landscape painting -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Primitivism in art  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.hoyethor

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92831b648-2442-4482-ac47-93f60bedf2fd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hoyethor