Interview of Thomas Adrian Fransioli, conducted April 21, 1981, by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Wenham, Massachusetts.
Fransioli speaks of his upbringing in Seattle, Washington; training and friendships at architectural school at the University of Pennsylvania; working in North Carolina, Virginia, Philadelphia, and Cleveland as an architect, interior designer, and draftsman; his commission for a grand country house in Virginia, 1932-1934; his work for John Russell Pope on the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; work in photographic reconnaissance for the U.S. Army during World War II; visiting Hiroshima after the atomic bomb; his training at the Art Students League; his paintings of cityscapes and houses; the promotion of his career by Margaret Brown of Boston; and influences upon him. Fransioli also recalls Charles Klauder, Margaret Brown, Carl Feiss, Otto Eggers, John Walker, David Finley; and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Thomas Adrian Fransioli (1906- 1997) was an architect and painter from Massachusetts. He was born in Seattle, Washington.
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 others.
Topic:
Architects -- Massachusetts -- Interviews Search this
168 letters, 2 photographs, and an exhibition catalogue. The correspondence includes 45 letters from Baker to her family, written from Europe in 1922 while she was on a fellowship. Other correspondence is with her sister, Louise Baker George, and with Bill Woodward, Alice Riddle Kindler, Vern Smith, Frank Wright, Arthur Smith, Margaret Gates, Marjorie Phillips, and David Finley.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter (Washington, D.C.)
Provenance:
Donated 1978 by Sarah M. Baker.
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.
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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1967
July 19, 1967
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1078]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Thomas Adrian Fransioli, 1981 April 21. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Architects -- Massachusetts -- Interviews Search this
An exhibition of two hundred American water colors selected by John Marin, Charles Burchfield, Buk Ulreich, and Eliot O'Hara for the Carville, Louisiana, Marine Hospital : from a national competition held by the Section of Fine Arts, Federal Works Agency, Public Buildings Administration / [foreword David E. Finley]
David E. Finley : statesman of the arts : the founding of the National Gallery of Art and the National Trust for Historic Preservation / by David A. Doheny
