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Creator:

California Art Research Project  Search this

Names:

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Abdy, Rowena Meeks, b. 1887  Search this

Aitken, Robert, 1878-1949  Search this

Albright, Gertrude Partington, 1883-1959  Search this

Albright, Hermann Oliver, 1876-1944  Search this

Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979  Search this

Atkins, Arthur, 1873-1899  Search this

Barnes, Matthew Rackham, 1880-1951  Search this

Bergman, Frank  Search this

Berlandina, Jane, 1898-1962  Search this

Bethers, Ray, 1902-  Search this

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Boynton, Ray Scepter, 1883-1951  Search this

Bremer, Anne, 1872-1923  Search this

Breuer, Henry Joseph, 1860-1932  Search this

Bruton, Margaret, 1894-  Search this

Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970  Search this

Cadenasso, Giuseppe, 1858-1918  Search this

Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932  Search this

Chin, Chee, b. 1896  Search this

Cravath, Ruth, 1902-1986  Search this

Cummings, M. Earl, b. 1876  Search this

Cuneo, Rinaldo, 1877-1939  Search this

Dickman, Charles John, 1863-1943  Search this

Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946  Search this

Forbes, Helen, 1891-1945  Search this

Fortune, Ephemia Charlton, 1885-1969  Search this

Gaw, William A., 1891-1973  Search this

Grant, Charles Henry, 1866-1939  Search this

Hailey, Gene  Search this

Hamlin, Edith  Search this

Hansen, Armin C. (Armin-Carl), 1886-1957  Search this

Hansen, Herman W., 1854-1924  Search this

Hesthal, William, 1908-  Search this

Hill, Thomas, 1829-1908  Search this

Hobart, Clark, b. 1880?  Search this

Howard, Charles, 1899-1978  Search this

Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931  Search this

Howard, John Langley, 1902-  Search this

Howard, Robert Boardman, 1896-1983  Search this

Jorgensen, Christian, 1860-1935  Search this

Joullin, Amedee, 1862-1917  Search this

Keith, William, 1838-1911  Search this

Kent, Adaline Dutton, 1900-1957  Search this

Kingman, Dong, 1911-  Search this

Labaudt, Lucien, 1880-1943  Search this

Mackey, Spencer, 1880-1958  Search this

Macky, Constance L., b. 1883  Search this

Martinez, Xavier, 1869-1943  Search this

Mathews, Arthur Frank, 1860-1945  Search this

McComas, Francis John, 1874-1938  Search this

Mora, Joseph Jacinto, 1876-1947  Search this

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Nahl, Arthur Charles, b. 1878  Search this

Nahl, Charles Christian, 1818-1878  Search this

Nahl, Hugo Wilhelm Arthur, 1833-1889  Search this

Nahl, Perham Wilhelm, 1869-1935  Search this

Nahl, Virgil Theodore, 1876-1930  Search this

Obata, Chiura  Search this

Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969  Search this

Peixotto, Ernest, b. 1869  Search this

Peters, Charles Rollo, 1862-1928  Search this

Piazzoni, Gottardo, 1872-1945  Search this

Pommer, Julius, 1895?-1945  Search this

Poole, Horatio Nelson, b. 1883  Search this

Post, George, 1906-1997  Search this

Puccinelli, Dorothy Wagner, 1901-  Search this

Puccinelli, Raimondo, 1904-  Search this

Putnam, Arthur, 1873-1930  Search this

Randolph, Lee F., b. 1880  Search this

Raphael, Joseph, 1869-1950  Search this

Rexroth, André, Mrs., 1902-  Search this

Richardson, Mary Curtis, 1848-1931  Search this

Rix, Julian  Search this

Robinson, Charles Dorman, 1847-1933  Search this

Rosenthal, Toby Edward, ca. 1848-1917  Search this

Sandona, Matteo, b. 1883  Search this

Sargeant, Geneve Rixford, 1868-1957  Search this

Scherbakoff, Sergey John, b. 1894  Search this

Schnier, Jacques, 1898-1988  Search this

Sekido, Yoshida, b. 1894  Search this

Sheridan, Joseph Marsh, b. 1897  Search this

Sparks, Will, 1862-1937  Search this

Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973  Search this

Tavernier, Jules, 1844-1889  Search this

Tilden, Douglas, 1860-1935  Search this

Tojetti, Domenico, 1807-1892  Search this

Van Sloun, Frank J., 1879-1938  Search this

Welch, Thaddeus, 1844-1919  Search this

Williams, Virgil Macey, 1830-1886  Search this

Withrow, Evelyn Almond, 1858-1928  Search this

Wores, Theodore, 1858-1939  Search this

Zakheim, Bernard Baruch, 1898-1985  Search this

Extent:

20 Volumes ((on 2 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- California -- San Francisco

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- California -- San Francisco

Date:

1936-1937

Scope and Contents:

Twenty volumes of the publication, CALIFORNIA ART RESEARCH, containing monographs on artists whose principal residence was San Francisco.

REEL NDA/Cal 1: Artists include Robert Aitken, Arthur Atkins, Albert Bierstadt, Ray Boynton, Anne Bremer, Henry J. Breuer, Giuseppe Cadenasso, Emil Carlsen, M. Earl Cummings, Rinaldo Cuneo, Charles Dickman, Maynard Dixon, Charles Grant, Armin Hansen, H. W. Hansen, Thomas Hill, Christian Jorgensen, Amedee Joullin, William Keith, Constance Macky, Xavier Martinez, Arthur Mathews, Francis McComas, Arthur C. Nahl, Charles C. Nahl, Hugo W. A. Nahl, Perham W. Nahl, Virgil T. Nahl, Ernest Peixotto, Charles R. Peters, Gottardo Piazzoni, Horatio Nelson Poole, Arthur Putnam, Joseph Raphael, Mary C. Richardson, Julian Rix, Charles D. Robinson, Toby Rosenthal, Will Sparks,Jules Tavernier, Douglas Tilden, Domenico Tojetti, Frank Van Sloun, Thaddeus Welch, Virgil Williams, Evelyn A. Withrow, and Theodore Wores.

REEL NDA/Cal 2: Artists include Rowena M. Abdy, Gertrude Albright, Hermann O. Albright, Maxine Albro, Victor Arnautoff, Matthew R. Barne s, Frank Bergman, Jane Berlandina, Ray Bethers, Beniamino Bufano, Margaret Bruton, Chee Chin, Ruth Cravath, Helen Forbes, Euphemia C. Fortune, William Gaw, Edith Hamlin, William Hesthal, Clark Hobart, Charles Howard, John G. Howard, John L. Howard, Robert Boardman Howard, Adaline Kent, Dong Kingman, Lucien Labaudt, Spencer Mackey, Jo Mora, Jose Moya del Pino, Chiura Obata, Otis Oldfield, Julius Pommer, George B. Post, Dorothy W. Puccinelli, Raimondo Puccinelli, Lee F. Randolph, Andree Rexroth, Matteo Sandona, Geneve R. Sargeant, Sergey J. Scherbakoff,Jacques Schnier, Yoshida Sekido, Joseph M. Sheridan,Ralph Stackpole, and Bernard Zakheim.

Biographical / Historical:

Publication of the Works Progress Administration; San Francisco, Calif. Sponsored by Dr. Walter Heil of the M.H. de Young Museum. Was originally a joint project of the WPA-Statistical projects division and the WPA-Federal Art Project in order to disseminate information about artists and art in the San Francisco region.

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):

San Francisco, WPA Project 2874, 1936-1937.

Provenance:

Provenance unknown.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Artists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939 -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art and state -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.caliarp

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91151550c-b4d7-4c02-b025-d4bd657f78fb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-caliarp

Creator:

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Citation:

José Moya del Pino papers, 1924-1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7110

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209244

AAA_collcode_moyadel

Theme:

Diaries

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209244

Interviewee:

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Extent:

13 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Sept. 10

Scope and Contents:

An interview of José Moya del Pino conducted 1964 Sept. 10, by Mary McChesney, for the New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

Moya del Pino speaks of his youth in Spain, and his education in Rome and in Paris; meeting Matisse; moving to San Francisco and taking up portraiture there; starting with the Federal Art Project (FAP) and working on a mural at Coit Tower; political problems with the murals and other work done under the FAP; painting a mural in a post office in Alpine, Tex., and other murals; how work was assigned; his mural for the Social Security Building in Washington, D.C.; and his feelings about government support for the arts and how it should be administered. He recalls Diego Rivera and Victor Arnautoff.

Biographical / Historical:

José Moya del Pino (1891-1969) was a Spanish born painter and mural painter from California.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 57 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.

Topic:

Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

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.moyade64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fa474986-b9ae-4922-9308-f4feadccc6c9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-moyade64

Interviewee:

Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914-1998  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Kahlo, Frida  Search this

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Refregier, Anton, 1905-  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Extent:

39 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 May 11-12

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Emmy Lou Packard conducted 1964 May 11-12, by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art.

Packard speaks of her early interest in art and her education; meeting Diego Rivera, studying under him; working with him on murals; Rivera's personality; his marriage to Frida Kahlo and reaction to her death; his political views and his influence on art during the 1930s. She describes her feelings about art of the Work Project Administration period, and she recalls Anton Refregier and Jose Moya del Pino.

Biographical / Historical:

Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998) was a painter and a mural painter.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 29 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.

Restrictions:

Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Muralists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.packar64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a3aaec44-c303-4a44-a10e-f01486a3ac14

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-packar64

Interviewee:

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  Search this

Subject:

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with José Moya del Pino, 1964 Sept. 10. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Theme:

Latino and Latin American  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12903

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213674

AAA_collcode_moyade64

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213674

Creator:

Labaudt, Lucien, 1880-1943  Search this

Labaudt, Marcelle, 1892-1987  Search this

Names:

California School of Design  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Lucien Labaudt Art Gallery  Search this

San Francisco Women Artists  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979  Search this

Biberman, Edward  Search this

Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978  Search this

Ferier, André  Search this

Ford, C.  Search this

Gerstle, Wilhelm, 1879-1963  Search this

Kent, Adaline Dutton, 1900-1957  Search this

Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949  Search this

London, Charmian  Search this

Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973  Search this

Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954  Search this

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969  Search this

Ozenfant, Amédée, 1886-1966  Search this

Ozenfant, Marthe  Search this

Pflueger, Timothy Ludwig, 1892-1946  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Sotomayor, Antonio, 1904-  Search this

Extent:

8.5 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 11 reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1896-1987

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, photographs, exhibition materials, scrapbooks, journals, printed matter, essays, gallery records and other business records, and miscellaneous papers.

REELS 3799-3806: A resume; a travel journal; an address book; appointment books; passports for Marcelle Labaudt; correspondence, including 3 illustrated Christmas cards from Walt Kuhn and letters from Edward Rowan about Lucien Labaudt's murals for the Los Angeles post office for the Section of Fine Arts; notes on costume design, geometry, and metric color scales; writings by Lucien Labaudt, including "Color Constructions--Opticolormetry", 1940; 4 sketchbooks and 70 sketches by Labaudt; prints and drawings by others; scrapbook on history of costume design; announcements; programs; reproductions; printed material concerning Labaudt's California School of Design; records of the San Francisco Women Artists organization; minutes of the Artists' Council kept by Marcelle Labaudt; artist files; guest registers; ledgers 1929 and 1939-1949, and financial records, 1943-1980, for the Lucien Labaudt Art Gallery; clippings; photographs of Labaudt's family, 1911-1981; of works of art, 1913-1968; and stage and costume design.

REEL 1052: Correspondence relating to the Lucien Labaudt Art Gallery and to Lucien and Marcelle; photographs (many undated and unidentified) of a gallery opening, 1950 of Max Hages, two paintings by Fred Martin, and two by R. Kaess; manuscript material; biographical material on artists who exhibited at the gallery; catalogs and announcements; printed material; and clippings.

REEL 1854: Photographs, 1920-1940 of: Labaudt; Labauadt working on Beach Chalet Murals; at the Bohemian Club Grove with C. Ford, Arnautoff, Otis Oldfield, Moya del Pino, Sotomayer, Timothy Pflueger, William Gerstle, and Diego Rivera; with Adeline Kent; with Marcelle and André Ferier; costumes and sets designed by Labaudt; and paintings and murals by Labaudt. Also included are 173 personal and business letters, 1923-1975; sketches; manuscripts, including essays about Labaudt by Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Lorser Feitelson; a scrapbook; business records; catalogs and announcements; clippings and other printed matter. Correspondents include: Edward Biberman, Lorser Feitelson, Walt Kuhn, Fernand Leger, Charmain London (Mrs. Jack), Henri Matisse, Marthe and Amedee Ozenfant, Timothy L. Pflueger and Edward Rowan.

UNMICROFILMED: Biographical material regarding Marcelle Labaudt's education; correspondence, 1901-1979, with friends and associates, including Alvyne Maisonneuve, Yliane Remy, Henry and Ann Varnum Poor, Charmian London, Millard Sheets and Richard Diebenkorn (1 letter, 1950); Marcelle Labaudt's travel diary kept on a trip to France, undated; art works, undated, including a sketchbook and illustrated letter by Lucien and an unsigned print; exhibition catalogs and clippings regarding the Lucien Labaudt Art Gallery; photographs, slides and negatives, 1896-1976, of friends, family and art works, and an album of photographs of Lucien's works of art.

Biographical / Historical:

Lucien Labaudt was a painter, muralist, costume and set designer. He also ran a commercial art school called the California School of Design. After his death in 1943, on assignment as a war artist correspondent, his wife, Marcelle Labaudt, established the Lucien Labaudt Art Gallery in San Francisco, California. She specialized in giving younger or relatively unknown artists their first exhibitions and operated the gallery until 1980.

Provenance:

Donated by Marcelle Labaudt 1974-1976, and after her death by her estate through her step-sister and executor, Simone M. Berges, 1984. After Berges' death in 1988, an additional installment was received via Berges' sister-in-law, Jill Alexander.

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:

Costume designers  Search this

Painters  Search this

Gallery owners -- California  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts -- California -- San Francisco -- Exhibitions  Search this

Art and state -- California -- San Francisco -- Exhibitions  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Costume -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Muralists  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.labaluci

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a9f5e236-5785-4470-ba27-6403b1b8667d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-labaluci

Creator:

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Extent:

0.9 Linear feet ((on 1 microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1924-1973

Scope and Contents:

Three passports; letters, undated and 1924-1973; writings, undated, including a biographical account; photographs, undated and 1949, of Moya del Pino, his mother, and some of his work at an exhibition; printed material, undated and 1924-1969, consisting mainly of clippings, 1924-1933, and an obituary, 1969; art works, undated and 1934-1939, including 32 loose drawings, 4 sketchbooks, and a lithograph entitled "Sailor Take Care," 1934, by Everett Jackson; and business and legal documents.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, muralist; San Francisco, Calif.; b. 1891; d. 1969

Provenance:

Donated 1977-1982 by Tina (Clementina Moya) Kun, daughter of Jose Moya del Pino.

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.

Occupation:

Painters -- California  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.moyadel

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9323d1de7-cdb1-485a-a706-629646524e34

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-moyadel

Creator:

Sotomayor, Antonio, 1904-  Search this

Names:

Delphic Studios  Search this

Pan American Union  Search this

Entenza, John, 1903-  Search this

Farr, Fred, 1914-1973  Search this

Franco, Johan, 1908-  Search this

Fried, Alexander, 1902-1988  Search this

Gerstle, William Lewis, 1868-1947  Search this

Labaudt, Lucien, 1880-1943  Search this

Little, Philip, 1857-1942  Search this

Long, Emilie  Search this

Morley, Grace, 1900-1985  Search this

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949  Search this

Pflueger, Timothy Ludwig, 1892-1946  Search this

Reed, Alma M.  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Robinson, Elmer E. (Elmer Edwin), b. 1894  Search this

Salinger, Jehanne Bietry  Search this

Salinger, Pierre  Search this

Sauer, Carl Ortwin, 1889-  Search this

Sotomayor, Grace  Search this

Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang, 1908-1985  Search this

Extent:

1.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Photographs

Date:

circa 1920-1988

Summary:

The collection documents the career of Bolivian born painter and illustrator, Antonio Sotomayor, his interest in Latin American art and artists, and his association with the San Francisco arts community. Materials found in the collection include letters, writings, sketches and sketchbooks, printed material and photographs.

Scope and Content Note:

The collection documents the career of Bolivian born painter and illustrator, Antonio Sotomayor, his interest in Latin American art and artists, and his association with the San Francisco arts community.

The collection consists primarily of correspondence, writings, artwork, printed material, and photographs documenting Sotomayor's career, his interest in Latin American art and artists, and his association with the San Francisco arts community.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as six series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1931-1988, undated (box 1, 21 folders)

Series 2: Writings, 1932-1946, undated (box 1, 11 folders)

Series 3: Artwork, 1935, undated (box 1, 23 folders)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1935-1987 (boxes 1-2, 12 folders)

Series 5: Photographs, circa 1920-1984, undated (box 2, 13 folders)

Series 6: Oversized Material, 1941, 1958, undated (2 OV folders)

Biographical Note:

Antonio Sotomayor was born in Bolvia and came to San Francisco in 1923. He was educated at the Escuela de Belleas Arts in La Paz and the Hopkins Institute of Art in San Francisco. Primarily known for his murals and paintings, Sotomayor was also an illustrator, caricaturist, designer, ceramicist, and educator. Over the course of his career his work was exhibited in the United States, France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and South America and he became known as the popular "artist laureate" of San Francisco where he lived with his wife, Grace. He died of cancer in 1985 at the age of 82.

Provenance:

The Antonio Sotomayor papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Grace Sotomayor in 1998.

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 -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Cartoonists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Muralists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Caricatures and cartoons  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century  Search this

Illustration of books  Search this

Illustrators -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Photographs

Citation:

Antonio Sotomayor papers, circa 1920-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.sotoanto

See more items in:

Antonio Sotomayor papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9720668e9-bd70-4a75-8c58-f2546521f7d4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sotoanto

Creator:

Watrous, James, 1908-  Search this

Names:

Public Works of Art Project  Search this

United States. Department of the Treasury  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979  Search this

Ballator, John R., 1909-  Search this

Bergman, Frank  Search this

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Sample, Paul, 1896-1974  Search this

Extent:

1.4 Linear feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

[ca. 1933-1966]

Scope and Contents:

Research and teaching files relating to murals, painted ca. 1933-1966, many for the Public Works of Art Project and Department of the Treasury, and muralists, consisting mainly of two-card indexes listing murals by city and by artist; miscellaneous files on more than 50 artists, many of whom are muralists; a seminar paper by Watrous, "Nineteenth Century Criticism of Degas"; and photographs of murals by Victor Arnautoff, Frank Bergman, John Ballator, Jose Moya Del Pino, and Paul Sample.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, mural painter, art historian; Madison, Wisc. Full name is James Scales Watrous.

Provenance:

Donated 1966 by James Watrous.

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:

Art historians -- Wisconsin -- Madison  Search this

Muralists  Search this

Painters -- Wisconsin -- Madison  Search this

Topic:

Mural painting and decoration -- United States  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.watrjame

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9384c31cc-25c2-48c3-bac4-8f27468a665e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-watrjame

Painter:

Moya del Pino, Jose 1891-1969  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings-Lunette

Paintings-Mural

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Coit Tower Inner office, north wall San Francisco California

Date:

1934

Topic:

Cityscape--California--San Francisco  Search this

Waterscape--Bay--San Francisco Bay  Search this

Waterscape--Wharf  Search this

Control number:

IAP 88750072

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_364929

Painter:

Moya del Pino, Jose 1891-1969  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Culture:

Chinese  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Topic:

Landscape--California  Search this

Figure group--Family--Mother & Child  Search this

Object--Flower  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Control number:

IAP 8C330022

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_421728

Painter:

Moya del Pino, Jose 1891-1969  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Culture:

Spanish  Search this

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

On loan to Society of California Pioneers 456 McAllister Street San Francisco California 94102 Accession Number: S13

Lent by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco M. H. de Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park San Francisco California 94118 Accession Number: S13

Topic:

Figure female  Search this

Ethnic  Search this

Control number:

IAP 71063624

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_140160

Painter:

Moya del Pino, Jose 1891-1969  Search this

Medium:

Tempera on paperboard

Type:

Paintings-Mural

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1962.8.59

Topic:

Landscape--Farm  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Occupation--Farm--Sowing  Search this

Occupation--Farm--Harvesting  Search this

Architecture exterior--Farm--Barn  Search this

Study  Search this

Control number:

IAP 08582770

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_391829

Painter:

Moya del Pino, Jose 1891-1969  Search this

Subject:

Alba  Search this

Medium:

Oil

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Oakland Museum 1000 Oak Street Oakland California 94607 Accession Number: 73.47

Topic:

Portrait male  Search this

Control number:

IAP 71067592

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_144105

Painter:

Moya del Pino, Jose 1891-1969  Search this

Medium:

Tempera

Type:

Paintings-Mural

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Glaser Brothers 855 Harrison Street Lobby San Francisco California

Topic:

Landscape--Coast  Search this

Landscape--California  Search this

Control number:

IAP 88750181

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_365178