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Chico Garcia - Muralist and Graffiti Artist

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (compact audio cassette)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Date:
2000 August 25
General:
This audio recording has been transcribed. View transcription and play recording here. Download a PDF of the transcription here.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Street art  Search this
Graffiti art  Search this
Urban Life  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.2001, Item FP-2001-CT-0369
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 4: New York City at the Smithsonian / 4.1: Fieldwork
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk598ae3c70-ff56-415b-af06-7a26ff458c6c
EDAN-URL:
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Tats Cru - Muralists and Graffiti Artists

Collection Creator:
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound recording (compact audio cassette)
Type:
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Date:
2000 August 3
General:
This audio recording has been transcribed. View transcription and play recording here. Download a PDF of the transcription here.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Street art  Search this
Graffiti art  Search this
Urban Life  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
CFCH.SFF.2001, Item FP-2001-CT-0365
See more items in:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 4: New York City at the Smithsonian / 4.1: Fieldwork
Archival Repository:
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk53daf8255-bfb5-428b-9a6a-841062712d8e
EDAN-URL:
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Philip Wittenberg papers, 1933-1958

Creator:
Wittenberg, Philip, 1895-1987  Search this
Subject:
Rivera, Diego  Search this
Citation:
Philip Wittenberg papers, 1933-1958. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Muralists  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10469
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213880
AAA_collcode_wittphil
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213880

Modernism for the masses painters, politics, and public murals in 1930s New York Jody Patterson

Title:
Painters, politics, and public murals in 1930s New York
Author:
Patterson, Jody 1972-  Search this
Physical description:
255 pages illustrations (some color) 27 cm
Type:
Books
History
Art criticism
Critiques d'art
Place:
New York (State)
New York
New York (État)
Date:
2020
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Street art  Search this
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Public art  Search this
Painting, Abstract  Search this
Modernism (Art)  Search this
Politics in art  Search this
Art dans la rue  Search this
Peinture abstraite  Search this
Modernisme (Art)  Search this
Politique dans l'art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156066

Swing landscape Stuart Davis and the modernist mural Jennifer McComas ; with an essay by Jody Patterson

Author:
McComas, Jennifer  Search this
Artist:
Davis, Stuart 1892-1964  Search this
Contributor:
Patterson, Jody 1972-  Search this
Organizer:
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art  Search this
Physical description:
x, 152 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 29 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
New York (State)
New York
New York (État)
Date:
2020
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Modernism (Art)  Search this
Peinture et décoration murales  Search this
Modernisme (Art)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156213

Walter Pach papers

Creator:
Pach, Walter, 1883-1958  Search this
Names:
Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Association of American Painters and Sculptors (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Brummer Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Laurel Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
New York School of Art  Search this
Avery, Milton, 1885-1965  Search this
Barye, Antoine-Louis, 1796-1875  Search this
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963  Search this
Burroughs, Bryson, 1869-1934  Search this
Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979  Search this
Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this
Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928  Search this
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968  Search this
Duchamp-Villon, Raymond, 1876-1918  Search this
Faure, Elie, 1873-1937  Search this
Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this
Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973  Search this
Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954  Search this
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954  Search this
Miró, Joan, 1893-  Search this
Monet, Claude, 1840-1926  Search this
Of, George F. (George Ferdinand), b. 1876  Search this
Ogihara, Moriye  Search this
Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949  Search this
Pach, Magda, 1884-1950  Search this
Pach, Nikifora  Search this
Pach, Raymond  Search this
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this
Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924  Search this
Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919  Search this
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this
Schamberg, Morton L., 1881-1918  Search this
Sloan, John, 1871-1951  Search this
Villon, Jacques, 1875-1963  Search this
Extent:
20.7 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sketchbooks
Scrapbooks
Prints
Drawings
Diaries
Travel diaries
Photographs
Date:
1857-1980
Summary:
The papers of New York artist, critic, historian, writer, art consultant and curator Walter Pach, measure 20.7 linear feet and date from 1857-1980. The collection documents Pach's promotion of modernism through his role in the landmark 1913 Armory Show, his relationships with artists and art-world figures and his extensive writings on art. Records include biographical material, correspondence with family, friends and colleagues including noted artists, handwritten and edited versions of manuscripts by Pach, diaries and journals, business records, printed material, scrapbooks, sketchbooks and artwork by Pach and others, and photographs of Pach and his family, friends, and colleagues. The collection also includes 12 linear feet of selections from Walter Pach's library.
Scope and Contents note:
The papers of New York artist, critic, historian, writer, art consultant and curator Walter Pach, measure 20.7 linear feet and date from 1857-1980. The collection documents Pach's promotion of modernism through his role in the landmark 1913 Armory Show, his relationships with artists and art-world figures and his extensive writings on art. Records include biographical material, correspondence with family, friends and colleagues including noted artists, handwritten and edited versions of manuscripts by Pach, diaries and journals, business records, printed material, scrapbooks, sketchbooks and artwork by Pach and others, and photographs of Pach and his family, friends, and colleagues. The collection also includes 12 linear feet of selections from Walter Pach's library.

Biographical material includes a copy of Pach's birth certificate and two passports for Walter and Magda Pach, in addition to address books, association membership cards and certificates.

Correspondence is both personal and professional. Family correspondence includes letters from Pach's son, Raymond, his first wife Magdalene (Magda), and his second wife Nikifora, whom he married in 1951 following the 1950 death of Magda. General correspondence includes letters from artists including Jean Charlot, Arthur B. Davies, Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Jacques Lipchitz, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Maurice Prendergast, Diego Rivera, Morton Livingston Schamberg, John Sloan, and Jacques Villon; and other art-world figures including writers Van Wyck Brooks and Elie Faure, and Bryson Burroughs, curator of painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Writings series represents an extensive collection of hand-written manuscripts, typescripts, annotated drafts and notes for published and unpublished writings by Pach, including lectures, monographs such as Queer Thing, Painting and Ananias, or The False Artist, and journal and newspaper articles such as "Pierre-Auguste Renoir" (1912).

Diaries and journals include one of particular note recording Pach's trip to Europe circa 1903-1904, with William Merritt Chase's class.

Business records include 2 notebooks recording sales at the Armory Show in New York, Boston and Chicago, a record book with handwritten lists of paintings owned and sold by Pach in the early 1930s, and two books, one maintained by Nikifora Pach, recording pictures sold, lectures and publications by Pach from the early 1900s to the early 1960s.

Printed material documents Pach's career through exhibition catalogs of Pach's solo and group exhibitions, news clippings about Pach, including reviews of his writings on art, and an almost comprehensive collection of copies of Pach's published journal and newspaper articles.

Scrapbooks include a book of reviews and original letters pertaining to Pach's book Ananias or the False Artist, and a scrapbook documenting Pach's activities during the 1920s which included his first one-man show at the Brummer Gallery in New York and the publication of his books Masters of Modern Art and Raymond Duchamp-Villon.

Artwork inlcudes a small group of drawings and three sketchbooks by Pach. Also of note are two print portfolios published in 1947 by the Laurel Gallery which include an essay and an etching by Pach, in addition to hand-pulled prints by artists such as Milton Avery, Reginald Marsh and Joan Miro.

Photographs are of Pach from childhood through to the 1950s, in addition to Magda and Raymond Pach and other family members, artists, colleagues and friends. Included are photographs of William Merritt Chase's class and Robert Henri's class at the New York School of Art, circa 1904, and photos of artists including Robert Henri, Moriye Ogihara, and Pablo Picasso. Photographs of artwork by Pach and other artists can also be found here including Mexican mural projects by José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera, and works by Antoine-Louise Barye and George Of.

Selections from Pach's library include works written by or translated by Pach, and items central to Pach's interests and work.
Arrangement note:
The Walter Pach papers are arranged as ten series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1884-circa 1950s (Box 1, 9; 9 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1883-1980 (Box 1-3, FC 23; 2.1 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, 1899-circa 1950s (Box 3-5; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Diaries and Journals, 1903-circa 1950s (Box 5; 5 folders)

Series 5: Business Records, circa 1913-circa 1960s (Box 5-6; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 6: Printed Material, circa 1900-1977 (Box 6-7, 9; 1.3 linear feet)

Series 7: Scrapbooks, circa 1890-circa 1940s (Box 7, 9; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 8: Artwork, circa 1860-circa 1950s (Box 7, 10; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 9: Photographs, 1857-1959 (Box 7-8, 10; 1.4 linear feet)

Series 10: Selections from Walter Pach's Library, 1880-1963 (Box 11-22; 12 linear feet)
Biographical/Historical note:
New York artist, critic, writer, art consultant, and curator, Walter Pach (1883-1958) was an influential promoter of modern art and was instrumental in organizing the landmark Armory Show in 1913.

Walter Pach was born in New York City, July 11, 1883. His father, Gotthelf Pach, was a prominent commercial photographer who, along with his family, ran the New York firm of Pach Brothers. The company did the bulk of the photographic work for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the young Pach often accompanied his father on museum assignments. In 1903, Pach graduated from the City College of New York with a degree in art. He also studied with Robert Henri at the New York School of Art and went abroad to paint with William Merritt Chase in the summers of 1903 and 1904.

In 1906 Pach presented his first art history lecture at the Westfield State Normal School in Westfield, Massachusetts.

In 1907, Pach went to France and as an artist and critic moved among the Parisian avant-garde and became part of the Gertrude and Leo Stein circle. Gertrude Stein's "Portrait of Walter Pach was painted in 1908. Pach wrote extensively about modern art and through his numerous books, articles, and translations of European art texts, brought an emerging modernist viewpoint to the American public. In 1908 he wrote the first article published in America on Cézanne, and also wrote on such established artists as Claude Monet, whom he interviewed in 1908 for Scribner's Magazine..

Pach organized exhibitions of contemporary art for important New York City galleries of the period, as well as the landmark exhibition of 1913, "The International Exhibition of Modern Art," commonly known as the Armory Show. Along with painters Arthur B. Davies and Walt Kuhn, he brought together leading contemporary European and American artists. Pach served with Kuhn as administrator, publicist and gallery lecturer for the Armory Show Chicago for the run of the exhibition.

Pach helped to form major collections for John Quinn and Walter Arensberg. He was also instrumental in securing individual works of art for museums, such as a portrait for the Louvre Museum by American master Thomas Eakins, and Jacques-Louis David's Death of Socrates for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Pach married artist Magdalene Frohberg in February 1914, and their son Raymond was born at the end of that year. The Pachs lived primarily in New York, but spent time abroad from 1928 to 1932. Intermittently, they lived on the West Coast, where Pach taught at the University of California at Berkeley. In the 1920s he taught at the University of Mexico on a Shilling Fund grant, lecturing and writing on Native American art and developing a strong interest in Pre-Columbian art. He took an active interest in organizing exhibitions and raising money for a museum to be dedicated to the indigenous art of the Americas. In addition, he was a friend of José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera and helped organize the Mexican chapter of the Society of Independent Artists, the New York-based organization he founded in 1917 with Walter Arensberg and Marcel Duchamp.

While not well known today as a painter, Walter Pach devoted much of his creative effort to painting. He considered himself both an artist and a writer, even though friends like art historian Bernard Berenson urged him to devote all his time to writing. Among his writings are monographs on a wide range of subjects, social commentary on the art world, and a book on museum structures. Among his first publications were a series of brochures produced for the 1913 Armory Show, including Odilon Redon and, in the same year, A Sculptor's Architecture, a book about the work of Raymond Duchamp-Villon, a close friend whom he admired greatly. In 1923, Pach wrote Georges Seurat, a book later cited by art historian John Rewald as an important early text on the artist. Masters of Modern Art and the monograph Raymond Duchamp-Villon were published the following year, and in 1928 Pach's well-known indictment of opportunistic artists and corruption in the art world, Ananias, or The False Artist, created a stir in art circles. Pach considered Vincent Van Gogh to be a seminal figure in the development of modern art and was the first historian to lecture on him in America. In 1936, he published his well-received monograph, Vincent Van Gogh. His recollections of a life spent in art, Queer Thing, Painting appeared in 1938. Ingres was published in 1939, as well as Masterpieces of Art, written for the 1939 New York World's Fair, for which Pach was exhibition director. His Art Museum in America, published in 1948, called into question the relevance, responsibility, and future direction of the American art museum. He long championed the artists of Mexico and published an essay on Diego Rivera in 1951 for the National Museum of Fine Arts, Mexico, for its 50-year retrospective exhibition on the artist. The Classical Tradition in Modern Art, Pach's last book, was published posthumously in 1959.

Pach's fluency in French, German, and Spanish allowed him to understand and interpret new avant-garde ideas developing in Europe and to translate them for an English-speaking audience. His language skills also allowed him to communicate personally with many noted artists in Europe and Mexico and to mediate between gallery dealers and museum curators on their behalf. His correspondence with major figures in 20th-century art are a fascinating and important source of information, not only about the artists themselves but about the art world in general during the first half of this century.

Chronology of Exhibitions and Writings

1908 -- "Cézanne," by Walter Pach, the first American article on the subject, published in December issue of Scribner's.

1911 -- "Albert P. Ryder," by Walter Pach, published in January issue of Scribner's.

1912 -- Met with Arthur B. Davies and Walt Kuhn to begin preparations for the Armory Show. Was responsible for the exhibition's European operations. Completed Portrait of Gigi Cavigli (exhibited at the Armory Show the following year). "Pierre-Auguste Renoir," by Walter Pach, published in May issue of Scribner's.

1913 -- Exhibited 5 paintings and 5 etchings in "The International Exhibition of Modern Art" (Armory Show), which opened in New York City on February 13. Served as administrator, publicist, and gallery lecturer for the Armory Show Chicago with Kuhn for the run of the exhibition. At the close of the show, Matisse, Brancusi, and Pach were hanged in effigy by the students of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

1915 -- Publication of The John Quinn Collection, catalog of a collection Pach was instrumental in assembling.

1916 -- Founded Society of Independent Artists in collaboration with Marcel Duchamp, Walter Arensberg, and others. Adviser to collector Walter Arensberg.

1917 -- Designed sets for Wallace Stevens's play, Bowl, Cat and Broomstick, produced at the Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City. Arranged a Gino Severini exhibition at Stieglitz's 219 gallery, New York City.

1918 -- "Universality in Art," by Walter Pach, published in February issue of Modern School. "Jean Le Roy," by Walter Pach, published in October issue of Modern School

1919 -- "The Schamberg Exhibition," by Walter Pach, published in May 17 issue of the Dial. Wrote introduction for Odilon Redon, the catalog for a graphics show at Albert Roulliers Gallery, Chicago.

1920 -- "The Art of the American Indian," by Walter Pach, published in January 20 issue of the Dial. His paintings abandoned the cubist-futurist mode and returned to a more naturalistic style.

1921 -- Publication of History of Art: Ancient Art, volume 1, by Elie Faure, translated by Walter Pach.

1922 -- Lecturer, University of Mexico, where he developed a strong interest in Pre-Columbian art. Lectured at Société Anonyme. Publication of History of Art: Mediaeval Art, volume 2, by Elie Faure, translated by Walter Pach. Contributed a chapter, "Art," to Civilization in the United States: An Inquiry by Thirty Americans, edited by Harold E. Stearns.

1923 -- Publication of Georges Seurat by Walter Pach. Publication of The Art of Cineplastics and History of Art: Renaissance Art, volume 3, by Elie Faure, translated by Walter Pach. "Georges Seurat," by Walter Pach, published in March issue of the Arts.

1924 -- Publication of Masters of Modern Art, by Walter Pach. Publication of Raymond Duchamp-Villon, by Walter Pach. Publication of History of Art: Modern Art, volume 4, by Elie Faure, translated by Walter Pach. "The Greatest American Artist," by Walter Pach, published in January issue of Harper's Magazine.

1926 -- "Graveur Américain," by Léon Rosenthal, an article about Pach's graphics (illustrated with an original etching, New York), published in September issue of Byblis, Miroir des Arts du Livre et de L'Estampe. "Brancusi," by Walter Pach, published in December 1 issue of the Nation. Instructor, New York University. First solo exhibition at Brummer Gallery, New York, New York.

1927 -- "What Passes for Art," by Walter Pach, published in June issue of Harper's Magazine

1928 -- Publication of Ananias, or The False Artist, by Walter Pach. Pach family relocated to Europe.

1929 -- "The Evolution of Diego Rivera," by Walter Pach, published in January issue of Creative Art. "John Ruskin and Walter Pach: Defenders of the Faith," by W.H. Downes, published in August issue of American Museum Art.

1930 -- Publication of An Hour of Art, by Walter Pach. Publication of History of Art: The Spirit of the Forms, volume 5, by Elie Faure, translated by Walter Pach. "Notes sur le classicisme de Delacroix," by Walter Pach, published in June issue of L'Amour de L'Art.

1931 -- Solo exhibition at Kraushaar Gallery, New York City, with review published in March 21 issue of Art News. "Raymond Duchamp-Villon," by Walter Pach, published in May issue of Formes XV.

1932 -- "Le Classicisme de Barye," by Walter Pach, published in November issue of L'Amour de L'Art . Returned to the United States.

1933 -- "Address at the Worcester Opening of International, 1933," by Walter Pach, and "Georges Rouault," by Walter Pach, both published in January issue of Parnassus. "American Art in the Louvre," by Walter Pach, published in May issue of Fine Arts 20. "On Owning Pictures," by Walter Pach, published in August issue of Fine Arts 20. "Rockefeller, Rivera and Art," by Walter Pach, published in September issue of Harper's Magazine.

1934 -- Organized Maurice Prendergast retrospective for Whitney Museum of American Art.

1935 -- Exhibition at Knoedler Gallery, New York City included Walter Pach's Respice, Adspice, and Prospice, a fresco commissioned for the City College of New York by the Class of 1903.

1936 -- Exhibition of watercolors at Kleemann Galleries, New York City. Publication of Vincent Van Gogh, by Walter Pach." The Raphael from Russia," by Walter Pach, published in January issue of Virginia Quarterly Review. "First Portfolio of American Art," by Walter Pach, published in October 3 issue of Art News. Wrote foreword to First Exhibition in America of Géricault, catalog of exhibition at Marie Sterner Gallery, New York City. "The Outlook for Modern Art," by Walter Pach, published in April issue of Parnassus. Article about Pach's City College mural published in February issue of City College Alumnus Magazine.

1937 -- Publication of The Journal of Eugène Delacroix, translated by Walter Pach. Publication of Thomas Eakins, by Walter Pach, catalog of exhibition at Kleemann Gallery, New York City.

1938 -- Publication of Queer Thing, Painting: Forty Years in the World of Art, by Walter Pach. "Delacroix Today," by Walter Pach, published in January issue of Magazine of Art.

1939 -- Publication of Ingres, by Walter Pach. Appointed general director, "Masterpieces of Art" exhibition, New York World's Fair.

1940 -- Publication of Masterpieces of Art, New York World's Fair, 1940, Official Illustrated Catalogue, by Walter Pach.

1941 -- Solo exhibition at Schneider-Gabriel Gallery, New York City.

1942 -- "Newly Discovered Ingres: The Lovers," by Walter Pach, published in October issue of Art in America Exhibition at Whitney Museum of American Art, "Between the Wars: Prints by American Artists, 1914-1941," included Walter Pach's etching Saint-Germain-des-Pres (1911). Lecturer, University of Mexico, Shilling Fund grant.

1943 -- "A Newly Found American Painter: Hermenegildo Bustos," by Walter Pach, published in January issue of Art in America. "Unknown Aspects of Mexican Painting," by Walter Pach, published in October issue of Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Marriage of son, Raymond.

1944 -- "The Eight, Then and Now," by Walter Pach, published in January issue of Art News. "Problemas del arte americano," by Walter Pach, published in December issue of Origenes.

1946 -- "La Barricade in America," by Walter Pach, published in July issue of Art News. "On Art Criticism," by Eugène Delacroix (first published in Revue de Paris, May 1829), translated by Walter Pach for catalog of exhibition at Curt Valentin, New York City.

1947 -- Publication of Picasso, by Juan Larrea, edited by Walter Pach. Publication of "Museums Can Be Living Things," by Walter Pach, in Laurels Number One, Laurel Gallery. Etching, Scopasian Head, by Walter Pach, included in Laurels Number Two, Laurel Gallery.

1948 -- Publication of The Art Museum in America, by Walter Pach. "The Past Lives On," by Walter Pach, parts 1 and 2, published in October and November issues of American Artist.

1949 -- "Thus Is Cubism Cultivated," by Walter Pach, published in May issue of Art News.

1950 -- Contributed a chapter, "The State of the Arts in the Democratic Way of Life: A Postscript," to Perspectives on a Troubled Decade: Science, Philosophy and Religion, 1939-1949, edited by Lyman Bryson, Louis Finkelstein, and R. M. MacIver. Death of wife, Magdalene.

1951 -- "Reaciones entre la cultura nordeamericana y la ombre de Diego Rivera," a major essay by Walter Pach published in Diego Rivera, 50 años de su labor artistica, exposition de normenaje nacional, Museo nacional de artes plasticas, Mexico City. Married Nikifora.

1953 -- "A Modernist Visits Greece," by Walter Pach, reprinted in autumn issue of Archaeology.

1954 -- "John Sloan," by Walter Pach, published in August issue of Atlantic Monthly.

1956 -- "Introducing the Paintings of George Of (1876-1954)," by Walter Pach, published in October issue of Art News.

1958 -- Professor, City College of New York. Died, New York City, following an operation for stomach ulcers.

1959 -- Publication of The Classical Tradition in Modern Art, by Walter Pach.

1986 -- Exhibition, "Walter Pach, A Retrospective," at Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina.

1988 -- Exhibition, "The Art of Walter and Magda Pach," at Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.

1990 -- Exhibition, "Discovering Modernism: Selections from the Walter Pach Papers," at the Archives of American Art, New York City.

1991 -- Exhibition, "The Paintings of Walter Pach," at Forum Gallery, New York City.
Related Materials:
Papers of Walter Pach, 1885-1956, are also located at the Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives.
Separated Materials note:
When the Archives of American Art acquired the Walter Pach Papers, some portion of his library was also received. The bulk of the library was transferred to the Smithsonian's American Art/Portrait Gallery Library where the items could be properly cataloged, cared for, and used.
Provenance:
The Walter Pach papers were acquired in several installments. After Pach's death his widow, Nikifora Pach, sold Pach's papers to Salander-O'Reilly Galleries. They were purchased by the Archives of American Art in 1988 with a grant from the Brown Foundation, Inc.

Eight family photographs, donated by Raymond Pach, son of Walter Pach, were received in 1990.

In 2012 Francis M. Naumann donated an additional 5.7 linear feet of material to the Archives of American Art.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment.

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:
Art critics  Search this
Art historians  Search this
Artists  Search this
Topic:
Art schools -- Photographs  Search this
Authors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art criticism  Search this
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Art -- Expertising  Search this
Mural painting and decoration, Mexican  Search this
Curators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Modernism (Art)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketchbooks
Scrapbooks
Prints
Drawings
Diaries
Travel diaries
Photographs
Citation:
Walter Pach papers, 1857-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.pachwalt2
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e24017f2-73ab-4bdf-b1e3-d0e53592ca04
EDAN-URL:
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On the wall : four decades of community murals in New York City / Janet Braun-Reinitz and Jane Weissman ; foreword by Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan ; introduction by Timothy W. Drescher

Author:
Braun-Reinitz, Janet  Search this
Weissman, Jane  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 244 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 32 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2009
C2009
20th century
21st century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Street art  Search this
Community arts projects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_918016

R.I.P. : memorial wall art / Martha Cooper, Joseph Sciorra

Title:
Memorial wall art
Author:
Cooper, Martha  Search this
Sciorra, Joseph  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1994
C1994
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Street art  Search this
Graffiti  Search this
Memorials  Search this
Call number:
ND2638.N4 C66 1994bY
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_492028

Diego Rivera's mural at the Rockefeller Center / Irene Herner de Larrea ; chapter 5, Gabriel Larrea ; chapter VI, Rafael Angel Herrerías

Author:
Herner de Larrea, Irene  Search this
Larrea, Gabriel  Search this
Herrerías, Rafael Angel  Search this
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales  Search this
Subject:
Rivera, Diego 1886-1957 Sources  Search this
Rockefeller Center  Search this
Physical description:
228 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1990
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, Mexican  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Politics in art  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.R62 D5 1990
N40.1.R62D5 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_422242

R.I.P. : memorial wall art / Martha Cooper, Joseph Sciorra

Title:
Memorial wall art
Author:
Cooper, Martha  Search this
Sciorra, Joseph  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1994
C1994
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Street art  Search this
Graffiti  Search this
Memorials  Search this
Call number:
ND2638.N4 C66 1994bY
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_469614

Aerosol kingdom : the indigenous culture of New York subway painters / Ivor Miller

Author:
Miller, Ivor  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 145 leaves : ill
Type:
Manuscripts
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1992
20th century
Topic:
Graffiti  Search this
Street art  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Call number:
GT3913.N72 M55 1992a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_460864

For a permanent public art : WPA murals in the Health and Hospitals Corporation collection : December 5, 1988-January 25, 1989, Tweed Gallery / [Gladys Peña, curator.]

Author:
Health & Hospital Corporation (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Tweed Gallery at City Hall Park  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project New York (N.Y.)  Search this
United States Works Progress Administration  Search this
Health & Hospital Corporation (New York (N.Y.) Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
32 p. : ill. ; 22 x 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1988
C1988
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American--Exhibitions  Search this
Mural painting and decoration--Exhibitions  Search this
New Deal art  Search this
Call number:
ND2638.N5 F692 1988
ND2638.N5F692 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_406403

Soho walls : beyond graffiti / David Robinson

Author:
Robinson, David  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1990
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Graffiti--Pictorial works  Search this
Street art--Pictorial works  Search this
Call number:
ND2638.N5 R65 1990
ND2638.N5R65 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_403991

New York World's Fair commissioned murals

Dept. of Feature Publicity:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) Murals  Search this
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) Art  Search this
Physical description:
[91] p. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1939
C1939]
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Call number:
ND2638.N5 N5 1939
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_791804

Diego Rivera : paradise lost at Rockefeller Center / Irene Herner de Larrea ...[et al.] ; prologue by Carlos Sirvent

Author:
Herner de Larrea, Irene  Search this
Larrea, Gabriel  Search this
Herrerías, Rafael Angel  Search this
Subject:
Rivera, Diego 1886-1957 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Rockefeller Center  Search this
Physical description:
228 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 34 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1987
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration--Themes and motives  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.R62 D5
N40.1.R62D5
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_361786

Roy Lichtenstein : mural with blue brushstroke / essay by Calvin Tomkins ; photographs and interview by Bob Adelman

Author:
Tomkins, Calvin 1925-  Search this
Lichtenstein, Roy 1923-1997  Search this
Adelman, Bob  Search this
Subject:
Lichtenstein, Roy 1923-1997 Mural with blue brushstroke  Search this
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States  Search this
Physical description:
128 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
New York (N.Y.)
Date:
1988
1988, c1987
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Call number:
ND237.L627 A74 1988
N40.1.L69T6
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_651208

An ethnography of New Yorican mural communication / Mary Strong

Author:
Strong, Mary Clare  Search this
Physical description:
362 leaves : ill., maps
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1984
1981
1982
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Mural painting and decoration, Puerto Rican  Search this
Puerto Ricans in New York (N.Y.)  Search this
Puerto Rico in art  Search this
Street art  Search this
Call number:
ND2638.N5 S923 1981a
ND2638.N5S923 1981a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_187172

Painting and sculpture in the world of tomorrow : fair-commissioned mural painting / New York World's Fair 1939, Dept. of Feature Publicity

Dept. of Feature Publicity:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)..)  Search this
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
1 v. (various foliations) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1938
[1938]
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Call number:
ND2638.N5 N53
ND2638.N5N53
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_168528

Mural paintings by Francis Scott Bradford : in the offices of the Hooker Electrochemical Company

Author:
Bradford, Francis Scott 1898-1961  Search this
Hooker Electrochemical Company  Search this
Subject:
Bradford, Francis Scott 1898-1961  Search this
Hooker Electrochemical Company Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
[28] p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1934
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Painting--Private collections  Search this
Call number:
ND237.B775 A4 1934
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_957330

The Obvious illusion : murals from the lower east side / photographs by Philip Pocock ; introduction by Gregory Battcock

Author:
Pocock, Philip  Search this
Battcock, Gregory 1937-  Search this
Physical description:
21 p., 36 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 21 x 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1980
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Street art  Search this
Call number:
ND2638.N5 O14
ND2638.N5O14
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_138532

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