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Creator:

Bowden, Harry, 1907-1965  Search this

Names:

American Abstract Artists  Search this

Bransom, Paul, 1885-  Search this

Campbell, Charles, 1905-  Search this

Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Hirsch, Hy  Search this

Hobbs, Fredric  Search this

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966  Search this

Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963  Search this

Johnson, Robert E. (Robert Emory), 1932-  Search this

Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984  Search this

McNeil, George, 1908-1995  Search this

Onslow-Ford, Gordon  Search this

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956  Search this

Post, George, 1906-1997  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Schevill, James Erwin, 1920-  Search this

Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this

Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973  Search this

Weston, Brett  Search this

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958  Search this

White, Minor  Search this

Extent:

2 Linear feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1922-1972

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, photographs, writings, sketches, drawings, paintings, and printed material.

REELS 1880-1882: Extensive correspondence with Bowden's wife, Lois; letters from Paul Bransom, Imogen Cunningham, Hi Hirsch, Hans Hofmann, Robert Johnson, George McNeil, George Post, James Schevill, Hassel Smith, Brett Weston, and Edward Weston; notes and writings on photography and art; sketches, drawings, and paintings; business papers and business correspondence from museum and gallery directors including Edward Steichen, Fred Hobbs, Charles Campbell, Minor White, and others; catalogs, clippings, and other printed materials.

REEL 1885: Ca. 500 photographs, mostly by Bowden, including photos of George Abend, Al and Frances Bernstein, Richard and Pat Bowman, M. Carles, Walter Chabrow, Imogen Cunningham, Willem de Kooning, Vic and Jeanne Di Suvero, Loyola and Ed Fourtane, Mrs. Gibson, Grabhorn, Robinson Jeffers, Aristodemos Kaldis, Lee Krasner, Darius Milhaud, Gordon Onslow-Ford, Phylis and Bob Pauey, Jackson Pollock's studio, Otis Oldfield, George Post, Kenneth Price, Ad Reinhardt, Kenneth Rexroth, Serge Trubach, Edward and Brett Weston, Yvor Winters, Wilfred Zogbaum, and Aldous Huxley. Also included are photographs Bowden, Bowden's family, his wife, Lois, nudes, his works, and exhibits.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter and photographer; San Francisco, California. Studied with Hans Hofmann; founding member of the American Abstract Artists and was associated with the Artists' Gallery; photography influenced by Edward Weston.

Provenance:

Lois Bowden, Harry Bowden's widow, donated the greater part of this collection to the Archives of American Art via Charles Campbell of the Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, Calif. Mr. Campbell subsequently donated 28 additional photographs.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

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

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

Painters -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Photography, Artistic -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Painting, Abstract -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.bowdharr

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw971f420b7-0757-46d2-a6bd-881c34e604e8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bowdharr

Interviewee:

Post, George, 1906-1997  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

13 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Apr. 9

Scope and Contents:

An interview of George Booth Post conducted 1964 Apr. 9, by Lewis Ferbraché, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

George Booth Post (1906-1997) was a painter from San Francisco, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 46 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.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  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.post64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d259b063-9ab9-49f6-8d13-ef050dc1b997

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-post64

Author:

McClelland, Gordon  Search this

Post, George 1906-1997  Search this

Subject:

Post, George 1906-1997  Search this

Physical description:

91 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

California

Date:

1991

Topic:

Watercolorists  Search this

Watercolor painting  Search this

Call number:

N40.1.P853 M12 1991

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_427681

Creator:

Post, George, 1906-1997  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Extent:

47 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1936-1937

Scope and Contents:

Photographs of Booth's watercolors for the Federal Art Project and a monograph about him and his work.

Biographical / Historical:

George Booth Post (1906-1997) was a mural painter, watercolorist, and lecturer from San Francisco, Calif. Painted for the Federal Art Project of the Work Projects Administration.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1964 by George B. Post.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Watercolorists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

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

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

Watercolor painting -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Muralists  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.postgeor

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91957aa5e-c901-44d6-afeb-5b74d20f7622

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-postgeor

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

Painter:

Post, George 1906-1997  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco M. H. de Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park San Francisco California 94118 Accession Number: 1945.4a

Date:

Ca. 1945

Topic:

Cityscape--California--Marin  Search this

Landscape--Coast  Search this

Control number:

IAP 04150519

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_396556

Painter:

Post, George 1906-1997  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Oakland Museum 1000 Oak Street Oakland California 94607

Topic:

Waterscape--Bay--San Francisco Bay  Search this

Cityscape--California--San Francisco  Search this

Control number:

IAP 71060744

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_137309

Painter:

Post, George 1906-1997  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Jonathan Art Foundation 545 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles California 90071

Topic:

Landscape--California  Search this

Landscape--Mountain  Search this

Landscape--Lake  Search this

Control number:

IAP 68800053

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_464163

Painter:

Post, George 1906-1997  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco M. H. de Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park San Francisco California 94118 Accession Number: 1945.4b

Date:

Ca. 1945

Topic:

Cityscape--California--Marin  Search this

Landscape--Coast  Search this

Control number:

IAP 04150520

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_396557

Painter:

Post, George 1906-1997  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor on paper

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Seattle Art Museum 100 University Street Seattle Washington 98101

Date:

1938

Topic:

Landscape--Mexico--Acapulco  Search this

Control number:

IAP 56490212

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_424925