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Creator:

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Subject:

Wildenstein, Felix  Search this

Phillips, Duncan  Search this

Hays, Lee  Search this

Untermeyer, Louis  Search this

Zigrosser, Carl  Search this

Robeson, Paul  Search this

DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)  Search this

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano)  Search this

Ruggles, Carl  Search this

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur  Search this

Nearing, Helen  Search this

Nearing, Scott  Search this

Pach, Walter  Search this

Rasmussen, Knud  Search this

Reeves, Ruth  Search this

Seeger, Pete  Search this

Daniel, Charles  Search this

Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland)  Search this

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen)  Search this

Chamberlain, J. E.  Search this

Boyesen, Bayard  Search this

Chase, William Merritt  Search this

Freuchen, Peter  Search this

Gellert, Hugo  Search this

Gottlieb, Harry  Search this

Hartley, Marsden  Search this

Fitzgerald, James  Search this

Keller, Charles  Search this

Miller, Kenneth Hayes  Search this

Henri, Robert  Search this

Jones, Dan Burne  Search this

United American Artists  Search this

United Office and Professional Workers of America  Search this

United Scenic Artists  Search this

National Farmers' Union (U.S.)  Search this

National Maritime Union of America  Search this

American Artists' Congress  Search this

Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Artists League of America  Search this

Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects  Search this

Farmers Union of the New York Milk Shed  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Federal Writers' Project  Search this

Macbeth Gallery  Search this

International Workers Order  Search this

Type:

Poems

Sketches

Business records

Photographs

Drawings

Citation:

Rockwell Kent papers, circa 1840-1993, bulk 1935-1961. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Designers -- New York (State)  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Politics and culture  Search this

Authors -- New York  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- Political aspects  Search this

Dairy farms  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Illustrators -- New York (State)  Search this

Illustration of books  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Art and war  Search this

Commercial art  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9557

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211757

AAA_collcode_kentrock

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211757

Creator:

White, Charles (1918-1979)  Search this

Names:

Belafonte Enterprises  Search this

Heritage Gallery  Search this

Otis Art Institute  Search this

Barthé, Richmond, 1901-1989  Search this

Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012  Search this

White, Frances Barrett  Search this

Extent:

12.9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Date:

1933-1987

bulk 1960s-1970s

Summary:

The papers of Los Angeles painter, printmaker, and educator, Charles W. White, measure 12.9 linear feet and date from 1933 to 1987, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s to the 1970s. The collection contains biographical material, including a sound recording of an interview with White; personal and professional correspondence; writings by White and others about his philosophy of art, his life, and career; professional files documenting White's participation in a variety of boards, committees, juries, symposiums, professional projects, and commissions; teaching files documenting White's tenure at Otis Art Institute; extensive printed material charting White's career from the 1930s until his death; scrapbooks primarily documenting his early career; and a small series of photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Los Angeles painter, printmaker, and educator, Charles W. White, measure 12.9 linear feet and date from 1933 to 1987, with the bulk of the material dating from the 1960s to the 1970s. The collection contains biographical material including a sound recording of an interview with White; personal and professional correspondence; writings by White and others about his philosophy of art, his life, and career; professional files documenting White's participation in a variety of boards, committees, juries, symposiums, professional projects, and commissions; teaching files documenting White's tenure at Otis Art Institute; extensive printed material charting White's career from the 1930s until his death; scrapbooks primarily documenting his early career; and a small series of photographs.

Biographical material includes documentation of awards received by White, biographical notes, resumes, White's high school report cards, interview transcripts and a sound recording of an interview, and records related to Elizabeth Catlett from the 1940s.

Correspondence includes scattered letters from family and friends but is primarily professional. White's correspondence was often conducted by Benjamin Horowitz and, occasionally, by Frances White, although some scattered original drafts of letters by White can also be found in this series. The series documents many aspects of White's career including: his relationship with Horowitz and Heritage Gallery as his representative; sales, loans, and exhibitions of White's artwork at many museums, galleries, and art institutions; the publication of his work in journals, magazines, and books, and it's use in the film and music industries; and his relationships with others in the arts and the entertainment industry including Richmond Barthé, Margaret Burroughs, Bing Davis, David Driskell, Lorraine Hansberry, and Harry Belafonte's company, Belafonte Enterprises.

Writings by White include two addresses made to the Annual Conference of Negro Artists, statements on his philosophy of art, and an autobiographical essay. Writings by others include drafts of Benjamin Horowitz's book Images of Dignity:The Drawings of Charles White.

White's professional activities are further documented through records related to the many boards, committees, and exhibition and art contest juries he served on, as well as lectures he delivered, and panels and symposiums he participated in. White's professional files also contain records relating to fellowships he received and document projects such as designs for books, films, and magazines.

White's teaching files primarily relate to Otis Art Institute and contain some records related directly to his work there as well as general faculty and board material. The records document, to some extent, White's role as spokesperson for the faculty and students during the transfer of the Otis charter to Parsons School of Design in 1979. Documentation of White's association with Howard University is minimal and includes letters related to his appointment and resignation in 1978-1979.

Gallery and exhibition files document specific solo and group exhibitions and include records on two visits White made to Germany in 1974 and 1978.

Printed material includes announcements, exhibition catalogs, articles in journals, magazines, and news clippings, and publications with artwork by White that provide extensive coverage of White's career from the 1930s to his death. Also found is printed material collected by White on other artists, and on subjects of interest to him.

Three disbound scrapbooks provide compilations of printed material and occasional letters further documenting White's career. A small series of photographs includes holiday card photos of White, Frances White, and their two children, and photos of White and others taken at a workshop in 1969.

Throughout the collection there are folders containing notes written by Frances White, circa 1980-1981, which provide important contextual information about people, organizations and subjects in the collection, and sometimes highlight the racism White encountered, particularly during his early career. The dates of these notes are not included in folder dates.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as nine series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1934-1979 (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1937-1984 (Boxes 1-4, 13; 3.64 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, 1936-circa 1981 (Boxes 4-5; 0.45 linear feet)

Series 4: Professional Activities, circa 1942-1982 (Boxes 5-6, 13, OV 15; 1.81 linear feet)

Series 5: Teaching Files, 1950-1979 (Boxes 6, 13; 0.72 linear feet)

Series 6: Gallery and Exhibition Files, 1946-1980 (Box 7, Box 14; 0.98 linear feet)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1933-1987 (Boxes 8-14, OVs 15-17; 4.8 linear feet)

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1936-1970s (Box 12; 0.15 linear feet)

Series 9: Photographic Material, 1940-1976 (Box 12; 0.15 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Painter, printmaker, and educator, Charles W. White (1918-1979), was a prominent figure in the Chicago Black Renaissance and became one of the most celebrated and influential African American artists of the twentieth century. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, White lived and worked in California beginning in 1956, and taught at the Otis Art Institute from 1965 until his death.

White began painting at a young age, earning first prize in a nationwide high school art contest. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was awarded a full scholarship, from 1937-1938. After graduating from the school, White worked as a muralist for the Illinois Federal Arts Project sponsored by the Works Progress Administration from 1939 to 1940. He then received two fellowships from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation in 1942 and 1943 and created the mural The Contribution of the Negro to American Democracy at the Hampton Institute. From 1943-1945 he taught at the George Washington Carver School in New York City, and was artist-in-residence at Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1945.

White's first marriage to Elizabeth Catlett ended in divorce and he married Frances Barrett in 1950. The couple relocated to Los Angeles where White was represented by Benjamin Horowitz's Heritage Gallery. White was widely exhibited in Los Angeles, and at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Newark Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and elsewhere. Working primarily in black and white or sepia and white drawings, paintings, and lithographs, White's artwork was primarily figurative and depicted African American history, socio-economic struggles, and human relationships.

Charles White received a number of awards and honors and in 1972 he was the third African American artist to be elected a full member of the National Academy of Design.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the Charles W. and Frances White letters and photographs to Melvin and Lorraine Williamson, the Lucinda H. Gedeon research material on Charles W. White, and an oral history interview with Charles W. White conducted by Betty Hoag, March 9, 1965.

Separated Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of loaned materials (reels LA7 and 3099). Reel LA7 includes photographs of White, his work, and a career resume. Reel 3099 contains 31 items consisting of three travel diaries kept by Frances White, photographs and a recording of their trip to Russia in 1950, and 11 record album covers designed by Charles White. Loaned materials were returned to the lenders after microfilming and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Charles White's "Black Experience Archive," originally received with the papers, was donated to Howard University's Moorland-Springarn Research Center in 1985 at the request of Frances White.

Provenance:

Photographs on reel LA7 and material on reel 3099 were lent to the Archives of American Art for microfilming in 1965 and 1982, by Benjamin Horowitz, White's dealer, and by Frances White. Material on reel 2041 was donated by the George Arents Research Library, Syracuse University, 1976, who had originally received it from Horowitz. The remainder of the papers were donated by Charles White, 1975-1978, and after his death by Frances White and Benjamin Horowitz, 1981-1989.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References 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.

Occupation:

Painters -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Printmakers -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Educators -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

African American educators  Search this

African American painters  Search this

African American printmakers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Charles W. White papers, 1933-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Funding for the digitization was provided by the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.whitchar

See more items in:

Charles W. White papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9280ca62a-d068-4695-872f-041df8333648

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-whitchar

Creator:

White, Charles, 1918-1979  Search this

Subject:

White, Frances Barrett  Search this

Catlett, Elizabeth  Search this

Barthé, Richmond  Search this

Heritage Gallery  Search this

Otis Art Institute  Search this

Belafonte Enterprises  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Charles W. White papers, 1933-1987, bulk 1960s-1970s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

African American educators  Search this

African American painters  Search this

African American printmakers  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

African American  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9350

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211546

AAA_collcode_whitchar

Theme:

Diaries

African American

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211546

Interviewee:

Treiman, Joyce Wahl, 1922-1991  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J., 1941-  Search this

Subject:

Eakins, Thomas  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Joyce Wahl Treiman, 1981 October 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12682

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212121

AAA_collcode_treima81

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212121

Interviewee:

Johnson, Una E.  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Subject:

Schniewind, Carl Oscar  Search this

Brooklyn Museum  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Drawings -- 19th century

Drawings -- 20th century

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Una E. Johnson, 1971 Jan. 5-July 29. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Printmakers  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12158

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212752

AAA_collcode_johnso71

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212752

Interviewee:

Lanyon, Ellen, 1926-2013  Search this

Interviewer:

Crawford, James, 1944-  Search this

Subject:

Berdich, Vera  Search this

Blackshear, Kathleen  Search this

Buehr, George Frederick  Search this

Carleback, Julius  Search this

Ginzel, Roland  Search this

Grooms, Red  Search this

Hirsch, Joseph  Search this

Hoff, Margo  Search this

Lasansky, Mauricio  Search this

Rupprecht, Edgar A.  Search this

Schniewind, Carl Oscar  Search this

Watson, Dudley Crafts  Search this

Abercrombie, Gertrude  Search this

Golub, Leon  Search this

Ox-Bow Summer School of Painting  Search this

Art Institute of Chicago. School  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ellen Lanyon, 1975 Dec. 5-1976 Jan. 18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Women muralists  Search this

Feminism and art  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

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

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11523

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214174

AAA_collcode_lanyon75

Theme:

Women

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

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214174

Interviewee:

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986  Search this

Interviewer:

Haifley, Julie  Search this

Names:

Baltimore Museum of Art  Search this

Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)  Search this

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926  Search this

Extent:

72 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1979 June 20-August 14

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Adelyn Breeskin conducted 1979 June 20-August 14, by Julie Link Haifley, for the Archives of American Art.

Breeskin speaks of her childhood and growing up in Baltimore; attending Bryn Mawr College and Radcliffe; her art work; the influence of Katherine B. Child; the Stuart Club; travel abroad; the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Gallery; prints and printmaking; teaching; the Garrett Collection of prints; her experience at the 1960 Venice Biennale; the art collectors Etta and Claribel Cone; and published writings on Mary Cassatt.

Biographical / Historical:

Adelyn Dohme Breeskin (1896-1986) was museum director, art historian, and curator from Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 2 min.

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.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Art historians -- Maryland -- Baltimore  Search this

Art museum curators -- Maryland -- Baltimore  Search this

Art museum directors -- Maryland -- Baltimore  Search this

Topic:

Women art historians  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Function:

Art museums -- Maryland -- Baltimore

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. This interview received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool.

Identifier:

AAA.breesk79

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94784c2c3-3595-46ac-b7f5-9f8351d9ca92

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-breesk79

Creator:

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-06-27T17:27:11.000Z

YouTube Category:

Nonprofits & Activism  Search this

Topic:

Asian Americans  Search this

See more by:

apacenter

Data Source:

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program

YouTube Channel:

apacenter

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_LRoQGJa6rZM

Interviewee:

Philbrick, Margaret E. (Margaret Elder)  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Margaret Elder Philbrick, 1971 Nov. 2. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Prints -- Technique  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12956

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211977

AAA_collcode_philbrm71

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211977

Interviewee:

Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme, 1896-1986  Search this

Interviewer:

Haifley, Julie  Search this

Subject:

Cassatt, Mary  Search this

Baltimore Museum of Art  Search this

Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, 1979 June 20-August 14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women art historians  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12907

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212154

AAA_collcode_breesk79

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212154

Interviewee:

Blaine, Nell Blair Walden, 1922-1996  Search this

Interviewer:

Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994  Search this

Subject:

Bell, Leland  Search this

Day, Worden  Search this

Freilicher, Jack  Search this

Freilicher, Jane  Search this

Hofmann, Hans  Search this

Kahn, Wolf  Search this

Kresch, Albert  Search this

Rivers, Larry  Search this

Ross, Alvin  Search this

Solomon, Hyde  Search this

American Abstract Artists  Search this

Jane Street Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Nell Blaine, 1967 June 15. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Poliomyelitis  Search this

Artists with disabilities  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12436

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212221

AAA_collcode_blaine67

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212221

Interviewee:

Wunderman, Jan Darcourt, 1921-  Search this

Interviewer:

Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Jan Wunderman, 1965 September 5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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

Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11680

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214139

AAA_collcode_wunder65

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214139

Creator:

Kipniss, Robert  Search this

Extent:

3.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Date:

circa 1932-2023

Summary:

The papers of painter and printmaker Robert Kipniss measure 3.2 linear feet and date from circa 1932-2023. They illustrate his career through biographical material, correspondence, writings, and printed and photographic material.

Scope and Contents:

The Robert Kipniss papers measure 3.2 linear feet and date from circa 1932-2023. Biographical materials consist of Kipniss' CV, awards and honorary degrees, and an interview with WWNO New Orleans in digital format. Correspondence is personal and professional and is to and from Kipniss. Writings include the manuscript of Shine (2017) and Kipniss' thesis, as well as Kipniss' poetry. Printed materials consist of exhibition catalogs, news clippings, and materials about two exhibitions in digital format. Photographic materials consist of photographs of Kipniss, his exhibitions, and his artwork.

Arrangement:

This collection consists of five series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1979-2021 (.1 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1989-2017 (.2 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1954-2017 (.2 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 4: Printed Materials, circa 1952-2023 (1.9 Linear feet: Boxes 1, 2, 4, and 5)

Series 5: Photographic Materials, circa 1932-2007 (.8 Linear feet: Boxes 3, 5, and 6)

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Kipniss (1931-) is a painter and printmaker who works mainly in New York.

Kipniss was born in Brooklyn, New York. During his childhood he attended New York's Art Students League when he was sixteen on Saturdays and he began college in 1948, attending Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio for two years before transferring to the University of Iowa. After graduating with a B.A. in English Kipniss stayed at the university and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1954. After gaining this degree he, and his former wife Jean, moved to Manhattan and Kipniss was drafted into the United States Army in 1956 where he used his talent to create training aids.

Kipniss has written poetry, published books, and illustrated two volumes of poetry. He is known for his paintings, lithographs, and mezzotints. His early work was with paintings focusing on abstracts, biomorphic forms, landscapes, still lifes, and figures. The lithographs he later created followed this style. Kipniss did not fully focus on mezzotints until 1990 and had his first solo mezzotint show in 1992.

Since 1965 Kipniss has had more than twenty-two museum exhibitions around the world and his work is held by more than eighty-eight museums and institutions.

Kipniss currently maintains a studio on the Hudson River in Westchester County, New York and is married to his second wife Laurie Lisle.

Provenance:

Papers donated in 2013 by Robert Kipniss and in 2024 by Laurie Lisle, Kipniss' spouse.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References 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.

Occupation:

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

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

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Robert Kipniss papers, circa 1932-2023 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.kipnrobe

See more items in:

Robert Kipniss papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw978d316a0-98bb-4563-b12e-697c4fbabe08

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kipnrobe

Creator:

Fine, Ruth, 1941-  Search this

Names:

Crown Point Press (Oakland, Calif.)  Search this

Gemini G.E.L. (Firm)  Search this

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)  Search this

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988  Search this

Extent:

24.1 Linear feet

22.43 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Interviews

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Date:

1929-2016

Summary:

The papers of curator and art historian Ruth Fine measure 24.1 linear feet and 22.43 GB and date from 1929 to 2016, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1950s to 2016. Fine's career is documented through correspondence with art historians, museum professionals, and notable figures; files pertaining to writing projects, lectures and speeches, her time at the National Gallery of Art, and research subjects; association and membership records; and printed and digital material. The bulk of the collection is composed of artist and subject files, which include correspondence, printed and digital material, exhibition and writing files, photographs, and some artwork. These records include a significant number of audiovisual recordings, including dozens of interviews with artists and others. Notable within the collection are extensive interviews documenting the works of Romare Bearden, Crown Point Press, and Gemini G.E.L.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of curator and art historian Ruth Fine measure 24.1 linear feet and 22.43 GB and date from 1929 to 2016, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1950s to 2016. Fine's career is documented through correspondence with art historians, museum professionals, and notable figures; files pertaining to writing projects, lectures and speeches, her time at the National Gallery of Art, and research subjects; association and membership records; and printed and digital material. The bulk of the collection is composed of artist and subject files, which include correspondence, printed and digital material, exhibition and writing files, photographs, and some artwork. These records include a significant number of audiovisual recordings, including dozens of interviews with artists and others. Notable within the collection are extensive interviews documenting the works of Romare Bearden, Crown Point Press, and Gemini G.E.L.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 10 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1953-2013 (Box 1, 5 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1958-2014 (Box 1, 0.5 linear feet)

Series 3: Interviews, 1970-2009 (Box 1-2, 0.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Writings, 1979-2013 (Box 2, 0.8 linear feet, ER01-ER04; 5.44 GB)

Series 5: Lectures and Speeches, 1963-2012 (Box 3-4, 1.8 linear feet, ER05-ER08; 0.292 GB)

Series 6: National Gallery of Art Administrative Records, 1971-2011 (Box 4-5, 0.8 linear feet)

Series 7: Artist Files, 1947-2016 (Box 5-18, OV 25, 15 linear feet, ER09-ER26; 14.11 GB)

Series 8: Subject Files, 1929-2014 (Box 19-22, 3.5 linear feet, ER27-ER29; 0.604 GB)

Series 9: Association and Membership Files, 1962-2014 (Box 22-23, 0.5 linear feet, ER30; 1.99 GB)

Series 10: Printed Material, 1936-2015 (Box 23-24, 1 linear foot)

Biographical / Historical:

Ruth Fine (1941-) is a curator and art historian most active in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fine received her B.F.A from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts, 1962), an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania (1964), and was a student at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1961). She was an instructor at the Philadelphia College of Art from 1965 through 1969, and at Beaver College (now Arcadia University) from 1968 to 1972 and 1978 to 1979, and also taught at the University of Vermont (1976, 1977). Fine continued lecturing on a variety of topics throughout her career.

From 1972 to 1980, Fine served as curator, under the auspicies of the National Gallery of Art, for the Lessing J. Rosenwald collection of prints and drawings housed at Rosenwald's Alverthorpe estate in Jenkintown, PA. After his death in 1979, Fine followed a portion of the collection to the National Gallery of Art where she went on to become curator of modern prints and drawings until 2002. Fine organized exhibitions, oversaw catalogue raisonnés, and coordinated special projects on artists including Romare Bearden, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, John Marin, and Georgia O'Keeffe; printmakers Crown Point Press, Gemini G.E.L., and Graphicstudio; and the collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald and Dorothy and Herbert Vogel. She contributed essays to exhibition catalogs and other printed material on Mel Bochner, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, James McNeill Whistler, Tyler Graphics, and The Brandywine Print Workshop, among others.

As an artist, Fine's exhibitions include those at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Beaver College, Ryder University, Bryn Mawr College, Bennington College, and Anna Leonowens Gallery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was awarded a grant from the Ingram Merrill Foundation for work in etching (1989), and had studio residencies at The Vermont Studio Center (1992) and the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation (2000).

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Ruth Fine in 2017.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Access to original papers and audio visual material requires an appointment, and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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 historians -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Art museum curators -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Topic:

Women art historians  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Ruth Fine Papers, 1929-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.fineruth

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Ruth Fine papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92a0924b2-8110-4096-8f90-c8a1182fb3db

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-fineruth

Collection Creator:

Fine, Ruth, 1941-  Search this

Extent:

3.5 Linear feet (Box 19-22)

0.604 Gigabytes (ER27-ER29)

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

1929-2014

Scope and Contents:

This series includes correspondence, printed and digital material, writing and exhibition files, audio recordings, and general research files pertaining to a variety of subjects that include the print workshops Gemini G.E.L., Graphicstudio, and Tamarind Institute; the collections of Herb and Dorothy Vogel, Lessing J. Rosenwald, and Joshua P. Smith; and women studies with particular emphasis on printmakers.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Access to original papers and audio visual material requires an appointment, and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Ruth Fine Papers, 1929-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.fineruth, Series 8

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Ruth Fine papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94ae8c65a-c612-4776-a6fa-0cb98e56bb8d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-fineruth-ref465

Collection Creator:

Fine, Ruth, 1941-  Search this

Container:

Box 22, Folder 10-12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1985-1990s

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Access to original papers and audio visual material requires an appointment, and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Ruth Fine Papers, 1929-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

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Ruth Fine papers

Ruth Fine papers / Series 8: Subject Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c82e2444-33cb-47fa-a641-2897c7fedfd4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-fineruth-ref553

Collection Creator:

Fine, Ruth, 1941-  Search this

Extent:

1 Linear foot (Box 23-24)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1936-2015

Scope and Contents:

Material includes announcements, catalogs, and newspaper clippings related to exhibitions, the bulk of which included Fine's artwork; ephemera from Fine's lectures and panel discussions; printed essays and articles written by Fine; newsletters and bulletins; articles and bibliographies related to printing, the English printmaker William Blake, and a variety of artistic techniques; calendars from Beaver College and the Bread and Puppet Museum in Vermont; and ephemera from opening day of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Access to original papers and audio visual material requires an appointment, and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Ruth Fine Papers, 1929-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.fineruth, Series 10

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Ruth Fine papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92ae6ee67-8632-4ddb-a31c-9f0d314449e8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-fineruth-ref567

Creator:

Anacostia Museum  Search this

Names:

Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum  Search this

Collection Curator of an exhibition:

Hall, Robert L., 1950-  Search this

Extent:

4 Video recordings (VHS)

Type:

Archival materials

Video recordings

Place:

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

United States

Date:

1990

Scope and Contents:

African American women artists talked about their artwork in-detail, including technique and meaning of work; the various types of media and tools they use to produce their work; their creative and work processes; and when and how they became interested in the media they are working. Additionally, Gail Shaw-Clemons spoke of her Anacostia roots. Most of the interviews took place in the artists' studios; and some of the artists, such as printmaker Stephanie Pogue, demonstrated part of their work process. All interviews included samples of the artists' work. The painters, sculptors, printmakers, mixed media, and performance artists included Viola Burley Leak (7-25-90), Erlena Chisolm Bland (7-27-90), Joyce Wellman (7-31-90 and 9-22-90), Malkia Roberts (8-1-90), Stephanie Pogue (8-3-90), Renee Stout (8-6-90 and 9-5-90), Gail Shaw-Clemons (8-7-90), Lilian Thomas Burwell (8-8-90), Adell Westbrook (8-10-90), Margo Humphrey (8-15-90), Yvonne Pickering Carter (8-17-90), Martha Jackson Jarvis (8-20-90), Denise Ward-Brown (9-7-90), and Sylvia Snowden (9-22-90).

Interview. AV002070: dated 19900725, 19900727, 19900731, 19900801. AV002071: dated 19900803, 19900806, 19900807, 1990808. AV002072: dated 19900810, 19900815, 19900817, 19900820. AV002073: dated 19900820, 19900905, 19900907, 19900922.

Local Numbers:

ACMA AV002071

ACMA AV002072

ACMA AV002073

Series Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Occupation:

Artists  Search this

Painters  Search this

Performance artists  Search this

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

African American women artists  Search this

Sculptors  Search this

Printmakers  Search this

Mixed media (Art)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Series Citation:

Gathered Visions: selected works by African American women artists audiovisual records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

ACMA.03-044, Item ACMA AV002070

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Gathered visions: selected works by African American women artists exhibition records

Gathered visions: selected works by African American women artists exhibition records / Series ACMA AV03-044: Gathered Visions: selected works by African American women artists audiovisual records

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7bd21f11e-ebe0-4da3-999c-b07a1b9bed1e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-acma-03-044-ref611

Interviewee:

Miller, Suzanne Linda, 1882-1980  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this

Subject:

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 Suzanne Linda Miller, 1965 Feb. 11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women muralists  Search this

Women art teachers  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12168

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213665

AAA_collcode_miller65

Theme:

New Deal

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213665

Creator:

Bechtle, Robert Alan, 1932-2020  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Diaries

Video recordings

Citation:

Robert Bechtle papers, circa 1930s-2020. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Photo-realism  Search this

Artists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)22120

AAA_collcode_bechrobe

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_22120