Creator:
Bohrod, Aaron.
Inclusive Dates:
1932- 1963
Abstract:
Correspondence (family, art organizations and associations, educational institutions, galleries and museums, patrons, fellow artists), artwork, writings, memorabilia of the American realist painter.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Reviews (documents)
Sketches.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Artists.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Artists -- Societies, etc.
Federal aid to the arts -- United States.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Realism in art.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war.
Creator:
Johnson, Ben, 1902-1967
Inclusive Dates:
1951- 1968
Abstract:
Papers of the American painter. Spanning 1951 to 1968, the Ben Johnson Papers comprises correspondence, artwork, writings, and memorabilia of the Brooklyn-born painter (1902-1967) who specialized in female nude figures. Illuminating Johnson's personal and professional life, the collection also provides insight into the career of his wife, artist Alice Terry (b. 1925). Includes correspondence, personal and business, including family letters (1951-1968); photographs of Johnson's paintings; interviews, statements on art; lists of paintings, partially annotated with prices; and printed material, including articles and reviews (1963-1967), newspaper clippings (1954-1967), and exhibition catalogs and invitations (1962-1966).
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Exhibition catalogs.
Interviews.
Photographs.
Subject:
Artists.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Figure painting.
Human figure in art.
Nude in art.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Women in art.