Creator:
Kopman, Benjamin, b. 1887
Inclusive Dates:
1911- 1962
Abstract:
Papers of the American Jewish painter, lithographer, etcher, illustrator, sculptor.Born in Russia. Correspondence (1911-1962), including a series of letters (1936-1958), some in scrapbook form, by Kopman to his art dealer, G.D. Thompson; manuscript poems, and prose, some in Yiddish; legal and financial papers; sketches; and photographs of Kopman's work and his family. Incoming letters, arranged alphabetically, include those from the Art Institute of Chicago, David Burliuk, the Federal Art Project, Rockwell Kent, Katharine Kuh, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Clifford Odets, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Phillips Memorial Gallery, Hugo Robus, Frederic F. Sherman, Raphael Soyer, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Carl Zigrosser.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Essays.
Exhibition catalogs.
Photonegatives.
Photographs.
Subject:
Poems.
Scrapbooks.
Artists.
Illustrators.
Lithographers.
Painters.
Sculptors.
Art -- Painters
Art, American.
Art, American -- 20th century.
Jewish artists -- United States.
Illustrators -- United States.
Jews, American.
Lithographers, United States.
Lithography, American -- 20th century.
Painters -- United States.
Painting, American.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Russian Americans.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1949- 1993
Abstract:
Printed and original artwork from the Russian-American artist painter and illustrator.
Type of Material:
Sound recordings.
Book illustrations.
Book jackets.
Calendars (documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Periodical illustrations.
Photographs.
Reproductions.
Slides (photographs)
Subject:
Artists.
Illustrators.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Art -- Illustrators
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Commercial art.
Commercial artists -- United States.
Illustration of books -- United States -- 20th century.
Illustrators -- United States.
Machinery in art.
Magazine covers.
Painters -- United States.
Russian Americans.
Technology in art.
Creator:
Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965
Inclusive Dates:
1893- 1966
Abstract:
Spanning 1893 to 1966, the Boris Artzybasheff Papers
comprises biographical material, correspondence, artwork, writings, and memorabilia of the Russian-American
artist (1899-1965), who is perhaps most widely known for the more than 200 covers of
Time magazine he produced between 1941 and 1965. Illuminating Artzybasheff's
unique and versatile artistic style as well as his life as an immigrant in the United States, the collection
documents the career of the illustrator, painter, designer, and author.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Book illustrations.
Calendars (documents)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Exhibition catalogs.
Notebooks.
Periodical illustrations.
Photographs.
Reminiscences.
Reproductions.
Subject:
Time.
Artists.
Engravers.
Illustrators.
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Art -- Illustrators
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Commercial art.
Commercial artists -- United States.
Engravers -- United States.
Illustration of books -- United States -- 20th century.
Illustrators -- United States.
Machinery in art.
Magazine covers.
Magazine illustration -- 20th century.
Painters -- United States.
Painting -- Technique.
Painting, American.
Portrait painters.
Portrait painting -- 20th century.
Russian Americans.
Technology in art.