Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

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The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture was founded in 1946 on farmland near the town of Skowhegan in central Maine. The school provides an unstructured studio space and environment for artists to focus on their work. Faculty consist of resident and visiting artists who provide studio visits and regular criticism. Admission is highly competitive and the school regularly accepts only sixty-five students annually, often out of hundreds of applicants. Students are allowed to attend only once and most are provided at least partial scholarship. Since 1952 the school has also hosted regular public lectures by faculty and other artists. The ever-growing rosters of faculty, students, and lecturers now contain many of the most accomplished artists of the twentieth century and after. The lectures by themselves, as well as the school as a whole, have become an acknowledged vital part of the American art world and an importance resource for the study of post-war art history.

From the description of Skowhegan lecture archive, 1948-2007. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 757516723

Art school; Skowhegan, Me.

From the description of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1946-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220244235

From the description of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1946-2008. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 301785639

From the description of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1946-2009. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613314591

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (est.1946-) is an art school in Skowhegan, Me.

From the description of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1946-2011. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779476931

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (est. 1946- ) is an art school in Skowhegan, Me.

From the description of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records, 1946-2010. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 688852056

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Reuben Tam papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Jacob Lawrence Papers, 1937-1971 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Reuben Tam papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Henry Varnum Poor papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Skowhegan lecture archive, 1948-2007. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Wole Soyinka papers, 1966-1996. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Robert W. White papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn José de Creeft papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Robert W. White papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Correspondence from Edward F. Fry, 1970. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Dahlov Ipcar papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Raphael Soyer lecture Archives of American Art
referencedIn R. Buckminster Fuller Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Grace Hartigan Papers, 1942-2006 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf William Kienbusch papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Institutional file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers, 1955-1994, 1967-1986 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Sidney Simon papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Ben Shahn papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Milton Caniff Collection, 1805-2007, 1910-1988 The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
referencedIn Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003. Houghton Library
referencedIn Marguerite Yourcenar additional papers, 1842-1996. Houghton Library
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Oral history interview with Reed Kay Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Charles Duback Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Willard Cummings Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Cummings, Willard Warren, 1915-1975. person
associatedWith De Creeft, José, 1884-1982. person
associatedWith DuBack, Charles S., 1926- person
associatedWith Eastman, John. person
associatedWith Eccles, Mary Hyde. person
associatedWith Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 person
associatedWith Hartigan, Grace. person
associatedWith Ipcar, Dahlov Zorach, 1917- person
associatedWith Kay, Reed person
associatedWith Kienbusch, William, 1914-1980. person
associatedWith Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000 person
associatedWith Milton Caniff person
associatedWith Poor, Henry Varnum person
associatedWith Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970. person
associatedWith Rosenthal, A. M. (Abraham Michael), 1922-2006 person
associatedWith Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969. person
associatedWith Simon, Sidney, 1917-1997. person
associatedWith Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987. person
correspondedWith Soyinka, Wole. person
associatedWith Tam, Reuben. person
associatedWith White, Robert person
associatedWith White, Robert, 1921-2002. person
correspondedWith Yourcenar, Marguerite. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Maine--Skowhegan
Maine--Skowhegan
Maine--Skowhegan
Maine--Skowhegan
Maine--Skowhegan
Maine--Skowhegan
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Art, American
Arts
Art schools
Lectures and lecturing
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Active 1946

Active 2007

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