Associated American Artists Records 1916-1974

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975

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Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. His work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, the region in which he was born and which he called home for most of his life. He also studied in Paris, lived in New York City f...

Jones, Joe, 1909-1963

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Blatas, Arbit

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Arbit Blatas (1908-1999) was born a Russian Jew in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1908. He began painting very early, and had his first exhibition at the age of 14. His father refused to let him go to Paris to study unless he could prove he was talented, so at 17 the two of them went to Riga to see a painter there and have him assess young Blatas' skills. Fortunately, he deemed the boy very talented and so Blatas' father agreed to let him go to Paris. He arrived in Paris at the pe...

Baer, Howard

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Wood, Grant, 1891-1942

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Artist from Iowa. From the description of Letters, 1933-1941. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233127101 Painter; Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From the description of Return from Bohemia / by Grant Wood, 1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78407270 From the description of Grant Wood scrapbooks, 1900-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84557090 Grant Wood was born near Anamosa, Iowa, in 1891. In 1901 he moved with his family to Cedar ...

Grosz, George, 1893-1959

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George Grosz was a German-born artist. His early works seethed with satire for social conditions in Germany but, after emigrating to the United States, his works were equally accomplished but less political. He worked successfully as an oil painter, printmaker, and illustrator. From the description of George Grosz letter to W.H. Auden, 1944 Nov. 12. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53458459 Grosz was a German-born artist, who moved to the U.S. i...

Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-

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Artist Luigi Lucioni, son of Angelo and Maria (Beati) Lucioni, was born in Malnate, Italy, on November 4, 1900. He came to the United States in 1911 and later studied at Cooper Union Art School (1916-1920) and the National Academy of Design (1920-1925). A painter of portraits and still lifes, he is famous for his lithographs of Vermont landscapes. Mr. Lucioni is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Denver Art Museum, Nelson Galle...

Bohrod, Aaron

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American realist painter (1907-1992). Participant in the Federal Art Project and the U.S. Army War Unit's project on the pictorial history of World War II. From the guide to the Aaron Bohrod Papers, 1932-1963, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968

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Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. From the description of Adolf Dehn letters, [ca. 1932-1987]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355167 Painter, lithographer (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Adolf Dehn interviews, 1963 Jan. 23-1964 Feb. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220179288 Artist; was a concientious objector in World War I, performed alternative service at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S.C., the bulk of this correspondence was written d...

Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946

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John Steuart Curry (1897-1946) was a painter, lithographer, and instructor. Curry worked as WPA muralist and is famous as one of The Regionalists, along with Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood. He taught at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1936-1946. From the description of John Steuart Curry and Curry family papers, 1848-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233006998 Painter, lithographer, instructor. Born in Kansas; wor...

Associated American Artists

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Associated American Artists was established in 1934 in New York City. From the guide to the Associated American Artists Records, 1916-1974, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Organized in 1934 to stimulate interest throughout the U.S. in the ownership of works of art by promoting the sale of prints through department stores. In 1935, oils, watercolors, and other media were added. Later the department store project was abandoned in favor of a...