Octavio Medellin Papers 1936-1964

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Octavio Medellin Papers 1936-1964

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/m/medellin_o.htm

Papers of the Mexican-American sculptor, mosaicist, specialized in religious subjects. Correspondence (1941-1963), incoming and outgoing; artwork reproductions, 14 original sketches and other material relating to a number of church commissions; autobiographical essays, and memorabilia, including articles and reviews about Medellin (1941-1958), newspaper clippings (1936-1962), and exhibition catalogs. Correspondents include Ben Bailey, Xavier Gonzalez, Gyorgy Kepes, Carlos Merida, Cora Elder Stafford, Salvador Toscano, and Charles Umlauf.

0.5 linear ft.

spa,

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6362249

Related Entities

There are 8 Entities related to this resource.

Medellin, Octavio, 1907-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cw97fb (person)

Mexican-American artist and sculptor Octavio Medellin (1907-1999) was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He came to the United States in 1920, settling in San Antonio, Texas, and studied at the San Antonio School of Art, the Chicago Art Institute, and the Guggenheim Museum. In 1929 he embarked on a lengthy journey around Mexico, visiting the villages and absorbing native art and craft techniques. He returned to the United States in 1931 and shortly thereafter he and several other San ...

Mérida, Carlos, 1891-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vt6cwb (person)

Kepes, György (1906-2001).

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d79crs (person)

Gyorgy Kepes (1906-2001) was a painter and educator from Cambridge, Mass. From the description of Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes, 1972 Mar. 7-1973 Jan. 11 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596647 From the description of Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes, 1968 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477499 Gyorgy Kepes; artist and aesthetic theorist; born 1906 in Selyp, Hungary; taught at New Bauhaus in Chicago and at Massachuse...

Bailey, Ben P.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6916tdj (person)

Gonzalez, Xavier

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63324jc (person)

Umlauf, Charles, 1911-1994

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61r7gwt (person)

Sculptor, educator; Austin, Texas. From the description of Charles Umlauf papers, 1940-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133017 ...

Toscano, Salvador, 1912-1949

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6np24kn (person)

Stafford, Cora Elder

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v848hw (person)