Abraham Joel Tobias papers

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Abraham Joel Tobias papers

1913-2000

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The Abraham Joel Tobias papers date from 1913 to 2000 and measure 2.8 linear feet. Through project and exhibition files, printed material, correspondence, and photographs, the collection provides an overview of Tobias's career as a painter and muralist in New York City. General correspondence regards mural proposals, exhibitions, professional activities, and museums' acquisitions of artwork by Tobias. A file of correspondence with the Fine Arts Federation of New York concerns efforts to recognize murals by Irving Block, James Brooks, Philip Evergood, Abraham Lishinsky, José Clemente Orozco, and Max Spivak as landmarks; it also includes minutes of meetings, 1988-1995, that reflect Tobias's service as a board member. Other correspondence is with friends and artists including Edward Caswell, George Gaber, Filia Holtzman, Vincent La Gambina, and Alton S. Tobey.Project files document murals such as: <emph render="italic">The Four Freedoms</emph>, Midwood High School, Brooklyn, New York, honoring students and teachers who died in World War II (circa 1946); <emph render="italic">Birth</emph> for the maternity ward at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City (1951-1953); and <emph render="italic">Medical Science</emph> and <emph render="italic">Medical Research</emph>, Long Island Jewish Hospital (1954). The <emph render="italic">Science</emph> and <emph render="italic">Engineering</emph> project file (1958) contains a patent certificate for striated plastic, a material Tobias used in two murals. Also of interest is correspondence with the Harman Foundation regarding a documentary film about Tobias's use of ethyl silicate for outdoor murals. Among the exhibitions documented are: "Plastics U.S.A.," ew York WPA Artists Then and Now," and "Abraham Joel Tobias: Sculptural Paintings of the 1930s."Printed material consists of announcements, invitations, solo and group exhibition catalogs, and clippings relating to Tobias's artistic career. Also found are pamphlets he designed for the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Photographs are of Tobias's artwork and the artist with friends and family. There is a video recording of an interview with Tobias conducted by Brendan Gill in 1995.

2.8 linear feet

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Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)

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The Committee for Industrial Organization was formed by the presidents of eight international unions in 1935. The presidents of these unions were dissatisfied with the American Federation of Labor's unwillingness to commit itself to a program of organizing industrial unions. In 1936, the A.F. of L. suspended the ten unions which proceeded to organize an independent federation, the Congress of Industrial Organizations. The CIO subsequently became the A.F. of L.'s chief rival for the leadership of...

United States

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Gaber, George

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La Gambina, Vincent, 1909-1994

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Painter, mural painter; Brooklyn, N.Y. From the description of Vincent La Gambina papers, 1925-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82903228 ...

Caswell, Edward C.

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Lishinsky, Abraham

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Spivak, Max, 1906-1981

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Mosaicist, teacher, and lecturer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Max Spivak photographs, 1938-[ca. 1967]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79130658 Painter, designer; New York, N.Y.; d. 1981. From the description of Oral history interview with Max Spivak, [ca. 1963] [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007131 From the description of Oral history interview with Max Spivak, [circa 1963] [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Brooks, James, 1906-

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Gill, Brendan, 1914-1997

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Editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Brendan Gill : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742429 Brendan Gill (1914-1997), author and columnist. William Shawn (1907-1992), editor. From the description of Brendan Gill letters to William Shawn, 1960-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193978 ...

Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949

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Mexican painter. From the description of Letters to Jean Charlot, 1925-1943. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78326558 ...

Tobias, Andrew Joel

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Abraham Joel Tobias (1913-1996) was a painter, muralist, and educator in New York City. He was a pioneer in the use of shaped canvases. A native of Rochester, New York, Tobias came to New York City to study at the Cooper Union School of Art, 1930-1931, and at the Art Students League, 1930-1933. He worked for the Federal Arts Project,1938-1940, where he continued his training as a muralist, working with artist and technicians. During World War II, Tobias serve...

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Philip Evergood interview, 1959 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78587895 Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Philip Evergood interview, 1968 Dec. 3 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84162936 Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Philip Evergood and his wife, Julia Evergood. From the description of Letters, 1937-1965, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania...

Tobey, Alton S. (Alton Stanley), 1914-2005

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Painter, mural painter, lecturer; Larchmont, N.Y. Born 1914. Died 2005. From the description of Alton S. Tobey papers, 1939-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118517 ...

Fine Arts Federation of New York

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The Fine Arts Federation (founded 1895) is an arts organization, in New York, N.Y.Its objectives were "to ensure united action by the Art Societies of New York in all matters affecting their common interests; and to foster and protect the artistic interests of the community." From the description of Fine Arts Federation of New York records, 1895-2005, bulk 1935-2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779476913 Arts organization, founded 1895, New York, N.Y. ...

Block, Irving

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