George S. Koyl architectural drawings and papers, 1908-1955.

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George S. Koyl architectural drawings and papers, 1908-1955.

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This collection is notable for Koyl's fine watercolor renderings and travel drawings executed during his period of study at the American Academy in Rome. Their beauty and exquisite attention to detail reflect the Beaux-Arts style of architectural rendering Koyl learned as a student of Paul Cret at the University of Pennsylvania. The most remarkable is a 46 3/4" x 37 1/2" rendering of the Oratorio di San Bernardino, Perugia. Another notable rendering, Hall of Fame, Washington D.C., is a collaboration with Ezra Winter, painter (Ezra Winter, 1886-1949), and H.D. Thrasher, sculptor (Harry Dickinson Thrasher, 1883-1918). The latest drawing in the collection is dated 1923, a rendering of a proposed restoration of City Hall Park, New York City, done in collaboration with J.A. Thompson (John Ambrose Thompson, 1876-1968) and Victor Farrar. The collection also contains a small amount of memorabilia. It contains no correspondence and no materials related to Koyl's built architectural projects. The only materials related to Koyl's teaching are a certificate on his retirement and an original 1942 caricature of Koyl by Alfred Bendiner.

Architectural Drawings 7 items.Additional materials 4 items.

University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives

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University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Architecture

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University of Pennsylvania. Graduate School of Fine Arts

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Thompson, John Ambrose, 1876-1968.

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Thrasher, Harry Dickinson

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Koyl, George Simpson, 1885-1975

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George S. Koyl was born in Wyoming in 1885. He was trained in architecture in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania and studied at the American Academy in Rome 1911-1914. After returning to the United States, he taught at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, worked in the offices of Cass Gilbert and McKim, Mead & White and later began an independent practice. Koyl returned to Philadelphia as Dean of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Pennsylvania in 1932. After his retire...

American Academy in Rome

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Art school; Rome, Italy. Organized in 1894 as the American School of Architecture in Rome. In 1897, it was dissolved and its assets turned over to the newly established American Adademy in Rome, not a traditional school, but a place where architects, painters, and sculptors could work in close association. After merging with the American School of Classical Studies (f. 1895) on the last day of 1912, the American Academy in Rome consisted of the School of Fine Arts and th...

Winter, Ezra, 1886-1949

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Painter, muralist, illustrator; Falls Village, Connecticut. Member, National Society of Mural Painters. From the description of Ezra Winter papers, [ca. 1922-1946]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404329 ...

Farrar, Victor J.

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Bendiner, Alfred

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B.S. and M.S., U. of Pennsylvania, (1922 and 1927); an architect, although primarily known as an artist, writer and caricaturist. From the description of Memorabilia 1919-1970. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122597473 Architect. Born 1899; died 1964. From the description of Alfred Bendiner correspondence, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456471 Bendiner was an architect, artist, and author. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1899....