Maltby Sykes papers

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Maltby Sykes papers

1931-1993

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The papers of Maltby Sykes measure 4.7 linear feet and date from 1931 to 1993. The papers document his career as a painter, lithographer, draftsman, and engraver through correspondence; notes, manuscripts, and other writings; exhibition files, teaching materials, an apprenticeship with Diego Rivera, and other professional activity; price lists, inventories, receipts, and other business records; clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, press releases, newsletters, and other printed material; sketches, sketchbooks, engraving plates, and other artwork; and photographs and slides of Sykes, some of his exhibitions, and his artwork.Biographical material conists of resumes and biographical statements, membership cards, and Syke's obituary.Correspondence consists of letters with sitters, colleagues, galleries, associations and organizations, universities, and others, among them Albert Christ-Janer, Fritz Eichenberg, George C. Miller, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Writings consists of manuscripts such as "Multimetal Lithography for Artists", 1967, written as a result of a grant from the NEA, and containing original prints; lectures delivered at various universities and exhibitions describing his printmaking and portraiture work; and miscellaneous notes.Professional material consists of some general exhibition related materials such as labels and acceptance cards for works artwork accepted for exhibitions, an honorable mention ribbon for a mixed media piece, and entries for various juried exhibitions at Print Clubs around the country. Also included is one file of teaching material related to his printmaking courses. The majority of the material relates to Syke's time as an apprentice to Diego Rivera as he worked on the Hotel Reforma murals in 1936. This material includes correspondence, some writings and recollections by Sykes on Rivera, clippings on Rivera, some sketches of the murals by Sykes, and photographs of Rivera at work on the murals.Personal business records consist of price lists, inventories, and receipts, sales documents, and artwork deeds of gifts to the Smithsonian Institution.Printed material consists of clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, newsletters, press releases, and an unbound scrapbook of miscellaneous printed material.Artwork consists of sketches and sketchbooks, artist proofs for engraving plates, an engraving plate of Glastonbury Abbey, and some sketches by other artists.Photographic material consists of photographs and slides of Sykes, some of his exhibitions, and his artwork. Also included are portraits of subjects he later painted.

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Sykes, Maltby

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Painter, draftsman, lithographer, engraver, and teacher; Auburn, Alabama. Born December 13, 1911. Died September 23, 1992. Full name William Maltby Sykes. Sykes apprenticed with Diego Rivera in 1936, and later studied with George C. Miller, John Sloan and Fernand Leger. He was a combat artist in World War II and became a Professor in Art at Auburn University in 1954. He has exhibited at the American Color Print Society, the American Institute of Graphic Artists, and the ...

Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973

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Painter, printmaker, museum director, educator and writer; Athens, Georgia. From the description of Oral history interview with Albert Christ-Janer, 1964 Mar. 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 317592455 From the description of Oral history interview with Albert Christ-Janer, 1964 Mar. 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 319939844 From the description of Albert Christ-Janer interview, 1964 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22...

Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990

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Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) was an illustrator and printmaker from Peace Dale, R.I. From the description of Oral history interview with Fritz Eichenberg, 1970 Nov. 3 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595148 Fritz Eichenberg was born in Cologne, Germany on October 24, 1901. He studied at the School of Applied Arts and was a lithographic apprentice before being accepted as a master student at the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig. Eichenberg moved to Berli...

Miller, George Charles, b. 1894.

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Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957

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Mexican painter and muralist. From the description of Declaration in connection with a watercolor and a drawing sold to Mrs. Schwartz, 1934 March 7, Mexico City. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81939422 Diego Rivera, a renowned Mexican mural painter, was commissioned by Mrs. Samuel Strong in 1935 to paint a portrait of her friend, Kathleen Burke, of Cleveland, Ohio. From the description of Receipt from Diego Rivera, 1935 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCa...