Morris Blackburn papers

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Morris Blackburn papers

1926-1986

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Journals, letters, writings, business records, a scrapbook, printed material, and photographs. Thirty-seven journals, 1927, 1942-1979, containing daily entries on teaching, exhibitions, work in progress, artists and the Philadelphia art scene; letters concerning exhibitions and sales, including 30 from Franklin Watkins, and 15 from Louis Rist; writings; a file on Blackburn's involvement with the Public Works of Art Project includes contracts, letters, clippings, and photographs; notebooks and registers documenting prints, contain title, date, size, edition number, exhibition record, experiments with materials, and lists of paintings sent to exhibition; clippings, exhibition catalogs and a scrapbook of clippings; and photographs of Blackburn, his art, installations, and his associates.

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Public Works of Art Project.

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Cecil Jones was the business director of the PWAP. From the description of Correspondence and related records of Cecil Jones, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181044 Rowan was the assistant technical director of the PWAP. He worked closely with Edward Bruce, the director of the PWAP. From the description of Correspondence and personal files of Edward P. Rowan, 1934-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181019 Federally funded a...

Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972

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Franklin Watkins (1894-1972) was a painter from Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Oral history interview with Franklin Watkins, 1971 Aug. 18 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596773 Painter; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Franklin C. Watkins papers, 1909-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80156589 From the description of Franklin Watkins interview, 1971 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220195954 ...

Rist, Luigi, 1888-1959

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Pennsylvania academy of the fine arts

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Art school; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From the description of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts exhibition catalog, 1921 and 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553237 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is an art academy and museum, founded in 1805 in Philadelphia, Pa. Exhibitions and classes began in 1811. Notable academy instructors and students have included Thomas Eakins, Cecilia Beaux, William Merritt Chase, Violet Oakley, Henry O. Tanner, Rembra...

Blackburn, Morris, 1902-1979

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Painter, mural painter, instructor; Philadelphia, Pa. Taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and other schools. From the description of Morris Blackburn papers, 1926-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557385 ...