Augustus Goertz papers

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Augustus Goertz papers

1931-1993

Papers mainly documenting Goertz's invlovement with the 1977 exhibition ew York City WPA Art: Then 1934-1943 and... Now 1966-1977" and the New York City WPA Artists, Inc. organization. Included are correspondence with Lee Krasner, Ibram Lassaw, Paul Cadmus, and William Meyerowitz; artist files; minutes of meetings and administrative files of the organization; installation photographs and photographs of works of art; guest books; and printed material including an exhibition catalog and poster pertaining to the exhibition. Also included are scattered personal papers including biographical information, photographs of Goertz and his family, and sketches by Goertz.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7026328

Archives of American Art

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Goertz, Augustus F. (Augustus Frederick), 1909-1995.

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Augustus Goerts was an abstract painter and WPA muralist in New York, N.Y. He organized the 1977 exhibition "New York City WPA Art: Then 1934-1943 and ... Now 1966-1977," and subsequently founded the New York City WPA Artists, Inc. From the description of Augustus Goertz papers, 1931-1993 bulk 1977-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 430380754 ...

New York City WPA Artists, Inc.

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New York City WPA Artists, Inc.

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Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999

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Paul Cadmus was an "American artist who created paintings, drawings, and prints in a figurative, near-illustrational style during a career that spanned some 70 years. Cadmus decided upon a career in art when he was still a young boy and enrolled in art classes at New York City's National Academy of Design (now the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts) when he was 15. He studied there until 1926 and at the Art Students League for the following two years and then went to work at an adve...

Goertz, August F.

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Abstract painter, WPA muralist, New York, N.Y. Goertz organized the 1977 exhibition "New York City WPA Art: Then 1934-1943 and ... Now 1966-1977," and subsequently founded the New York City WPA Artists, Inc. From the description of Augustus Goertz papers, 1931-1993 (1977-1984). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 317592522 Abstract painter, WPA muralist, New York, N.Y. Goertz organized the 1977 exhibition "New York City WPA Art: T...

Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984

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Painter; Easthampton, N.Y. From the description of Lee Krasner interview, 1966 July 31 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82561305 Painter; Easthampton, N.Y.; b. 1908. From the description of Lee Krasner interview, 1972 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77755808 Painter; interviewee married Jackson Pollock, d.1984. From the description of Reminiscences of Lee Krasner : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In...

Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003

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Sculptor; East Hampton, N.Y.; b. May 4, 1913, Alexandria, Egypt; d. Dec. 30, 2003 at the age of 90. From the description of Ibram Lassaw papers, 1928-2003. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82983829 From the description of Ibram Lassaw interview, 1968 Aug. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187509 Ibram Lassaw (1913-2003) was a sculptor in East Hampton, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Ibram Lassaw, 1968 Aug. 26 [sound recording]....

New York City WPA Artists, Inc.

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Meyerowitz, William, 1887-1981

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William Meyerowitz was a painter and etcher. He was married to Theresa Bernstein, an art historian and painter. From the description of William Meyerowitz and Theresa Bernstein interview, 1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78407253 Painters and printmakers; New York, N.Y. William Meyerowitz was born in Russia in either 1889 or 1898. Moving to New York in 1908, he studied at the National Academy of Design from 1912-1916. He married Theresa Bernstein...

United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Goertz, August F.

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Abstract painter, WPA muralist, New York, N.Y. Goertz organized the 1977 exhibition "New York City WPA Art: Then 1934-1943 and ... Now 1966-1977," and subsequently founded the New York City WPA Artists, Inc. organization. From the description of Augustus Goertz papers, 1935-1984 (bulk 1977-1984). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220229116 ...

United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...