Papers, 1953-1960 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1953-1960 (inclusive).

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The Homer papers date from 1953 to 1960 and include his lecture and research notes. Also included are materials relating to the 1955 Henri Matisse exhibition that Homer helped organize at Harvard University's Busch-Reisinger Museum. The collection contains lecture notes taken in various classes in the Fine Arts Department at Harvard University: Fine Arts 200 Criticism, Interpretation and Research taught by Professor Jakob Rosenberg, Fine Arts 197 American Art taught by Professor Benjamin Rowland, Fine Arts 275 American Seminar also taught by Professor Rowland and FineArts 277 Seminar on Color Theory taught by Professor Richard F. Brown. Homer made marginal illustrations throughout the notes both related and unrelated to the content of the notes themselves. Illustrations related to the notes include those of buildings at the University of Virginia and of women in the paintings of John Vanderlyn. Most of the unrelated illustrations are of human faces. Also included in this series is the syllabus for Fine Arts 197 and correspondence regarding research on the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, dated 1955. Series II, Matisse Exhibition (1955), contains materials relating to the Matisse Exhibition at Harvard's Busch-Reisinger Museum. The exhibition was produced by students, including Homer, in a museum training course under the guidance of Professor Charles L. Kuhn and focused on the work of Henri Matisse, who had died the previous year. Included are press releases, advertisements, fliers, newspaper clippings, and an invitation. The series also contains photographs of both the interior and exterior of the Busch-Reisinger Museum at the time of the exhibition, including one photograph of William Homer himself. Series III, Research Notes (1959-1960), consists of Homer's notes pertaining to his doctoral dissertation on the subject of Georges Pierre Seurat's color theory.

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Harvard University Art Museum

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Rowland, Benjamin, 1904-1972

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Rowland graduated from Harvard in 1928 and taught fine arts at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Rowland, 1950-1953 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973166 Educator, watercolorist, paper cut-out and wax paper transfer artist. From the description of Benjamin Rowland papers, 1923-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515032 ...

Homer, William Innes

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Art historian and scholar William Innes Homer was born in Merion, Pennsylvania on November 8, 1929. His Father, Austin Homer, was president of the J.E Caldwell & Co. in Philadelphia. Homer attended Princeton University, where he received his B.A in Art in Archaeology in 1951. He then studied at Harvard University where he received the M.A and Ph.D in Fine Arts in 1954 and 1960, respectively. In 1961 Homer took a job as an assistant professor in the Art and Archaeology Department at Princeton...

Fogg Art Museum.

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The Index of American Design was a project of the research division of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration which produced approximately 20,000 reproductions (photographs and original drawings) and classifications of a wide variety of American art, paintings, sculptures, handicrafts, and folk art. From the description of Records relating to Index of American Design Exhibition, 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404372 Founded in 1891, through the...

Brown, Richard F. (Richard Fargo), 1916-1979

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Museum director and art historian; Fort Worth, Texas. From the description of Richard F. Brown papers, 1949-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515345 ...

Rosenberg, Jakob, 1893-1980

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Jakob Rosenberg was curator of prints at the Fogg Art Museum. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1940-1970. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155899037 Rosenberg (1893-1980) taught fine arts at Harvard and was Curator of Print Department, Fogg Art Museum. From the description of Papers of Jakob Rosenberg, 1938-1978 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973331 German art historian primari...

Harvard Art Museums

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The Harvard University Art Museums consist of the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum (1895- ), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (1901- ) in Werner Otto Hall, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum. The Fine Arts Library (1962- ) is maintained by the Fogg Museum. From the description of General information by and about the Harvard University Art Museums. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77067568 ...