Photographs, ca. 1920-ca. 1974.

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Photographs, ca. 1920-ca. 1974.

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Description: Photographs of the Layton School of Art and Design in Milwaukee, Wis. which document the operations and educational approach of an art school which closed in 1974. Most of the photographs were taken between 1954 and 1974. Although there are views of the physical plant, faculty, Layton Art Gallery, and student life; the bulk of the photographs pertain to a variety of art classrooms and activity therein, student art projects, and an array of temporary exhibitions displayed at the school. Exhibits included African sculpture, Olivetti, Northwest Coast Indian, Architectural Steel, Illustrators and Designers of Milwaukee, Good Design is Ageless, and the 1948 Wisconsin State Centennial exhibition. Finding aid available in the Archives.

2.5 cubic ft.

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7557068

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries

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Milwaukee Art Center

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An outgrowth of the Milwaukee Art Association, the Milwaukee Art Society was reorganized in 1909 by civic leaders and a nucleus of the Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors, Inc. in the city of Milwaukee. The Society's mission was to display exhibitions, create a permanent collection, and provide fine arts education to the public. Industrialist Charles Allis was named the first president and Frederick Layton the first vice-president. Membership in the newly formed American Federation of Arts gained a...

Layton School of Art and Design.

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Layton School of Art

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Founded in 1920 by Charlotte R. Partridge as a non-profit institution, governed by LSA Board of Trustees. Occupied studios of the Layton Art Gallery until 1951. Affiliated with Layton Art Gallery. From the description of Records, 1930-1954; 1960-1963. (Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee). WorldCat record id: 25864029 ...

Centennial Exhibition of Contemporary Wisconsin Art (1948 : Milwaukee, Wis.)

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