Art League of New Mexico records, 1936-1970, 1941-1953.

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Art League of New Mexico records, 1936-1970, 1941-1953.

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The Art League of New Mexico records largely contain correspondence related to the planning and organization of exhibitions coordinated by the chairman of exhibitions, Raymond Jonson. The exhibition files contain announcements, call for entries, catalogue of paintings, exhibition release forms, programs, artists' resumes, exhibition reports and press. The League sponsored exhibitions that highlighted works by students, art faculty, Albuquerque and Santa Fe artists, and women artists. The records also contain files on exhibits other museums held (to help generate ideas for possible showings). The records reflect collaboration with other university art departments and artists from around the nation. There is also some correspondence related to the League membership drive, an effort to increase membership to 1000. Researchers who are interested in the social and cultural effects of World War II will find records related to the impact of war on the arts. The League suspended fundraising activities during the war and directly addressed how the league should conduct business during and after the war in the collection program planning papers and minutes.

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Art League of New Mexico

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Fine Arts teachers and students of the University of New Mexico founded the Art League of New Mexico in 1929. The League laid out six purposes: (1) patronage of the arts in NM, (2) development of art interests and creative expression among individuals and organizations, (3) the development of resources of NM with respect to art, (4) holding of art exhibits, (5) the purchase of works of art representative of the Southwest, and (6) maintenance of a permanent collection of art for public benefit. T...

University of New Mexico. Dept. of Art & Art History.

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Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982

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Raymond Jonson (1891-1982) was an American modernist painter and teacher. As a young man (1912 to 1917) he was the lighting, stage set, costume and graphics designer for the Chicago Little Theatre, America's first experimental theater, and later founded the Transcendental Painting Group (1938). He organized the Modern Wing at the Museum of New Mexico and taught art classes at his Atalaya Art School and at the University of New Mexico, retiring as Professor Emeritus in 1954. In 1950 he establishe...