Oral history interview with Polly Thayer

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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The main building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a new art reference library, named the Thomas J. Watson Library, was designed by the architectural firm of Brown, Lawford and Forbes in consultation with the Museum. Severud-Elstad-Krueger were the structural engineers; Krey and Hunt were the mechanical engineers. The Library formally opened Jan. 26, 1965. It occupies three floors: the two lower floors comprise s...

Thayer, Polly, 1904-

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Painter; Boston. From the description of Polly Thayer interview, 1995 May 12-1996 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220210933 ...

Schoener, Allon

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Allon Schoener (1926- )is an independent curator and historian in New York, N.Y. and Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Harlem on My Mind exhibition records, 1965-2009. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316798 From the description of Harlem on My Mind exhibition records, 1966-2009. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744436596 Allon Schoener (1926- ) is an independent curator and historian in New York, N.Y. and Los Angeles, Calif. From the descriptio...

New York State Council on the Arts

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The position of executive director has been held by the following individuals: Laurence Roberts (1960-1961); John H. MacFadyen (1961-1964); John B. Hightower (1964-1970); Eric Larrabee (1971-1975); Kent Barwick (1975-1976); Robert A. Mayer (1976-1979); Theodore Striggles (1979-1980); Mary Hays (1980-1995); Al Berr (April, 1995-August, 1996); and Nicolette B. Clark (1996-present). From the description of Executive Director's subject and correspondence files, 1960-2001. (New York State...

Hoving, Thomas, 1931-2009

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Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930

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Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872-1930), an American portrait and genre painter and teacher, founded the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899. The school, dedicated to outdoor figure painting, proved very successful and influential, attracting many well-known artists. Hawthorne directed the school until his death in 1930. Hawthorne is known for his genre scenes (he was intrigued by the Portuguese fishing families from Provincetown) and his portraits. From the description of Charles W. Hawtho...

Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969.

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Horace Littlefield poem, 1958 May 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557443 William Horace Littlefield (1902-1969) was a painter, writer, and art collector in New York, N.Y. From the description of William Horace Littlefield papers, 1920-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220149817 ...

Hale, Philip Leslie, 1865-1931

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American painter and critic. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79182370 Philip Leslie Hale (1865-1931) was a painter, teacher, critic, and writer from Boston, Mass. Hale received early training under his sister Ellen Day Hale, at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Academy Julian in Paris, and he studied privately with William M. Chase, J.A. Weir, and Kenyon...

Brown, Robert F.

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Archives of American Art Regional Director of the New England office. From the description of Robert Brown interview, 1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83873055 ...

Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 1903-1968.

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Van Ness, Beatrice Whitney, 1888-1981

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Painter, educator; Chesnut Hill, Mass. Founder and head of the Art Department at Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill (1921-1949). She studied child and adolescent behavior as applied to art education practice. Through articles, essays and presentations she advocated a more vital and integral role for art education in overall curriculum strategy. From the description of Beatrice Whitney Van Ness papers, 1883-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12233344...

Cox, Gardner, 1906-1988

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Painter; Boston, Mass. Died in 1988. From the description of Gardner Cox interviews, 1974 Mar. 19-1974 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192687 Gardner Cox (1906-1988) was a painter from Boston, Mass. From the description of Oral history interview with Gardner Cox, 1974 Mar. 19-July 8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744430542 From the description of Oral history interview with Gardner Cox, 1974 Mar. 19-July 8 [sound recording]. ...

Wickey, Harry

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Etcher, lithographer, teacher; Cornwall Landing, New York. From the description of Harry Wickey papers, 1918-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594193 ...

Sarton, May, 1912-1995

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By Source, Fair use, Link May Sarton (May 3, 1912-July 16, 1995), poet and novelist, was born Elanore Marie Sarton in Wondelgem, Belgium, the daughter of George Sarton, a noted historian of science, and Eleanor Mabel Elwes, an English portrait painter and designer. Sarton moved with her parents to England, and in 1916 the family immigrated to the United States. All three became naturalized Americans in 1924, by which time Sarton's name had been Americanized to Eleanor May. Sart...

Hopkinson, Charles, 1869-1962

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Painter; Massachusetts. From the description of Charles Hopkinson and Hopkinson family papers, 1890-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132993 ...

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966

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Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) was a painter and teacher in Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Hans Hofmann papers, [ca. 1904]-1978 (bulk 1945-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82551474 Painter, teacher. From the description of Hans Hofmann letter to Mrs. Spingarn, 1938 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389762 Biography Hans Hofmann created a distinctive primordial world of color and l...

Thayer, Polly, 1904-2006

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Polly E. Thayer, 1904-2006, painter of Boston, Mass. From the description of Oral history interview with Polly Thayer, 1995 May 12 - 1996 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401263 A study for the oil painting "Trying on Furs" in the collection of the Boston Athenaeum. From the description of Trying on furs - study sketch [graphic] [ca. 1940] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 660826171 Polly Thayer (1904- 2006) was a painter and educator in B...