Collection on RIT campus art 1955-2003

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Collection on RIT campus art 1955-2003

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The Collection on RIT campus art contains documents related to the artwork housed on the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) campus. This includes published articles, newspaper clippings, press releases, and images of various works. There are also several documents that list items on RIT's campus, creating a partial inventory for the university's collection. Specific artists included in the collection are Josef Albers, Alistair Bevington, Harry Bertoia, José de Rivera, Frederick Lipp, Henry Moore, and Albert Paley. There is also information the D'Amanda Clock, located on top of Kate Gleason Hall, and a publication highlighting the art on RIT's Henrietta campus in 1968. Materials related to the artwork housed on the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) campus. The collection includes clippings, articles, press releases, and miscellaneous documents on several artists including Josef Albers, Harry Bertoia, Alistair Bevington, José de Rivera, Frederick Lipp, Henry Moore, and Albert Paley.

0.17 linear feet (9 folders)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8144505

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Albers, Josef, 1888-1976

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Josef Albers was born on March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, the only child of Lorenz Albers, a housepainter, and Magdelena (Schumacher) Albers. He attended the Präparanden-Schule in Langenhorst from 1902 to 1905 and then the teachers college in Büren, graduating in 1908. He became an instructor in several Westphalian primary schools. Albers studied at the Royal Art School in Berlin, the Arts and Crafts School (Folkwang School)in Essen, and at the Art Academy in Munich u...

Lipp, Frederick

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De Rivera, José Ruiz, 1904-1985

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José A. Ruiz was born on September 18, 1904 in West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the son of Joseph and Honorine Montamat Ruiz. He would later take the surname of his maternal grandmother, de Rivera. Early in his life his family moved to New Orleans where his father was a sugar mill engineer on a plantation. De Rivera became adept at repairing machinery and doing blacksmith work with his father. Shortly after completing high school in 1922, de Rivera moved to Chicago where he was employe...

Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...

Bevington, Alistair (American sculptor and architect, contemporary)

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Paley, Albert

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Albert Paley (1944- ) is an art metal worker and jewelry designer from Rochester, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Albert Paley, 1982 Dec. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 430380359 Sculptor and metalworker Albert Paley's permanent mark on the campus of RIT was made when his towering Sentinel was dedicated in 2003. Paley was born in Philadelphia, and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. He came to Ro...

Moore, Henry, 1898-1986

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (7) and typed letters signed (5) : Much Hadham, Hertdfordshire and Athens, to Henri Jonquières, 1949 Nov. 3-1951 Aug. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871551 Henry Moore was an English artist, principally renowned as a sculptor. He was born in Yorkshire and studied at the Leeds School of Art and at the Royal College of Art. Reginald H. Wilenski was a resident of Bristol, England, and was a university lec...