Burton Schuman student work
Online Access
Available digital items: https://digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/collections/KA007801.
Abstract
Completed by Burton Schuman while a student at Parsons School of Design in 1947-1948 for an advertising design class taught by Betty Carter, the collection includes sketches, illustrations and advertising designs.
Dates
- 1947 - 1948
Creator
- Schuman, Burton (Person)
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 binder, 1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents of Collection
The collection consists of Burton Schuman's class assignments for a third-year advertising design course at Parsons School of Design taught by faculty member Betty M. Carter between September 1947 and January 1948. Visiting critic William A. Adriance, art director for Brooke, Smith, French & Dorrance, Inc., also provided instruction.
A notebook consists of sequentially-numbered design problem instructions and completed assignments executed in ink, pencil, tempera, and watercolors. Problems range from rendering shells, interiors, and still lifes to advertising campaigns for Bayer Aspirin and Trans-World Airlines (TWA). A separate folder houses oversized assignments, consisting of design problems 1 (leaves) and 7 (pencil drawing advertising air travel to Switzerland).
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Biographical note
Burton Schuman attended Parsons School of Design, graduating in 1948 with a certificate in Advertising Design. After graduating, Schuman worked as a commercial artist for Vita Food Products, New York, and became a painter and photographer. His paintings of wildlife were later published commercially in nature magazines.
Source: Parsons School of Design Alumni Association records (PIC.03.002.1).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Burton Schuman, 1999.
External Support
The processing of this collection was supported in part by a grant from the J. Paul Getty Trust.
- Adriance, William A. (Teacher)
- Advertising layout and typography (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Carter, Betty M. (Teacher)
- Commercial art -- United States (Subject) (Places) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drawings (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Graphic arts -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York (Subject) (Places) Subject Source: Local sources
- Notebooks (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Parsons School of Design. Graphic Advertising and Illustration Department
- Student projects (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Burton Schuman student work
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Anne Kumer
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- August 12, 2010: Updated by Bernadette Vitale.