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Art -- Study and teaching

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Allan Skriloff student work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0114-01
Summary

The collection consists of art and design work executed by furniture and interior designer Allan Skriloff during his studies in Parsons School of Design's Interior Design Department.

Dates: between 1963-1966

Anthony Pellino student work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0104-01
Scope and Content of Collection

The collection consists of examples of Anthony Pellino's student art and design work, the bulk of which was completed in 1983, in his first year at Parsons. The notes that appear throughout the collection guide were compiled from notes made by Pellino at the time that he donated his work to the New School Archives.

Dates: 1982 - 1986

Catherine Minkiewicz student work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0115-01
Summary

The collection consists primarily of course assignments in the form of a collage, presentation boards, photographs, and a watercolor rendering by interior designer Catherine Minkiewicz (1966) during her studies in Parsons School of Design's Interior Design Department.

Dates: 1964-1966

Cleora Clark Wheeler student notebook and bookplates

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Identifier: KA-0061-01
Abstract

Notes taken by Cleora Clark Wheeler during lectures given by Frank Alvah Parsons at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons School of Design), which Wheeler attended in 1912-1913. Also included is a set of bookplates, which was the focus of Wheeler's later career.

Dates: 1910 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1913

Daniel Lashen student work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0053-01
Summary

Interior design sketches and detail studies from Daniel Lashen's studies at Parsons School of Design in New York and in Italy. Lashen graduated from Parsons in 1950.

Dates: 1947 - 1950

Eugene Paul Ullman papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0042-01
Abstract Eugene Paul Ullman (1877-1953), was an American painter of landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. Ullman studied and later taught with artist William Merritt Chase during the earliest years of the Chase School, predecessor school to what became Parsons School of Design. The collection consists of artwork in the form of sketches and photographs of paintings, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, a scrapbook, and unpublished essay manuscripts. Much of the material is annotated by...
Dates: circa 1880-2000

Frank Alvah Parsons correspondence and tribute by James Wilfrid Kerr

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0106-01
Summary

The collection contains correspondence from Frank Alvah Parsons, president of the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons School of Design), to alumni James Wilfrid Kerr and Rose Netzorg Kerr, in addition to a short manuscript written by James Wilfrid Kerr upon Parsons' death. The tribute relates Kerr's experiences as a World War One veteran studying art under Parsons' tutelage.

Dates: 1925 - 1930

Frank Alvah Parsons lectures on art and prints of period rooms

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0037-01
Summary

Frank Alvah Parsons (1866-1930) began as an instructor at the New York School of Art in 1904. He became director in 1911, renaming the school the New York School of Fine and Applied Art to reflect his reorientation of the institution toward practical design disciplines. The school was later renamed to honor his leadership. The collection consists of published editions of Parsons' lectures, and prints he used to illustrate them.

Dates: 1917 - 1922

Gustavo Ojeda papers and website

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Identifier: KA-0164-01
Abstract

Gustavo Ojeda (1958-1989) was a Cuban-born, New York City-based artist known for his paintings of nighttime cityscapes. The collection includes Ojeda's sketches, exhibition records and catalogs, Parsons School of Design student papers, personal papers, including diaries, and an artist's website created by his nephew, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué.

Dates: 1972-2023

Harry B. Baker papers

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Identifier: KA-0090-01
Abstract

Harry B. Baker (1868-1941) was an illustrator who taught at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (which became Parsons School of Design) in the early 20th century. Before moving to New York, Baker traveled the American West. He illustrated bar fights, cowboys, Native Americans, and street scenes. The collection includes photographs of Baker and his students, a letter from Frank Alvah Parsons, and illustrations by Baker.

Dates: 1891 - 1946