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Figurative art, American

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Jane Bannerman art and design work

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0122
Summary

Jane Campbell Bannerman studied graphic design and illustration at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (now Parsons School of Design), graduating in 1930. She worked for several firms as a graphic and interior designer, and later opened her own interior design business. The collection mainly consists of student work, commercial design work, and travel watercolors, as well as clippings, photographs, and printed items.

Dates: circa 1927 - circa 1990

Lorraine Fox offprints, transparencies, and tear sheets

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0015-01
Summary

Lorraine Fox (1922-1976) began her career in commercial illustration in the 1940s, becoming one of the most celebrated female illustrators of the mid-20th century. The collection, spanning the final decade of Fox's life, includes proofs, transparencies and tear sheets of album covers, book illustrations, greeting cards, and advertisements. Fox taught at Parsons School of Design from 1965 until shortly before her death in 1976.

Dates: 1964 - 1976

Naiad and Walter Einsel papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0166-01
Abstract

The work of illustrators Naiad and Walter Einsel appeared in numerous publications from the 1950s to the 1990s. This collection includes personal papers, slides and photographs, original sketches, and samples of their professional work, as well as teaching materials from their courses on illustration.

Dates: 1939-2011

William Merritt Chase etchings "Keying Up--the Court Jester" and "Spanish Peasant"

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0080
Abstract

American artist and founder of Parsons School of Design William Merritt Chase (1848-1916) etched the two works comprising this collection, "Keying Up--the Court Jester" (1879) and "Spanish Peasant" (circa 1881).

Dates: 1879, circa 1881