Research Catalog

[Painting & sculpture collection]

Title
[Painting & sculpture collection] [art original].
Publication
<1800-1990.>

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Details

Description
  • <651> paintings.
  • <238> sculptures.
Summary
The collection of "Painting and Sculpture" primarily surveys the history of art by African American artists from the late 19th century to the early 1970s and includes a few works by European, African, Caribbean and South American artists. The majority of works represent the New Negro Renaissance, the Works Projects Administration (WPA), and post-World War II eras. Urban genre themes and the descriptions of African American life dominate the work from this period. Other subjects include landscapes and portraiture. There are also several non-figurative and abstract works from the 1950s forward. Included in the collection are major works by important African American Artists such as Edward Mitchell Bannister, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Meta Vaux Warrick-Fuller, European artists Pretro Calvi and Charles Henri Joseph Cordier of the nineteenth century.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Landscape paintings.
  • Portrait paintings.
  • Genre paintings.
  • Waterscape paintings.
  • Abstract painting.
  • Collage.
  • Gouaches.
  • Watercolor paintings.
  • Acrylic paintings.
  • Oil paintings.
Access (note)
  • Access to the collection is by appointment only and is restricted to qualified and experienced researchers.
Cite As (note)
  • From the collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor Lenox & Tilden Foundation, Arts & Artifacts Division.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Works from the collection may be borrowed for exhibition purposes. Photography of art or artifacts in the collection is prohibited. In most instances, prints of collection items are available for sale to researchers. Permission for loan and to reproduce prints for publication must be obtained in writing.
Call Number
Sc Art (Painting & sculpture collection)
OCLC
NYPG085000087-F
Title
[Painting & sculpture collection] [art original].
Imprint
<1800-1990.>
Access
Access to the collection is by appointment only and is restricted to qualified and experienced researchers.
Cite As:
From the collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor Lenox & Tilden Foundation, Arts & Artifacts Division.
Terms Of Use
Works from the collection may be borrowed for exhibition purposes. Photography of art or artifacts in the collection is prohibited. In most instances, prints of collection items are available for sale to researchers. Permission for loan and to reproduce prints for publication must be obtained in writing.
Local Note
Individual painting and sculpture collections described separately.
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Research Call Number
Sc Art (Painting & sculpture collection)
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