10 10 290 https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/files/original/04e6a4f5c2b59847620262185da8ec11.JPG 1d7d3c15f4ddfd4cd0382e5112be389b Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 2592 Height 1944 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Lucy Harmon Collection Description An account of the resource This collection contains ceramics from a variety of Native American groups, including the Zuni, Acoma, Isleta, Zia, Santo Domingo, Tesuque, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, San Juan, Picuris, and Taos. The collection was accompanied by maps of the area, postcards, photographs, magazine/news articles, a typewritten lecture to accompany the pottery and 22 Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway calendar pictures depicting Indians and the area. The Harmon Collection also contains garments from the Cuna Indians of San Blas, Panama Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lucy Harmon (previously in English Department at SUNY Geneseo) Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Subject The topic of the resource Pottery Description An account of the resource Pot/ gold colored bowl. Label Description: "Taos- all the gold". Taos Pueblo 1941- in ink on side. Taos Pueblo (like Picuris) is known for producing unpainted clay cooking ware flecked with mica. Further information can be found in the Harmon Collection information folder. Old Accession Number: H-PT-UNKNOWN-SWNAI-33. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Taos Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lucy Harmon (previously in the English Department at SUNY Geneseo) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1982.2.17 https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/files/original/ddc5bef3d5fde9c629a073414f7db7c8.JPG 33d99c868cd99300a409bb3950989ef9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Lucy Harmon Collection Description An account of the resource This collection contains ceramics from a variety of Native American groups, including the Zuni, Acoma, Isleta, Zia, Santo Domingo, Tesuque, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, San Juan, Picuris, and Taos. The collection was accompanied by maps of the area, postcards, photographs, magazine/news articles, a typewritten lecture to accompany the pottery and 22 Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway calendar pictures depicting Indians and the area. The Harmon Collection also contains garments from the Cuna Indians of San Blas, Panama Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lucy Harmon (previously in English Department at SUNY Geneseo) Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Subject The topic of the resource Pottery Description An account of the resource Bowl, black with artist's name "Isabel". Label description: "San Ildephonso", "Pueblo" etched in bottom. The San Ildefonso Pueblo is famous for their red and black-on-black pottery perfected by Maria Martinez. Their pottery is not highly decorated with paint. The most popular patterns are the mountain, lightening and the serpent. The bowl above is an example of the San Ildefonso black-on-black style. Further information can be found in the Harmon Collection information folder. Old Accession Number: H-PT-UNKNOWN-SWNAI-21. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource San Ildefonso Isabel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lucy Harmon (previously in the English Department at SUNY Geneseo) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1982.2.5 https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/files/original/366a89beaacff271cbe32e5e2bd40a60.JPG b74f25999b3ac5fc4196d229a6da0a50 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 2592 Height 1944 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Lucy Harmon Collection Description An account of the resource This collection contains ceramics from a variety of Native American groups, including the Zuni, Acoma, Isleta, Zia, Santo Domingo, Tesuque, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, San Juan, Picuris, and Taos. The collection was accompanied by maps of the area, postcards, photographs, magazine/news articles, a typewritten lecture to accompany the pottery and 22 Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway calendar pictures depicting Indians and the area. The Harmon Collection also contains garments from the Cuna Indians of San Blas, Panama Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lucy Harmon (previously in English Department at SUNY Geneseo) Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Subject The topic of the resource Pottery Description An account of the resource Large, shallow bowl, triangular pattern on inside. Label Description: "Sanjuan" "75 cents". Further information can be found in the Harmon Collection information folder. Old Accession Number: H-PT-UNKNOWN-SWNAI-23. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource San Juan Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lucy Harmon (previously in the English Department at SUNY Geneseo) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1982.2.7 https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/files/original/eab3a5ed5d614eda29b7f0ded06a4155.JPG a31b1d72854b3dbd03a59af2371b2000 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 2592 Height 1944 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Lucy Harmon Collection Description An account of the resource This collection contains ceramics from a variety of Native American groups, including the Zuni, Acoma, Isleta, Zia, Santo Domingo, Tesuque, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, San Juan, Picuris, and Taos. The collection was accompanied by maps of the area, postcards, photographs, magazine/news articles, a typewritten lecture to accompany the pottery and 22 Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway calendar pictures depicting Indians and the area. The Harmon Collection also contains garments from the Cuna Indians of San Blas, Panama Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lucy Harmon (previously in English Department at SUNY Geneseo) Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Subject The topic of the resource Pottery Description An account of the resource Saucer, tan with painted decorations. Flower in center of saucer. Label Description: "ZIA Pueblo P. HI". Further information can be found in the Harmon Collection information folder. Old Accession Number: H-PT-UNKNOWN-SWNAI-24. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Zia Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lucy Harmon (previously in the English Department at SUNY Geneseo) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1982.2.8 https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/files/original/2818930b19a5eeee5f08e31349a72c96.jpg c16a2c97c0b596b55769e127e41abefe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Lucy Harmon Collection Description An account of the resource This collection contains ceramics from a variety of Native American groups, including the Zuni, Acoma, Isleta, Zia, Santo Domingo, Tesuque, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, San Juan, Picuris, and Taos. The collection was accompanied by maps of the area, postcards, photographs, magazine/news articles, a typewritten lecture to accompany the pottery and 22 Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway calendar pictures depicting Indians and the area. The Harmon Collection also contains garments from the Cuna Indians of San Blas, Panama Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lucy Harmon (previously in English Department at SUNY Geneseo) Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Subject The topic of the resource Pottery Description An account of the resource Bowl, white with brown painted decorations. Label Description: "30" "Acoma" painted on bottom. Acoma pottery is known for being intricately decorated. The pieces are also generally large, and used for storage purposes. Further information can be found in the Harmon Collection information folder. Old Accession Number: H-PT-UNKNOWN-SWNAI-25. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Acoma Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lucy Harmon (previously in English Department at SUNY Geneseo) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1982.2.9 https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/files/original/683be6f48edf8bad5d55d14b15a9e790.jpg 073a9e3fa90fa995b2eb445304542fe3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Silverman Collection Description An account of the resource This Collection contains oil paintings from several School of Paris artists: Blaquiere, Grandmaison, Hardy, Hasegawa, Marchand des Raux, Sanh, Tanaka, Ubeda, Coignard, Priking, Goetz and Grandjean. These are all artists that were active in and around Paris after WWII. Roger Blaquiere was born in Paris in 1933. He attended the School of Applied Arts and the National School of Beaux Arts. He won the Prix d'Art Monumental in 1956, the Prix Casa Velazquez in 1959 and the Grand Prix de Rome in 1963. Blaquiere has had one-man shows in Madrid as well as in Paris. From 1958-1963, he participated in the Salon of Young Painters at the Museum of Modern Art. He exhibited in the Salon d'Automne in 1959 and 1960. He was one of twenty young French painters presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Alliance Francaise in a traveling show in the United States. Stuart Preston, critic of the New York Times, reported that he and one other painter in the Exhibition gave promise of a fine future as an artist. Both France and the City of Paris have purchased his works. James Coignard was born in Tours, France in 1925. He remained there until he was 17, then went to live in Paris. During the war, he returned to Touraine. While there, he met the painter Marchand des Raux. When Marchand des Raux returned to St. Jean, Cap Ferrat, Coignard joined him and worked in the studio belonging to Marchand des Raux. He made his home with this painter for many years. Coignard set himself up in a pottery studio in St. Cloud, continuing to paint and draw and to exhibit in the galleries of the Left Bank. In Paris, he met other painters and took part in the difficult life of Paris. He married in 1956 and abandoned Paris and pottery. He went to live on the Riviera. He had one-man shows in Sweden, Geneva, Venice, Paris, New York and Berlin. He also took part in a School of Paris exhibition in Dublin in 1960 and in Tokyo in 1961. He is represented in the following museums: Dublin Museum, Museum of San Diego, Museum of New Mexico, Historical Society of Montana, La Jolla Art Centre, Oklahoma Art Centre. Group Shows: 1956, Won first prize in Barcelona show of Fine Arts. 1957, Second Prize young painters & Juan Gris Prize honorable mention. 1959, Alexandria Biennale. 1960, Ecole de Paris & Galerie Charpentier. 1961, Salon de Paris (Japan). 1964, Biennale de Menton. 1964, First Prize Dorothy Gould. Henri Goetz was born in New York in 1909 and arrived in Paris in 1930. He became a naturalized French citizen in 1949. Goetz had 32 one-man exhibitions in Europe. He is well known for his work in pastel and engraving as in painting. He started as a surrealist painter and developed into one of the foremost in abstraction. All of his work is done from nature, he made his sketches on the spot and then did the painting or pastel. In 1947, Alain Resnais did a film on him. He was a highly respected teacher as well, having two academies in Paris and being professor at the American School in Fontainebleau. He is represented at the following museums: Museum of Modern Art, Paris. Museum of Grenoble. Museum of Eliat. Museum of Newark (NJ). Museum of St. Etienne. Museum of San Diego (CA). Raymond Grandjean was born in Lyon, France in 1929. He was independent in his artistic development, becoming a non-figurative painter in 1951. He had one-man shows in France since 1954 and participated in group shows in Italy and Germany. He is represented in the Museum of Lyon, and in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Louis de Grandmaison was born in Le Havre in 1928. He studied for a time with Andre Lhote. He had one-man shows in Paris since 1960 and participated in many group shows in the Museum of Modern Art (Paris), Luxembourg and New York. He is represented in the collections of the City of Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (Paris) and in private collections throughout Europe and the United States. Shoichi Hasegawa was born in 1929 in Japan. His first one-man show was in Japan in 1957. He went to Paris in 1961 and worked in the studio of S.W. Hayter. He exhibited in the Salon of Young Painters, and in the Salon des Independants in 1962 and in many important group shows in Paris, London, Portugal, South America, Australia and Canada. In 1964, he had a one-man show at the Galerie La Nouvelle Gravure in Paris, at the Galerie Philadelphie (Paris), Stockholm, and Yugoslavia. His works are in the following museums: Victoria and Albert (London), Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Norrkopings Museum (Sweden) and the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Paris). Louis Marchand des Raux was born in Touraine in 1904 and went to the south of France in 1920. He started to paint in 1934 and was completely self-taught. An eminent collector, Adolphe Schloss, encouraged him and purchased his first canvases. He was the chief landscapist at the chateau "Ile-de-France" belonging to the Baronne Ephrussi de Rothschild. His work reflects the rich colors of the flowers that surrounded him. He exhibited widely in France, London and Italy. Franz Priking was born in 1927 in Germany. In 1947 he was attracted to painting and abandoned his college studies in Weimar, entering the Bauhaus in Weimar (the college founded by Klee and Kandinsky). In 1948, he entered the Academy of Berlin, the class of Max Pechstein. As a student, he traveled to France in 1950 and lived there from then on. He exhibited in Germany, London, Geneva, throughout France and the United States. Georges Sanh was born in 1909 in Hanoi, his father was French. He is a self-taught painter and expresses himself in a very personal way. He has been exhibited in Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. Shu Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1908, the son of a traditional painter. He studied at the Beaux Arts in Tokyo and was in China in 1935-1936. He went to live in Paris in 1954. He has exhibited in Tokyo and in many shows in Paris, particularly in the Musee Galliera with the Japanese painters of Paris in four successive years. He was influenced by the School of Paris tangentially but retained the Japanese spirit in his paintings. Augustin Ubeda was born in Spain in 1925. He attended the Beaux Arts in Madrid from 1944-1948 and exhibited throughout Spain from 1949-1953. He won a scholarship to study in France and stayed in Paris from that point on. In 1957, he won the prize for young painters and had his first one-man show in Paris. He has exhibited in France, Switzerland, England, Sweden, Canada, Italy, the United States and all over South America. The Collector, Mr. Silverman, owned a chain of stores and he was contacted through Edgar Tafel to donate the School of Paris paintings to SUNY Geneseo Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Silverman Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Landscape Subject The topic of the resource Oil Painting Description An account of the resource Abstract painting, cube forms Oil on linen School of Paris Signature: LL Roger Blaquiere was born in Paris in 1933. He attended the School of Applied Arts and the National School of Beaux Arts. He won the Prix d'Art Monumental in 1956, the Prix Casa Velazquez in 1959 and the Grand Prix de Rome in 1963. Blaquiere has had one-man shows in Madrid as well as in Paris. From 1958-1963, he participated in the Salon of Young Painters at the Museum of Modern Art. He exhibited in the Salon d'Automne in 1959 and 1960. He was one of twenty young French painters presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Alliance Francaise in a traveling show in the United States. Stuart Preston, critic of the New York Times, reported that he and one other painter in the Exhibition gave promise of a fine future as an artist. Both France and the City of Paris have purchased his works. Old Accession Number: SL-2D-BLAQUIERE. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Roger Blaquiere (1933- ) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Geneseo Foundation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980 Relation A related resource One of 21 Oil Paintings in the Silverman Collection (1980.8.1 - 1980.8.21) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 25.25 x 32 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1980.8.1 https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/files/original/08df12e1144163f06678956c54c55277.jpg 91a158d631ffe5ed8e8abb94e5f363ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Silverman Collection Description An account of the resource This Collection contains oil paintings from several School of Paris artists: Blaquiere, Grandmaison, Hardy, Hasegawa, Marchand des Raux, Sanh, Tanaka, Ubeda, Coignard, Priking, Goetz and Grandjean. These are all artists that were active in and around Paris after WWII. Roger Blaquiere was born in Paris in 1933. He attended the School of Applied Arts and the National School of Beaux Arts. He won the Prix d'Art Monumental in 1956, the Prix Casa Velazquez in 1959 and the Grand Prix de Rome in 1963. Blaquiere has had one-man shows in Madrid as well as in Paris. From 1958-1963, he participated in the Salon of Young Painters at the Museum of Modern Art. He exhibited in the Salon d'Automne in 1959 and 1960. He was one of twenty young French painters presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Alliance Francaise in a traveling show in the United States. Stuart Preston, critic of the New York Times, reported that he and one other painter in the Exhibition gave promise of a fine future as an artist. Both France and the City of Paris have purchased his works. James Coignard was born in Tours, France in 1925. He remained there until he was 17, then went to live in Paris. During the war, he returned to Touraine. While there, he met the painter Marchand des Raux. When Marchand des Raux returned to St. Jean, Cap Ferrat, Coignard joined him and worked in the studio belonging to Marchand des Raux. He made his home with this painter for many years. Coignard set himself up in a pottery studio in St. Cloud, continuing to paint and draw and to exhibit in the galleries of the Left Bank. In Paris, he met other painters and took part in the difficult life of Paris. He married in 1956 and abandoned Paris and pottery. He went to live on the Riviera. He had one-man shows in Sweden, Geneva, Venice, Paris, New York and Berlin. He also took part in a School of Paris exhibition in Dublin in 1960 and in Tokyo in 1961. He is represented in the following museums: Dublin Museum, Museum of San Diego, Museum of New Mexico, Historical Society of Montana, La Jolla Art Centre, Oklahoma Art Centre. Group Shows: 1956, Won first prize in Barcelona show of Fine Arts. 1957, Second Prize young painters & Juan Gris Prize honorable mention. 1959, Alexandria Biennale. 1960, Ecole de Paris & Galerie Charpentier. 1961, Salon de Paris (Japan). 1964, Biennale de Menton. 1964, First Prize Dorothy Gould. Henri Goetz was born in New York in 1909 and arrived in Paris in 1930. He became a naturalized French citizen in 1949. Goetz had 32 one-man exhibitions in Europe. He is well known for his work in pastel and engraving as in painting. He started as a surrealist painter and developed into one of the foremost in abstraction. All of his work is done from nature, he made his sketches on the spot and then did the painting or pastel. In 1947, Alain Resnais did a film on him. He was a highly respected teacher as well, having two academies in Paris and being professor at the American School in Fontainebleau. He is represented at the following museums: Museum of Modern Art, Paris. Museum of Grenoble. Museum of Eliat. Museum of Newark (NJ). Museum of St. Etienne. Museum of San Diego (CA). Raymond Grandjean was born in Lyon, France in 1929. He was independent in his artistic development, becoming a non-figurative painter in 1951. He had one-man shows in France since 1954 and participated in group shows in Italy and Germany. He is represented in the Museum of Lyon, and in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Louis de Grandmaison was born in Le Havre in 1928. He studied for a time with Andre Lhote. He had one-man shows in Paris since 1960 and participated in many group shows in the Museum of Modern Art (Paris), Luxembourg and New York. He is represented in the collections of the City of Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (Paris) and in private collections throughout Europe and the United States. Shoichi Hasegawa was born in 1929 in Japan. His first one-man show was in Japan in 1957. He went to Paris in 1961 and worked in the studio of S.W. Hayter. He exhibited in the Salon of Young Painters, and in the Salon des Independants in 1962 and in many important group shows in Paris, London, Portugal, South America, Australia and Canada. In 1964, he had a one-man show at the Galerie La Nouvelle Gravure in Paris, at the Galerie Philadelphie (Paris), Stockholm, and Yugoslavia. His works are in the following museums: Victoria and Albert (London), Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Norrkopings Museum (Sweden) and the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Paris). Louis Marchand des Raux was born in Touraine in 1904 and went to the south of France in 1920. He started to paint in 1934 and was completely self-taught. An eminent collector, Adolphe Schloss, encouraged him and purchased his first canvases. He was the chief landscapist at the chateau "Ile-de-France" belonging to the Baronne Ephrussi de Rothschild. His work reflects the rich colors of the flowers that surrounded him. He exhibited widely in France, London and Italy. Franz Priking was born in 1927 in Germany. In 1947 he was attracted to painting and abandoned his college studies in Weimar, entering the Bauhaus in Weimar (the college founded by Klee and Kandinsky). In 1948, he entered the Academy of Berlin, the class of Max Pechstein. As a student, he traveled to France in 1950 and lived there from then on. He exhibited in Germany, London, Geneva, throughout France and the United States. Georges Sanh was born in 1909 in Hanoi, his father was French. He is a self-taught painter and expresses himself in a very personal way. He has been exhibited in Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. Shu Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1908, the son of a traditional painter. He studied at the Beaux Arts in Tokyo and was in China in 1935-1936. He went to live in Paris in 1954. He has exhibited in Tokyo and in many shows in Paris, particularly in the Musee Galliera with the Japanese painters of Paris in four successive years. He was influenced by the School of Paris tangentially but retained the Japanese spirit in his paintings. Augustin Ubeda was born in Spain in 1925. He attended the Beaux Arts in Madrid from 1944-1948 and exhibited throughout Spain from 1949-1953. He won a scholarship to study in France and stayed in Paris from that point on. In 1957, he won the prize for young painters and had his first one-man show in Paris. He has exhibited in France, Switzerland, England, Sweden, Canada, Italy, the United States and all over South America. The Collector, Mr. Silverman, owned a chain of stores and he was contacted through Edgar Tafel to donate the School of Paris paintings to SUNY Geneseo Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Silverman Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Composition Subject The topic of the resource Oil Painting Description An account of the resource Abstract geometric painting Oil on canvas School of Paris Louis de Grandmaison was born in Le Havre in 1928. He studied for a time with Andre Lhote. He had one-man shows in Paris since 1960 and participated in many group shows in the Museum of Modern Art (Paris), Luxembourg and New York. He is represented in the collections of the City of Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (Paris) and in private collections throughout Europe and the United States. Old Accession Number: SL-2D-Grandmaison Signature: LR. 05/1980: Good Condition- dirty Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis de Grandmaison (1861-1915) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gift from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Silverman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980 Relation A related resource One of 21 Oil Paintings in the Silverman Collection (1980.8.1 - 1980.8.21) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 47.4 x 23.5 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1980.8.10 https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/files/original/098dc62271b2baf6bf8bff7b8ded5cc9.jpg 7491f8dc1f92d3ae3830eeba82b01bfc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Silverman Collection Description An account of the resource This Collection contains oil paintings from several School of Paris artists: Blaquiere, Grandmaison, Hardy, Hasegawa, Marchand des Raux, Sanh, Tanaka, Ubeda, Coignard, Priking, Goetz and Grandjean. These are all artists that were active in and around Paris after WWII. Roger Blaquiere was born in Paris in 1933. He attended the School of Applied Arts and the National School of Beaux Arts. He won the Prix d'Art Monumental in 1956, the Prix Casa Velazquez in 1959 and the Grand Prix de Rome in 1963. Blaquiere has had one-man shows in Madrid as well as in Paris. From 1958-1963, he participated in the Salon of Young Painters at the Museum of Modern Art. He exhibited in the Salon d'Automne in 1959 and 1960. He was one of twenty young French painters presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Alliance Francaise in a traveling show in the United States. Stuart Preston, critic of the New York Times, reported that he and one other painter in the Exhibition gave promise of a fine future as an artist. Both France and the City of Paris have purchased his works. James Coignard was born in Tours, France in 1925. He remained there until he was 17, then went to live in Paris. During the war, he returned to Touraine. While there, he met the painter Marchand des Raux. When Marchand des Raux returned to St. Jean, Cap Ferrat, Coignard joined him and worked in the studio belonging to Marchand des Raux. He made his home with this painter for many years. Coignard set himself up in a pottery studio in St. Cloud, continuing to paint and draw and to exhibit in the galleries of the Left Bank. In Paris, he met other painters and took part in the difficult life of Paris. He married in 1956 and abandoned Paris and pottery. He went to live on the Riviera. He had one-man shows in Sweden, Geneva, Venice, Paris, New York and Berlin. He also took part in a School of Paris exhibition in Dublin in 1960 and in Tokyo in 1961. He is represented in the following museums: Dublin Museum, Museum of San Diego, Museum of New Mexico, Historical Society of Montana, La Jolla Art Centre, Oklahoma Art Centre. Group Shows: 1956, Won first prize in Barcelona show of Fine Arts. 1957, Second Prize young painters & Juan Gris Prize honorable mention. 1959, Alexandria Biennale. 1960, Ecole de Paris & Galerie Charpentier. 1961, Salon de Paris (Japan). 1964, Biennale de Menton. 1964, First Prize Dorothy Gould. Henri Goetz was born in New York in 1909 and arrived in Paris in 1930. He became a naturalized French citizen in 1949. Goetz had 32 one-man exhibitions in Europe. He is well known for his work in pastel and engraving as in painting. He started as a surrealist painter and developed into one of the foremost in abstraction. All of his work is done from nature, he made his sketches on the spot and then did the painting or pastel. In 1947, Alain Resnais did a film on him. He was a highly respected teacher as well, having two academies in Paris and being professor at the American School in Fontainebleau. He is represented at the following museums: Museum of Modern Art, Paris. Museum of Grenoble. Museum of Eliat. Museum of Newark (NJ). Museum of St. Etienne. Museum of San Diego (CA). Raymond Grandjean was born in Lyon, France in 1929. He was independent in his artistic development, becoming a non-figurative painter in 1951. He had one-man shows in France since 1954 and participated in group shows in Italy and Germany. He is represented in the Museum of Lyon, and in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Louis de Grandmaison was born in Le Havre in 1928. He studied for a time with Andre Lhote. He had one-man shows in Paris since 1960 and participated in many group shows in the Museum of Modern Art (Paris), Luxembourg and New York. He is represented in the collections of the City of Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (Paris) and in private collections throughout Europe and the United States. Shoichi Hasegawa was born in 1929 in Japan. His first one-man show was in Japan in 1957. He went to Paris in 1961 and worked in the studio of S.W. Hayter. He exhibited in the Salon of Young Painters, and in the Salon des Independants in 1962 and in many important group shows in Paris, London, Portugal, South America, Australia and Canada. In 1964, he had a one-man show at the Galerie La Nouvelle Gravure in Paris, at the Galerie Philadelphie (Paris), Stockholm, and Yugoslavia. His works are in the following museums: Victoria and Albert (London), Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Norrkopings Museum (Sweden) and the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Paris). Louis Marchand des Raux was born in Touraine in 1904 and went to the south of France in 1920. He started to paint in 1934 and was completely self-taught. An eminent collector, Adolphe Schloss, encouraged him and purchased his first canvases. He was the chief landscapist at the chateau "Ile-de-France" belonging to the Baronne Ephrussi de Rothschild. His work reflects the rich colors of the flowers that surrounded him. He exhibited widely in France, London and Italy. Franz Priking was born in 1927 in Germany. In 1947 he was attracted to painting and abandoned his college studies in Weimar, entering the Bauhaus in Weimar (the college founded by Klee and Kandinsky). In 1948, he entered the Academy of Berlin, the class of Max Pechstein. As a student, he traveled to France in 1950 and lived there from then on. He exhibited in Germany, London, Geneva, throughout France and the United States. Georges Sanh was born in 1909 in Hanoi, his father was French. He is a self-taught painter and expresses himself in a very personal way. He has been exhibited in Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. Shu Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1908, the son of a traditional painter. He studied at the Beaux Arts in Tokyo and was in China in 1935-1936. He went to live in Paris in 1954. He has exhibited in Tokyo and in many shows in Paris, particularly in the Musee Galliera with the Japanese painters of Paris in four successive years. He was influenced by the School of Paris tangentially but retained the Japanese spirit in his paintings. Augustin Ubeda was born in Spain in 1925. He attended the Beaux Arts in Madrid from 1944-1948 and exhibited throughout Spain from 1949-1953. He won a scholarship to study in France and stayed in Paris from that point on. In 1957, he won the prize for young painters and had his first one-man show in Paris. He has exhibited in France, Switzerland, England, Sweden, Canada, Italy, the United States and all over South America. The Collector, Mr. Silverman, owned a chain of stores and he was contacted through Edgar Tafel to donate the School of Paris paintings to SUNY Geneseo Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Silverman Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Composition Subject The topic of the resource Oil Painting Description An account of the resource Oil on canvas School of Paris Signature: LR Old Accession Number: SL-2D-Hardy Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marie Louise Hardy ( -1987) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gift from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Silverman Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980 Relation A related resource One of 21 Oil Paintings in the Silverman Collection (1980.8.1 - 1980.8.21) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 25.5 x 8.125 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1980.8.11 https://artgalleries.milne-library.org/files/original/682c40d225dc6a9126bf4a8133470817.jpg 71a2001d04e47b2f0146f95430263963 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Width 2356 Height 1409 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 IPTC String date_created:28.11.2012 IPTC Array a:1:{s:12:"date_created";s:10:"28.11.2012";} Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Silverman Collection Description An account of the resource This Collection contains oil paintings from several School of Paris artists: Blaquiere, Grandmaison, Hardy, Hasegawa, Marchand des Raux, Sanh, Tanaka, Ubeda, Coignard, Priking, Goetz and Grandjean. These are all artists that were active in and around Paris after WWII. Roger Blaquiere was born in Paris in 1933. He attended the School of Applied Arts and the National School of Beaux Arts. He won the Prix d'Art Monumental in 1956, the Prix Casa Velazquez in 1959 and the Grand Prix de Rome in 1963. Blaquiere has had one-man shows in Madrid as well as in Paris. From 1958-1963, he participated in the Salon of Young Painters at the Museum of Modern Art. He exhibited in the Salon d'Automne in 1959 and 1960. He was one of twenty young French painters presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Alliance Francaise in a traveling show in the United States. Stuart Preston, critic of the New York Times, reported that he and one other painter in the Exhibition gave promise of a fine future as an artist. Both France and the City of Paris have purchased his works. James Coignard was born in Tours, France in 1925. He remained there until he was 17, then went to live in Paris. During the war, he returned to Touraine. While there, he met the painter Marchand des Raux. When Marchand des Raux returned to St. Jean, Cap Ferrat, Coignard joined him and worked in the studio belonging to Marchand des Raux. He made his home with this painter for many years. Coignard set himself up in a pottery studio in St. Cloud, continuing to paint and draw and to exhibit in the galleries of the Left Bank. In Paris, he met other painters and took part in the difficult life of Paris. He married in 1956 and abandoned Paris and pottery. He went to live on the Riviera. He had one-man shows in Sweden, Geneva, Venice, Paris, New York and Berlin. He also took part in a School of Paris exhibition in Dublin in 1960 and in Tokyo in 1961. He is represented in the following museums: Dublin Museum, Museum of San Diego, Museum of New Mexico, Historical Society of Montana, La Jolla Art Centre, Oklahoma Art Centre. Group Shows: 1956, Won first prize in Barcelona show of Fine Arts. 1957, Second Prize young painters & Juan Gris Prize honorable mention. 1959, Alexandria Biennale. 1960, Ecole de Paris & Galerie Charpentier. 1961, Salon de Paris (Japan). 1964, Biennale de Menton. 1964, First Prize Dorothy Gould. Henri Goetz was born in New York in 1909 and arrived in Paris in 1930. He became a naturalized French citizen in 1949. Goetz had 32 one-man exhibitions in Europe. He is well known for his work in pastel and engraving as in painting. He started as a surrealist painter and developed into one of the foremost in abstraction. All of his work is done from nature, he made his sketches on the spot and then did the painting or pastel. In 1947, Alain Resnais did a film on him. He was a highly respected teacher as well, having two academies in Paris and being professor at the American School in Fontainebleau. He is represented at the following museums: Museum of Modern Art, Paris. Museum of Grenoble. Museum of Eliat. Museum of Newark (NJ). Museum of St. Etienne. Museum of San Diego (CA). Raymond Grandjean was born in Lyon, France in 1929. He was independent in his artistic development, becoming a non-figurative painter in 1951. He had one-man shows in France since 1954 and participated in group shows in Italy and Germany. He is represented in the Museum of Lyon, and in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Louis de Grandmaison was born in Le Havre in 1928. He studied for a time with Andre Lhote. He had one-man shows in Paris since 1960 and participated in many group shows in the Museum of Modern Art (Paris), Luxembourg and New York. He is represented in the collections of the City of Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (Paris) and in private collections throughout Europe and the United States. Shoichi Hasegawa was born in 1929 in Japan. His first one-man show was in Japan in 1957. He went to Paris in 1961 and worked in the studio of S.W. Hayter. He exhibited in the Salon of Young Painters, and in the Salon des Independants in 1962 and in many important group shows in Paris, London, Portugal, South America, Australia and Canada. In 1964, he had a one-man show at the Galerie La Nouvelle Gravure in Paris, at the Galerie Philadelphie (Paris), Stockholm, and Yugoslavia. His works are in the following museums: Victoria and Albert (London), Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Norrkopings Museum (Sweden) and the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Paris). Louis Marchand des Raux was born in Touraine in 1904 and went to the south of France in 1920. He started to paint in 1934 and was completely self-taught. An eminent collector, Adolphe Schloss, encouraged him and purchased his first canvases. He was the chief landscapist at the chateau "Ile-de-France" belonging to the Baronne Ephrussi de Rothschild. His work reflects the rich colors of the flowers that surrounded him. He exhibited widely in France, London and Italy. Franz Priking was born in 1927 in Germany. In 1947 he was attracted to painting and abandoned his college studies in Weimar, entering the Bauhaus in Weimar (the college founded by Klee and Kandinsky). In 1948, he entered the Academy of Berlin, the class of Max Pechstein. As a student, he traveled to France in 1950 and lived there from then on. He exhibited in Germany, London, Geneva, throughout France and the United States. Georges Sanh was born in 1909 in Hanoi, his father was French. He is a self-taught painter and expresses himself in a very personal way. He has been exhibited in Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. Shu Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1908, the son of a traditional painter. He studied at the Beaux Arts in Tokyo and was in China in 1935-1936. He went to live in Paris in 1954. He has exhibited in Tokyo and in many shows in Paris, particularly in the Musee Galliera with the Japanese painters of Paris in four successive years. He was influenced by the School of Paris tangentially but retained the Japanese spirit in his paintings. Augustin Ubeda was born in Spain in 1925. He attended the Beaux Arts in Madrid from 1944-1948 and exhibited throughout Spain from 1949-1953. He won a scholarship to study in France and stayed in Paris from that point on. In 1957, he won the prize for young painters and had his first one-man show in Paris. He has exhibited in France, Switzerland, England, Sweden, Canada, Italy, the United States and all over South America. The Collector, Mr. Silverman, owned a chain of stores and he was contacted through Edgar Tafel to donate the School of Paris paintings to SUNY Geneseo Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Silverman Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Composition Subject The topic of the resource Oil Painting Description An account of the resource Abstract Oil on paper School of Paris Signature: LL Shoichi Hasegawa was born in 1929 in Japan. His first one-man show was in Japan in 1957. He went to Paris in 1961 and worked in the studio of S.W. Hayter. He exhibited in the Salon of Young Painters, and in the Salon des Independants in 1962 and in many important group shows in Paris, London, Portugal, South America, Australia and Canada. In 1964, he had a one-man show at the Galerie La Nouvelle Gravure in Paris, at the Galerie Philadelphie (Paris), Stockholm, and Yugoslavia. His works are in the following museums: Victoria and Albert (London), Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Norrkopings Museum (Sweden) and the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Paris). 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Width 1010 Height 812 Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 IPTC String caption: date_created:28.08.2011 IPTC Array a:2:{s:7:"caption";s:31:" ";s:12:"date_created";s:10:"28.08.2011";} Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Silverman Collection Description An account of the resource This Collection contains oil paintings from several School of Paris artists: Blaquiere, Grandmaison, Hardy, Hasegawa, Marchand des Raux, Sanh, Tanaka, Ubeda, Coignard, Priking, Goetz and Grandjean. These are all artists that were active in and around Paris after WWII. Roger Blaquiere was born in Paris in 1933. He attended the School of Applied Arts and the National School of Beaux Arts. He won the Prix d'Art Monumental in 1956, the Prix Casa Velazquez in 1959 and the Grand Prix de Rome in 1963. Blaquiere has had one-man shows in Madrid as well as in Paris. From 1958-1963, he participated in the Salon of Young Painters at the Museum of Modern Art. He exhibited in the Salon d'Automne in 1959 and 1960. He was one of twenty young French painters presented by the Museum of Modern Art and the Alliance Francaise in a traveling show in the United States. Stuart Preston, critic of the New York Times, reported that he and one other painter in the Exhibition gave promise of a fine future as an artist. Both France and the City of Paris have purchased his works. James Coignard was born in Tours, France in 1925. He remained there until he was 17, then went to live in Paris. During the war, he returned to Touraine. While there, he met the painter Marchand des Raux. When Marchand des Raux returned to St. Jean, Cap Ferrat, Coignard joined him and worked in the studio belonging to Marchand des Raux. He made his home with this painter for many years. Coignard set himself up in a pottery studio in St. Cloud, continuing to paint and draw and to exhibit in the galleries of the Left Bank. In Paris, he met other painters and took part in the difficult life of Paris. He married in 1956 and abandoned Paris and pottery. He went to live on the Riviera. He had one-man shows in Sweden, Geneva, Venice, Paris, New York and Berlin. He also took part in a School of Paris exhibition in Dublin in 1960 and in Tokyo in 1961. He is represented in the following museums: Dublin Museum, Museum of San Diego, Museum of New Mexico, Historical Society of Montana, La Jolla Art Centre, Oklahoma Art Centre. Group Shows: 1956, Won first prize in Barcelona show of Fine Arts. 1957, Second Prize young painters & Juan Gris Prize honorable mention. 1959, Alexandria Biennale. 1960, Ecole de Paris & Galerie Charpentier. 1961, Salon de Paris (Japan). 1964, Biennale de Menton. 1964, First Prize Dorothy Gould. Henri Goetz was born in New York in 1909 and arrived in Paris in 1930. He became a naturalized French citizen in 1949. Goetz had 32 one-man exhibitions in Europe. He is well known for his work in pastel and engraving as in painting. He started as a surrealist painter and developed into one of the foremost in abstraction. All of his work is done from nature, he made his sketches on the spot and then did the painting or pastel. In 1947, Alain Resnais did a film on him. He was a highly respected teacher as well, having two academies in Paris and being professor at the American School in Fontainebleau. He is represented at the following museums: Museum of Modern Art, Paris. Museum of Grenoble. Museum of Eliat. Museum of Newark (NJ). Museum of St. Etienne. Museum of San Diego (CA). Raymond Grandjean was born in Lyon, France in 1929. He was independent in his artistic development, becoming a non-figurative painter in 1951. He had one-man shows in France since 1954 and participated in group shows in Italy and Germany. He is represented in the Museum of Lyon, and in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Louis de Grandmaison was born in Le Havre in 1928. He studied for a time with Andre Lhote. He had one-man shows in Paris since 1960 and participated in many group shows in the Museum of Modern Art (Paris), Luxembourg and New York. He is represented in the collections of the City of Paris, the Museum of Modern Art (Paris) and in private collections throughout Europe and the United States. Shoichi Hasegawa was born in 1929 in Japan. His first one-man show was in Japan in 1957. He went to Paris in 1961 and worked in the studio of S.W. Hayter. He exhibited in the Salon of Young Painters, and in the Salon des Independants in 1962 and in many important group shows in Paris, London, Portugal, South America, Australia and Canada. In 1964, he had a one-man show at the Galerie La Nouvelle Gravure in Paris, at the Galerie Philadelphie (Paris), Stockholm, and Yugoslavia. His works are in the following museums: Victoria and Albert (London), Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Norrkopings Museum (Sweden) and the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Paris). Louis Marchand des Raux was born in Touraine in 1904 and went to the south of France in 1920. He started to paint in 1934 and was completely self-taught. An eminent collector, Adolphe Schloss, encouraged him and purchased his first canvases. He was the chief landscapist at the chateau "Ile-de-France" belonging to the Baronne Ephrussi de Rothschild. His work reflects the rich colors of the flowers that surrounded him. He exhibited widely in France, London and Italy. Franz Priking was born in 1927 in Germany. In 1947 he was attracted to painting and abandoned his college studies in Weimar, entering the Bauhaus in Weimar (the college founded by Klee and Kandinsky). In 1948, he entered the Academy of Berlin, the class of Max Pechstein. As a student, he traveled to France in 1950 and lived there from then on. He exhibited in Germany, London, Geneva, throughout France and the United States. Georges Sanh was born in 1909 in Hanoi, his father was French. He is a self-taught painter and expresses himself in a very personal way. He has been exhibited in Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. Shu Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1908, the son of a traditional painter. He studied at the Beaux Arts in Tokyo and was in China in 1935-1936. He went to live in Paris in 1954. He has exhibited in Tokyo and in many shows in Paris, particularly in the Musee Galliera with the Japanese painters of Paris in four successive years. He was influenced by the School of Paris tangentially but retained the Japanese spirit in his paintings. Augustin Ubeda was born in Spain in 1925. He attended the Beaux Arts in Madrid from 1944-1948 and exhibited throughout Spain from 1949-1953. He won a scholarship to study in France and stayed in Paris from that point on. In 1957, he won the prize for young painters and had his first one-man show in Paris. He has exhibited in France, Switzerland, England, Sweden, Canada, Italy, the United States and all over South America. The Collector, Mr. Silverman, owned a chain of stores and he was contacted through Edgar Tafel to donate the School of Paris paintings to SUNY Geneseo Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Silverman Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled (Festival) Subject The topic of the resource Oil Painting Description An account of the resource Abstract Expressionism c. 1955 Oil on canvas School of Paris Signature: LR Louis Marchand des Raux was born in Touraine in 1904 and went to the south of France in 1920. He started to paint in 1934 and was completely self-taught. An eminent collector, Adolphe Schloss, encouraged him and purchased his first canvases. He was the chief landscapist at the chateau "Ile-de-France" belonging to the Baronne Ephrussi de Rothschild. His work reflects the rich colors of the flowers that surrounded him. He exhibited widely in France, London and Italy. 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