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The Murals Of The Dewey Graduate Library, Kristen Thornton-De Stafeno
The Murals Of The Dewey Graduate Library, Kristen Thornton-De Stafeno
Dewey Graduate Library History
The history and descriptions of the Great Depression-era Works Progress Administration Murals created by artist William Brantley Van Ingen, a student of Louis Comfort Tiffany, depicting the history of Albany, New York State.
The Stained Glass Windows Of The Dewey Graduate Library, Kristen Thornton-De Stafeno
The Stained Glass Windows Of The Dewey Graduate Library, Kristen Thornton-De Stafeno
Dewey Graduate Library History
The history and description of the ten 20th century stained glass windows given to the Dewey Graduate Library of the University at Albany by the senior classes of the State Normal College and the New York state college of Teachers.
By My Side: Charles E. Burchfield's Letters To Bertha K. Burchfield From 1923 To 1963, Alana Ryder
By My Side: Charles E. Burchfield's Letters To Bertha K. Burchfield From 1923 To 1963, Alana Ryder
History Theses
Over the past 80 years, research on American artist Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967) has often placed little emphasis on the people and events that were essential for his artistic freedom and the success of his career. This paper, based on the contents of forty years of letters between Burchfield and his wife Bertha Kenreich (1886-1973), challenges the artist’s mythology, which includes misconceptions of his isolation, lack of influences, dislocation from art history and the insignificance of human connections and activities.
New dimensions of Burchfield's identity are examined, significantly his positions as a husband, father, friend to other artists represented by …