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                  <text>This collection of more than 200 paintings owes its existence to two primary causes: allocations from the Federal Art Project to a New York state tuberculosis sanatorium located at Mt. Morris--the landscapes and still lifes were thought to be restful--and to the committed volunteers who helped preserve the paintings after the hospital closed. For several decades the canvases were stored in non-climate-controlled basements; it appears that doctors and staff removed at least three dozen works as "keepsakes." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite the seeming tranquility of the paintings, they were created by artists primarily from New York City whose background was more political and aesthetically adventurous than this rural location would indicate. &lt;a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/green-new-deal/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Follow this hyperlink to a short introduction to the New Deal Gallery collection&lt;/a&gt;. We're grateful to the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for access to their collection, which has been re-photographed and appears here at two resolutions: a cropped, web-friendly file size of around 1 MB; and a high-resolution file including the painting's frame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Items in this collection were created according to a consistent format: a short description of each painting in formal terms, followed by a biography of each artist. Where possible we have supplied hyperlinks relevant to their lives and to other examples of their art. In order to better view them using the Omeka program, click on the "View All" option at the bottom of this page to access various sorting options.</text>
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                <text>New Deal Museum, Mount Morris NY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Object #FA 819</text>
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                <text>In &lt;em&gt;Autumn Landscape&lt;/em&gt;, at first glance, the viewer appears to be standing on a riverbank, looking into a dense and active landscape. The foreground is filled with thick foliage, where leaves are depicted through repeating oval shapes and emphasized with strong, dark outlines. These energetic brushstrokes suggest movement, as if wind is passing through the trees. In the middle ground, partially hidden by the leaves, a wooden cabin and small boat with a fisherman come into view. Although obscured at first glance, these elements remain present and distinct, encouraging closer observation. In the background, the sky is soft and muted, providing contrast to the vivid colors of the surrounding foliage. Rites’ composition is evenly arranged, with trees and plants spread across the scene creating a calm and peaceful setting. The bright greens, oranges, and blues maintain their intensity throughout the painting, rather than fading into the distance. This approach reflects the influence of Paul Cézanne, particularly in the use of color to build form and create this seasonal scene. Furthermore, the dense layering of leaves and overlapping forms fills out nearly the entire picture, leaving little space to spare. Overall, the work presents an upbeat and immersive view into the nature of an organic Autumn Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;About the Artist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, little information is known about this artist. He was born in 1900 in Ithaca, NY, the son of &lt;a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2632388&amp;amp;seq=555&amp;amp;q1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;a renowned engineer&lt;/a&gt; who had become wealthy from his patents. Rites’ parents separated, however, and his father died while Marion was still a teenager. He attended Ithaca High School and graduated from Cornell University in 1922. There are indications that he studied art in Paris and painted in Touraine, the Riviera, and Northern Africa (“Paintings”). His works were exhibited in 1932 at the &lt;a href="https://www.mahj.org/en/decouvrir-collections-betsalel/galerie-de-la-renaissance-6585" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Galerie de la Renaissance&lt;/a&gt; and received favorable mention for their cosmopolitanism and “painterly temperament” (&lt;em&gt;Dictionaire&lt;/em&gt;). Rites was influenced by the French Impressionist &lt;a href="https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/paul-cezanne" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Paul Cézanne&lt;/a&gt;, including his bold brushstrokes; use of muted and earthy tones, greens and blues; and his thick application of paint. Along with another artist, David Dorfman, Rites illustrated a 1941 WPA children’s book titled &lt;a href="https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/in00000129820" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tales of Old New York,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; published by the New York Board of Education. Little is known about this artist beyond the works he left behind. His date of death is also unknown. 4 works at the &lt;a href="https://art.gsa.gov/artworks/725/still-life-with-cigarette?ctx=937f730ef375fb1b8257b0d4fd42b9f8faf23648&amp;amp;idx=307" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;U.S. General Services Administration&lt;/a&gt;. 2 images at &lt;a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-19-folder-18" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;FAP&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;u&gt;Works Consulted&lt;/u&gt;: “Paintings of Marion B. Rites, Former Ithaca Resident, Are Favorably Mentioned Abroad,” &lt;em&gt;Ithaca Journal&lt;/em&gt; 19 Dec. 1933: 7; &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://archive.org/details/bwb_S0-BKW-886/page/211/mode/1up" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Dictionaire Biographique des Artistes Contemporains&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt;(1934).</text>
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                <text>Delicate, minimalist still life depicts a vase of cut stems from trees and plants. In keeping with the season—but also reminding us of time’s passage—two leafs have fallen upon an unadorned table. McEvoy’s flattened background transforms the leaves into an arrangement of color and form; a seemingly glowing, ruby-red globe is at once part of the autumnal pallette and an object of fascination in its own right.&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Artist&lt;/span&gt;: What’s known of McEvoy is very limited and seems to reflect the limited opportunities for women artists during her time. She was born in Dubuque, IA, and appears to have studied at the Art Institue of Chicago. By the 1930s her name is mentioned in newspaper items as a teacher at the Queensborough Community Art Center; reading poems or reading palms at a Woodstock summer fundraiser. Her paintings “Allegro” and “Intime”&amp;nbsp; were shown at the Woodstock Art Gallery; “The Willow Tree,” “Paradise,” and “Flowers” at the Larkin House, Ossining, NY. At one of these shows her work was exhibited along with NDG artist Erna Lange, and it’s interesting to imagine that the two women might have met. During 1937 McEvoy worked for the “Gallery Tours” division of the Federal Art Project: “Miss McEvoy will describe the techniques of etching, aquatint, and lithography, and a demonstration of the printing of a lithograph will take place” (&lt;em&gt;Daily Worker&lt;/em&gt; 13 April 1937: 7).</text>
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                <text>Whereas other paintings may have smoothed out some of the elements in this classic northeastern fall landscape, Jacoby creates a network of lines. We see them as stone walls in the fields below, tree trunks and branches (and their many shadows), and two telephone poles. The grid is not strictly Cartesian, but many locations in the landscape can be mapped out in this manner; the exceptions are a range of mountains, a barn, and several orange-leafed trees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;About the Artist&lt;/span&gt;: We haven’t located much reliable information about this artist. His work was exhibited at the Municipal Art Committee in1937. Judging from the locations of his paintings for the Federal Art Project, Jacoby seems to have worked in or near New York City. 8 more images at &lt;a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-11-folder-42"&gt;FAP&lt;/a&gt;.</text>
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                <text>Until 1907, high school students in Avon attended classes in a building constructed in 1841. It was built as the Avon Academy for young women, then purchased by the village in 1867 as the Avon Union Free School, and finally renamed the Avon High School in 1895. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Avon grew in size, the need for a larger, modern school became evident. This postcard dates to the decade after construction of the new brick schoolhouse, which added music, domestic science, and athletics to its curriculum. New wings were added in 1929 and 1936, with the original structure becoming a 28-room elementary school. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On 27 October 1957, the aging school already described as a "fire trap" burned to the ground. Teachers leery of the the building's danger had routinely practiced fire drills, and all 450 students escaped safely. Firefighting efforts were concentrated on saving the two newer wings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the time of the fire, Irene Coleman was the Elementary School supervisor and by 1961 had become the school's principal. Her memories of the fire and its aftermath &lt;a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/mediums--recovering-voices-fro/item/446" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;are recounted in an oral history&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Work Consulted&lt;/span&gt;: Don Fradenburgh, "They Didn't Know it Was Afire,"&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Rochester Times-Union&lt;/em&gt; 28 Oct. 1961: 1</text>
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                <text>Courtesy Ken Cooper</text>
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