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New Deal Gallery
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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." <br /><br />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. <a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/green-new-deal/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow this hyperlink to a short introduction to the New Deal Gallery collection</a>. 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.<br /><br />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.
Date
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1935-1940
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken (project director)
Ritz, Abigail (photography and project assistant)
Additional research: Justin Anderson, Jessica Apthorpe, Jay Bang, Kristopher Bangsil, Julia Caldwell, Sydney Cannioto, Sabrina Chan, Paige Closser, Victoria Domon, Elana Evenden, Yadelin Fernandez, Michael Griffin, Madison Jackson, Niamh McCrohan, Ben Michalak, Ricky Noel, Elizabeth Ramsay, Skye Rose, Samantha Schmeer, John Serbalik, Marianna Sheedy, Emily Spina, Alison Stern, Ravenna VanOstrand, and Nicholas Vanamee.
Special thanks to: Deborah Bump, Mark Calicchia, Elizabeth Harris, Melissa Moody, Rebecca Lomuto, and Mai Sato.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Oil on canvas
Physical Dimensions
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16 x 20 in.
Condition: surface dirt
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Title
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Still Life With Wildflowers
Creator
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Blumenfeld, Maurice
Publisher
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Federal Art Project
Date
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1935-1940
Contributor
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Ritz, Abigail (photography)
Cannioto, Sydney (biography)
Cooper, Ken (biography)
Source
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New Deal Art Gallery, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
Object #FA18118
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Jpeg, 849 KB
Description
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This painting features a vase of flowers and a spilling fruit bowl on an upholstered chair. The left half of the painting is busier than the right, which gives a sense of unbalance. Warm colors are used, such as reds and pinks, and brush strokes are visible. The objects seem stranglely placed and slightly disharmonious, as vases and fruit bowls are not usually displayed on chairs. <br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About the Artist:</span> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Born to Russian parents in Tours, France, Blumenfeld immigrated to Brooklyn when he was three years old. He was a child prodigy, painting oils in his bedroom by age 10 and giving one of his paintings to President Franklin Roosevelt at age 15. In 1936, at age 17, Blumenfeld submitted his oil painting “Refreshments” to a prestigious National Academy of Design contest; the committee, apparently mistaking him for a messanger, awarded the work its Julius Hallgarten prize for artists under 35. Meanwhile, Blumenfeld was president of his high school oil painting club and voted “most modest boy” by its senior class (Brooklyn <em>Daily Eagle</em> 17 Mar. 1936: 3). After graduation, Blumenfeld worked for the Federal Art Project before enlisting in the US Army in 1940. After World War II, becomes a commercial artist for Triple Nickel Books (on its <em>Davy Crockett</em> series); for Topps Baseball Cards (in 1953); and Topps Trading Cards including <em>Western Round Up, Mars Attacks, Battle, Batman, </em>and <em>Civil War News</em>. Many of these series now are highly sought after by collectors. 1 work at the <a href="https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.7269.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Gallery of Art</a>, which was created for the <a href="https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.7384.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Index of American Design</a>. 9 more images at <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-3-folder-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAP</a>.</span></p>
Type
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Still image
Identifier
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028
Federal Art Project
Maurice Blumenfeld
New Deal Gallery
Oil on Canvas
painting