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Title
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New Deal Gallery
Description
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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 painting
Physical Dimensions
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29.5 x 23.5 in.
Condition: stained, canvas torn, surface dirt
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Title
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Ithaca from the Campus
Creator
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Jehu, Pauline, 1867-1947
Publisher
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Federal Art Project
Date
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1937-03-12
Contributor
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Ritz, Abigail (photography)
Cooper, Ken (biography)
Source
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New Deal Gallery, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
Object #FA18177
Format
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jpeg, 1 MB
jpeg, 13.6 MB
Description
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<p>A sunny, hazy day in western New York is framed by trees and a lush green lawn. The view of Ithaca rendered de-emphasizes its commercial center in favor of forested hill dotted with homes. It's possible that the tall structure depicted is part of the War Memorial at Lyon and McFaddin Halls, recently dedicated in 1932.</p>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">About the Artist</span>: Born in Heidelberg, Germany, Jehu (whose name sometimes has been misspelled as Jehn) immigrated to the US in the early 1880s. She was the wife of sculptor John Milton Jehu and lived in Teegarden, OH. His struggles to support the family as an artist led her to leave US in 1913 and live with her family, bringing along son John Paul Jehu. Eventually the couple divorced in 1923. It was probably during this time in Europe that Jehu studied art formally in Germany and France. She returned to America in 1934, briefly living in Selma, AB, where she had a well-regarded show at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in 1934. She moved again in 1935 to Ithaca while her son attended college (Cornell Class of 1937). Her painting at the NDG painting may have been produced during this time. She exhibited at the Fourth Street Artists Gallery (1937), Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club show in New York (1941), the Albany Institute of History and Art (1943), and the Schenecdaty Art Exhibit (1945). Jehu spent the last years of her life in Albany, NY and continued painting until her death in 1947.
Identifier
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087
Federal Art Project
Ithaca, NY
New Deal Gallery
painting
Pauline Jehu