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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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30 x 24 in.
Condition: surface dirt
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Title
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Autumn Road
Creator
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Jacoby, Samuel
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 #FA18176
Format
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jpeg, 1.3 MB
jpeg, 15.3 MB
Description
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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.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About the Artist</span>: 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 <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-11-folder-42">FAP</a>.
Type
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Still image
Identifier
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086
Federal Art Project
New Deal Gallery
painting
Samuel Jacoby
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Photograph of oil painting
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Title
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High Bridge
Description
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<p>Completed in 1848 as part of the Croton Aqueduct System, this structure originally spanned the Harlem River using 16 stone arches (later replaced by steel). At the time of Jacoby's painting, some 24 million gallons of water were passing over it every day.<br /><br />We haven’t located much reliable information about this artist. His work was exhibited at the Municipal Art Committee (1937). Judging from the locations of his paintings Jacoby seems to have lived in or near New York City. 8 more images at <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-11-folder-42">FAP</a>.</p>
Creator
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Jacoby, Samuel
Publisher
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Federal Art Project
Date
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1938
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Format
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jpeg, 395 KB
Source
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<a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-11-folder-42" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Archives of American Art, Federal Art Project, Photographic Division, Box 11, Folder 42.</a>
Type
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Still image
Federal Art Project
High Bridge, New York
Oil Painting
Samuel Jacoby