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Title
Painter Charles Polowetski
Description
Promotional photo shows Federal Art Project painter in his studio putting the final touches on his portrait of Floyd Bennett, created for a new airfield near Brooklyn named after the aviation pioneer. A World War I pilot, Bennett was best known for his 1926 flight to the north pole with Adm. Richard E. Byrd. According to a press release, the painting's background "depicts the icebergs and water in King's Bay near Spitzbergen in the Arctic region, and shows the airplane in which Byrd and Bennett flew over the Pole."<br />
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Polowenski (1884-1955) was a Polish immigrant who studied painting in New York and then in Paris. Although an accomplished landscape painter--his 1936 "Spring in Central Park" is at the New Deal Gallery--he was most in demand for his portraiture.
Publisher
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Photograph No. 86-32, 785
Date
1930
Contributor
Cooper, Ken
Source
Reprinted in Judith Quinn, Historic Structure Report: The Administration Building (The Ryan Center), Gateway National Recreation Area, Floyd Bennett Field Unit (US Dept. of the Interior, 2000): 266.
Courtesy of Internet Archive
Courtesy of Internet Archive
Format
jpeg, 435 KB
Type
Still image
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photograph
Physical Dimensions
8 x 10 in.