Artists -- New York (State) -- Rochester

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This collection consists of documents, photographs and other records related to Ellen Swartz's involvement in two notable Rochester public art projects. Swartz, a furniture maker, collaborated with sculptor Calvin Hubbard on a frieze of the Post family for the Hochstein School and a bust of Austin Steward for the former Rochester Riverside Hotel, both during the 1980s. Swartz produced the frame for the frieze and a base for the bust. Materials in the collection date between 1985 and 2002.

Scope and Contents Includes original artwork, diaries, scrapbooks, correspondence, sketchbooks, stained glass window designs, membership card, Rochester Art Club, 1927; speeches, eyeglasses prescription, 1891; lessons for teacher's class, Summer School, and other documents pertaining to the career of Eugene C. Colby. Included are items from the life of Alice Harriet Colby, his daughter, concerning her academic career at the U of R, and her teaching career. Certificates, letters, essays. Includes paper,...

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This collection consists of the papers of Robert Bruce Horsfall, a noted nature artist who lived in Egypt, New York, in retirement. The materials date between 1869 and 1948. They consist of

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The Rochester Art Club is one of the oldest continuously active art organizations in the United States. This collection consists of four minute books from the Club's first 5 decades of existence, along with one folder of addenda. These materials date from 1877 to 1930.

Abstract Virginia Jeffrey Smith was a Rochester artist and art critic. In the fall of 1950, she took over authorship of Artists and Craftsmen, a column created by long-time Times-Union journalist Amy H. Croughton, who was also the paper’s theater and film critic. The last column authored by Virginia Jeffrey Smith appeared on September 9, 1965. Artists and Craftsmen covered the Rochester arts scene, including exhibitions at the Memorial Art Gallery, the Eastman House, and numerous smaller...