Object Details
sova.aaa.groejose
- Creator
- Groell, Joseph W., 1928-
- Names
- Brooklyn College -- Faculty
- New York Academy of Art
- Occupation
- Art teachers
- Topic
- Figure drawing
- Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Faculty
- Art -- Study and teaching
- Provenance
- Joseph W. Groell donated his papers to the Archives of American Art in 2011.
- Creator
- Groell, Joseph W., 1928-
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- Joseph W. Groell papers
- Summary
- The Joseph W. Groell papers, 1925-2007, bulk 1950-1991, measure 2.2 linear feet and primarily document his career as an art instructor. The papers include biographical material, letters, writings, subject files, printed material, artwork and photographs. Teaching files constitute the majority of the collection. Ten volumes of lecture notes, visual examples from sources including his own sketchbook, and student project instructions survive for courses Groell taught at Brooklyn College, 1970s-1990; and three volumes of notes and illustrations relate to figure drawing courses he taught at the New York Academy of Art, 1990-1991.
- Biographical Note
- Joseph W. Groell (b. 1928) is known as a teacher of figure drawing and painting in the academic tradition. He has lived and worked in New York City since 1950. A native of Pittsburgh, Groell earned a B.A. in Fine Arts from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University) in 1950 and promptly moved to New York City. In 1952 he became one of the original members of Tanager Gallery, the earliest of the Tenth Street co-operative galleries. Groell taught life drawing at Pratt Institute of Technology during the academic year 1960-1961. He then served on faculty of Brooklyn College art department until retiring in 1990. In the early 1990s Groell became affiliated with the New York Academy of Art, a graduate school of figurative art with a strong emphasis drawing, traditional methods and techniques.
- Extent
- 2.2 Linear feet
- Date
- 1925-2007
- bulk 1950-1991
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.groejose
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Lecture notes
- Photographs
- Notes
- Illustrations
- Sketchbooks
- Citation
- Joseph W. Groell papers, 1925-2007, bulk 1950-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as 8 series: Series 1: Biographical Material, 1952-1996 (Box 1; 0.1 linear ft.) Series 2: Letters, 1925-1971 (Box 1; 1 folder) Series 3: Writings, 1951-1955 (Box 1; 0.1 linear ft.) Series 4: Teaching Files, 1970s-1991 (Boxes 1-2; 1.2 linear ft.) Series 5: Subject Files, 1952-2005 (Box 2; 0.4 linear ft.) Series 6: Printed Material, 1953-1983 (Box 2; 0.2 linear ft.) Series 7: Artwork, circa 1925-1953 (Box 3; 0.1 linear ft.) Series 8: Photographs, 1948-2007 (Box 3; 0.1 linear ft.)
- Processing Information
- The collection was processed by Catherine S. Gaines in 2011.
- Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Genre/Form
- Lecture notes
- Photographs
- Notes
- Illustrations
- Sketchbooks
- Scope and Content Note
- The Joseph W. Groell papers, 1925-2007, bulk 1950-2007, measure 2.2 linear feet, and primarily document his career as an art instructor. The papers include biographical material, letters, writings, subject files, printed material, artwork, and photographs. Teaching files constitute the majority of the collection. Ten volumes of lecture notes with visual examples from sources including his own sketchbook, and student project instructions survive for courses Groell taught at Brooklyn College, 1970s-1990; and three volumes of notes and illustrations relate to figure drawing courses he taught at the New York Academy of Art, 1990-1991.
- Restrictions
- Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
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- Record ID
- ebl-1562711563579-1562711563585-0
