Umberto Romano papers
name: label: Creator
content: Romano, Umberto, 1905-1982
label: Names
content: Roosevelt, Sara Delano, 1854-1941
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Massachusetts -- Springfield -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 1971 and 1979 by Romano.
creator: label: Creator
content: Romano, Umberto, 1905-1982
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, sculptor and teacher; New York (N.Y.) Born in Naples, Italy. Illustrated Dante's THE DIVINE COMEDY in 1947. Instructor of painting and sculpture at Worcester Art Museum School and privately in New York City. Member: National Society of Mural Painters, National Academy of Design, Audubon Artists and the Century Association.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Items (Linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1935-1979]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.romaumbe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 701 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, printed material, sketchbooks, photographs, and business material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 701: 17 letters from E.A. Jewell, Nelson Rockefeller, J. Carter Brown and Helen Gerardia; exhibition catalogs and announcements; 23 photographs of Romano and his paintings; clippings and brochures on the Umberto Romano School of Art; BEST OF ART by Emily Genauer with an article on Romano's painting "Ecce Homo" and a copy of THE DIVINE COMEDY illustrated by Romano.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Personal letters and xeroxed correspondence from the White House regarding a commission for the portrait of Sara Delano Roosevelt; 2 contracts with the National Academy of Design; 2 sketchbooks; photographs of mural paintings in Springfield, Massachusetts and the Century Club, New York City; clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements.