Matthew Baigell papers
name: label: Creator
content: Baigell, Matthew
label: Names
content: Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
label: Names
content: Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906
label: Names
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Names
content: Gottlieb, Harry, 1895-
label: Names
content: Gropper, William, 1897-1977
label: Names
content: Lichtenstein, Roy, 1923-1997
label: Names
content: Lozowick, Louis, 1892-1973
label: Names
content: Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973
label: Names
content: Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954
label: Names
content: Sherman, Hoyt Leon, 1903-
label: Names
content: Weichsel, John, 1870-1946
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Cubism
label: Topic
content: Regionalism
label: Topic
content: Social realism
label: Topic
content: Muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1980, 2002 and 2004 by Matthew Baigell.
creator: label: Creator
content: Baigell, Matthew
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian; New York, N.Y. b. 1933. Baigell is associate professor of art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1965-1985]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.baigmatt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 2086 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Copy of the Hoyt Sherman interview also available at the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, writings and research material concerning Thomas Hart Benton and Baigell's other writings. Also included is a ca. 1965 interview with Hoyt Sherman conducted by Baigell.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2086: Letters, notes, and writings, some illustrated, ca. 1967-1972, from Thomas Hart Benton to Baigell for Baigell's writings and biography of Benton. Benton writes about synchronism, cubism, regionalism, social realism, John Weichsel, Stuart Davis, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Reginald Marsh, and others, and his life. Inluded is a copy of Benton's 53-page handwritten manuscript, "The Thirties," describing his mural commissions and the controversies with the social realists over his regionalist style of painting. Also included are 2 letters from Louis Lozowick, and one each from William Gropper and Harry Gottlieb in response to Baigell's questions of social realism, regionalism, and art in the 1930's.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Letters, research notes, and writings on Thomas Hart Benton, as well as correspondence with Dorothy Dehner, Doris Lee, Louis Lozowick, Raphael Soyer and Ben Shahn, among others, relating to Baigell's book, "The American Scene: American Painting of the 1930s," (1974). Also included is an interview with colleague Hoyt Sherman conducted by Baigell, ca. 1965, in which Sherman discusses perception, Cézanne, and Sherman's most famous pupil, Roy Lichtenstein, who always testified that he was profoundly influenced by Sherman's methods and philosophy. Sherman analyzes Lichtenstein's work and recalls the artist during his student days at Ohio State University, and discusses his possible impact on Lichtenstein.