Vincent Aderente papers
name: label: Creator
content: Aderente, Vincent, ca. 1880-1941
label: Names
content: Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- United States
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1969 by Mrs. Vincent Aderente, widow of Aderente.
creator: label: Creator
content: Aderente, Vincent, ca. 1880-1941
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content: Vincent Aderente papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Vincent Aderente (1880-1941) was an Italian American muralist. He studied at the Art Students League and was Edwin Blashfield's assistant. Aderente's work can be found across the United States, including at St. Matthew's Cathedral; the Detroit Public Library; the United States Post Office in Flushing, Queens; the Queens County Court House; and the Long Island Savings Bank.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (130 items on partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1906-1960
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.adervinc
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D32 available at Archives of American Art and through inter library loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilm collection of the Vincent Aderente papers contains correspondence (1910-circa 1934), including four letters from Edwin Blashfield; 5 sketches by Aderente; and notes and printed material on three mural commissions executed by Aderente. Commissions include murals at the main post office in Flushing, NY depicting local historical events; at the general court house in Jamaica, NY (circa 1942-1943) depicting the different periods of law from Egyptian to American; and at the main branch of the Lincoln Savings Bank in Brooklyn, NY depicting Lincoln's life. Also included in the collection is a list of portraits and murals by Aderente, including works by Edwin Blashfield on which Aderente worked as an assistant; a photograph of Aderente; and printed material, including many reproductions of Aderente's murals and graphic work, and a series of booklets on the history of the Detroit Library.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Detroit Public Library Burton Historical Collection holds the Vincent Aderente papers, 1899-1965.