Sidney Gross papers
name: label: Creator
content: Gross, Sidney, 1921-1969
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Elaine August Gross, widow of Sidney Gross, lent the papers for microfilming in 1970 and they were returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gross, Sidney, 1921-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sidney Gross papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter Sidney Gross include biographical material, scattered letters from Gross, printed material, writings and notes on art, sketches and sketchbooks, and a scrapbook.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sidney Gross (1921-1969) was a painter and educator in New York City, New York. His early works were influenced by Social Realism and by the mid-1950s Gross produced large abstract expressionist works depicting the New York City landscape. He studied at the Art Students League in New York and later taught there and at the University of Maryland and Columbia University.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grossidp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels N70056 and N70061 and was returned to Elaine Gross after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reels N70-56 and N70-61. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Sidney Gross, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter Sidney Gross include biographical material, scattered letters from Gross, printed material, writings and notes on art, sketches and sketchbooks, and a scrapbook.