Anton Blazek papers
name: label: Creator
content: Blazek, Anton James, 1902-1974
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was lent for microfilming in 1964 by Anton Blazek and was returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Blazek, Anton James, 1902-1974
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content: Anton Blazek papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter and ceramicist Anton Blazek date from 1933 to 1957. A dismantled mixed-media scrapbook concerns Blazek's career from his time with the Federal Art Project and Federal Theatre Project, Works Progress Administration to the late 1950s. Found are scattered letters; photographs of Blazek and his family and of works of art and exhibitions; and printed materials. Also found are collected catalogs for exhibitions in California during the 1930s-1940s, in which Blazek was not represented.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Anton Blazek (1902-1974) was a ceramicist, painter, and sculptor in California. He participated in the Federal Art Project and the Federal Theatre Project, Works Progress Administration, and exhibited his works widely around Southern California. He died in Loma Linda, California in 1974.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1957
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blazanto
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 LA08 and was returned to Anton Blazek after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2024 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 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 reel LA08. The microfilm was digitized in 2025 and is available on the Archives of American Art website. Some of the images are of poor quality due to the original microfilming process.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals were returned to Blazek after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and ceramicist Anton Blazek date from 1933 to 1957. A dismantled mixed-media scrapbook concerns Blazek's career from his time with the Federal Art Project and Federal Theatre Project, Works Progress Administration to the late 1950s. Found are scattered letters; photographs of Blazek and his family and of works of art and exhibitions; and printed materials. Also found are collected catalogs for exhibitions in California during the 1930s-1940s, in which Blazek was not represented.