Ryah Ludins portfolio
name: label: Creator
content: Ludins, Ryah, 1896-1957
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration--Photographs
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2009 by Ryah Ludins via Janis Conner and Joel Rosenkranz, estate executors.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ludins, Ryah, 1896-1957
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ryah Ludins portfolio
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Ryah Ludins portfolio measures 0.1 linear feet and dates from circa 1920-1950. The porfolio contains photographs of murals by Ryah Ludins, which were mostly commissioned for government art projects in the 1930s.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ryan Ludins (1896-1957) was a muralist, painter, printmaker, and art educator based in New York, N.Y. Ludins completed mural projects for the Works Progress Administration Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture and the Mexican government. She taught art at Teachers College, Columbia University, Ohio University, and North Carolina College for Women at Greensboro. She died in New York, N.Y. on August 30, 1957.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920-1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ludiryah
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Series 1: Ryah Ludins portfolio, circa 1920-1950 (Oversize 1; 1 item)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Megan Burdi in 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Ryah Ludins portfolio measures 0.1 linear feet and dates from circa 1920-1950. The portfolio contains photographs of murals by Ryah Ludins, which were mostly commissioned for government art projects in the 1930s. Included are New York Harbor; Methods of Transporting Mail; a World's Fair wood relief mural entitled Recreational Activities; Valley of the Seven Hills wood relief mural; the Central Park fresco; and the fresco Modern Industry, commissioned by the Mexican government. Many of the photographs are accompanied by identifications or notes.