Giacomo Patri papers
name: label: Creator
content: Patri, Giacomo, b. 1898
label: Names
content: Patri School for Art Fundamentals
label: Names
content: Eloesser, Leo
label: Names
content: Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
label: Names
content: Robeson, Paul (1898-1976)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Artists' illustrated books
label: Topic
content: Artists' illustrated books
label: Topic
content: Illustrated books -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1982-1984 by Tamara Rey Patri, widow of Patri.
creator: label: Creator
content: Patri, Giacomo, b. 1898
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Illustrator, painter, instructor; San Francisco, Calif. b. 1898, Italy; d. 1978;Emigrated to The United States from Italy in 1916. Studied at The California School of Fine Arts. In 1940 he published a "Novel in Block Prints" entitled WHITE COLLAR, a story of workers during the Depression. In 1948 he founded the Patri School for Art Fundamentals which was aimed at teaching adults with no art background.
function: label: Function
content: Art Schools -- California -- San Francisco
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1905-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.patrgiac
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, letters, personal business records, photographs, artworks, calendars and a journal, printed material, scrapbooks, writings, and subject files.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials includemembership cards and other documents. Letters, 1926-1983, are from Rockwell Kent, Burton Wasserman, Ted Goertzel and others. Business records include bank books, tax records, insurance policies and a ledger. Photographs, 1907-1968, are of Patri, his family, school and artworks. The illustrated journal dates from 1915 and the calendars with diary-style entries date 1951-1957. Artworks consist of 16 sketchbooks, 17 prints, many loose sketches, tracings, and scratch boards for a book on Polish-American blue collar worker and notes for classes, some illustrated.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Printed material includes WHITE COLLAR, a book of linocuts by Patri printed in 1940 and 1975, a small book THIS IS MY OWN by Rockwell Kent as well as loose chapters from the book, an edition of STORM OVER BRIDGES illustrated by Patri, and clippings. Also included are 2 scrapbooks of printed illustrations; writings, including short stories by Patri, interviews and an unpublished manuscript about Marino Marini; and subject files containing correspondence, printed material, writings, sketches and photographs on Paul Robeson, Dr. Leo Eloesser and the Spanish Civil War, The Patri School for Art Fundamentals, and other topics.