Jan Faul, "Farming the Welsh Hills" Portfolio
name: label: Creator
content: Faul, Jan, 1945-
place: label: Place
content: Wisconsin -- photographs -- 1990-2000
label: Place
content: Waukesha County (Wis.) -- 1990-2000
topic: label: Topic
content: Cemeteries -- Wisconsin
label: Topic
content: Dairy farms -- Photographs -- 1990-2000 -- Wisconsin
label: Topic
content: Agricultural land -- Photographs -- 1990-2000 -- Wisconsin
label: Topic
content: Barns -- Photographs -- 1990-2000
label: Topic
content: Real estate development -- 1990-2000 -- Wisconsin
label: Topic
content: Welsh Americans -- 1990-2000 -- Wisconsin
label: Topic
content: Silos -- Photographs -- 1990-2000
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Barbara Scheide and Jan Faul, December 30, 1994.
creator: label: Creator
content: Faul, Jan, 1945-
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content: Jan Faul, "Farming the Welsh Hills" Portfolio
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs taken under a grant from the Graham Foundation to document disappearing family farms in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. This project shows the urbanization of this mostly rural county in central Wisconsin located between Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison. Welsh men and women came to Waukesha County in the 1840s and became part of America's dairy history. After five or six generations, many of these farms are still family owned. Today's farms are threatened by developers due to rising land prices.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Artist b. Port Chester, New York, 1945; childhood in several American cities and Switzerland; studied printmaking at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., graduated 1969; gave up printmaking for photography due to influence of Farm Security Administration photographs he had seen at the Library of Congress as a teenager. Self-employed photographer since 1970, working on grants and contracts to document workers, and rural poverty.; also landscape, still life, and portraiture. To Denmark 1979: commercial photography for about ten years before returning to the U.S. Work in many museum and private collections. Artist's residency, Yaddo, 1992-1993.

Artist's comment about the portfolio subjects: Welsh men and women came to Waukesha County in the 1840s to launch another part of America's dairy history; after five or six generations, many farms are still family owned. Today's farms are threatened by developers due to rising land prices (up to $50,000/acre perked) and their central location between Milwaukee (east), Madison (west), and Chicago (south).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1994
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0526
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Portfolios (groups of works)
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Landscapes (representations)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged into three series. Sequence arranged by artist.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, 1998.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Portfolios (groups of works) -- 1990-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1990-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Landscapes (representations) -- Wisconsin
originalsloc: label: Location of Originals
content: Original negatives in custody of the artist.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 32 photographs made in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, May 1994, under a grant from the Graham Foundation to document disappearing family farms in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.  They include images of farms, dairy barns, silos, cemetery, and roads.

Welsh men and women came to the County in the 1840s to launch another part of America's dairy history; after five or six generations, many farms are still family owned. Today's farms are threatened by developers due to rising land prices (up to $50,000/acre perked) and their central location between Milwaukee (east), Madison (west), and Chicago (south).