Archive for the 'Wolfsonian' Category
“All the World Is a Stage”: The Sketchbooks of Albert Wainwright
• August 19, 2023 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1920s, 1930s, Artists, collectors, curator, exhibitions, Fascism, fashion, Francis Xavier Luca, Great Britain, Italy, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, rare books and special collections library, stickers, The Wolfsonian Library, theatre, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian museum library
Tags: actors, Albert Wainwright (1893-1943), altarboys, Anne Bolyn, artist models, Balillas, carabinieri, Castleford (England), choirboys, Clippings, Collages, costume design, costume designers, costumes, Fascist youth, Florrie Forde, Gondolas, Hamburg (Germany), Henry Moore, Henry VIII, Heywood-Wakefield Company, Hitler Jugend, Hitler Youth, Katherine of Aragon, Labels, Leeds, Leeds College of Art, library installations, Luneburg, Magdeburg, male models, Marco Polo Bridge (Venice), memorabilia, Milan (Italy), models, performers, Robin Hood's Bay (North Yorkshire), sailors, set design, singers, Sketchbooks, Stickers, Theater design, theatrical sets, Venetian canals, Venice (Italy), watercolors, West Yorkshire (England), young men
Some Things Gross: Scatological Humor Aimed at Hitler and his Henchmen
• March 4, 2023 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, 1940s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, antisemitism, curators, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazism, persuasive arts, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Adolf Hitler caricatures, amputee frogs, bathroom humor, caricatures, Cartoonists, cartoons, chamber pots, ephemera, Francis Xavier Luca, frog legs, Lacoste, National Lampoon (magazine), Nazis, New Yorker (magazine), plungers, postcards, Sam Gross, Satire, satirists, scatological humor, Swastikas, toilet bowls, Toilet paper, toilets, Tyrants and Terrorists: Satirists Bite Back (Wolfsonian Library installation)
A Night for Celebrating Heroines
• October 1, 2022 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, acquisitions, children's books, Children's propaganda books, collectors, displays, donations, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic designers, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, pochoirs, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian staff, women, World War (1914-1918), World War (1939-1945), World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: "Revanchism", Alsace-Lorraine, Booklegger Library director, Carlton Maloney, Children's propaganda books, color chromolithographs, Comic books, coveralls, DC Comics, deluxe editions, Edouard-Garcia Benito, figurines, First World War, Francis Xavier Luca, Franco-Prussian War, French illustrators, goddesses, gothic cathedrals, Guy Arnoux, heroes, heroines, Into the Stacks (Wolfsonian public program), Joan of Arc, Legends, Life (magazine), Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Middle Ages, munitions factories, Musical scores, Nathaniel Sandler, Norman Rockwell, Notre-Dame de Reims, Nurses, nurses and nursing, Pochoir plates, pochoirs, portfolios, Prophet Isaiah, Red Cross nurses, Reims, Robert Burnand, Rosie the Riveter, Sandra Solis Hazim, Second World War, Sheet music covers, silhouettes, Sistine Chapel, stencilwork, tattoos, The Wolfsonian cafe and gift shop, Wikipedia, women's war work, Wonder Woman
A Musical History of U.S.-Cuba Relations, 1898-1959
• February 18, 2022 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Cuba, dance, displays, donations, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Great Depression, History Department, international expositions, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Maine (Battleship, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Monroe County Public Library (Key West, museums, photography, postcards, posters, prohibition, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, Spanish-American War, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, World's fairs
Tags: Abakuá, Afro-Cuban jazz, afrocubanismo, akpwón, Alberto Socarrás, alcohol, America and Movies: Cuba and the United States--1868-2022, American Warships, Another Thin Man (film: 1939), Anselmo Sacasas, Arthur Murray Dance Studios, Babalú Ayé, Basil Woon, Buena Vista Social Club, Carnival, Carole Lombard, Carteles (magazine), celebrities, Century of Progress Exhibition (1933-1934: Chicago), cha cha cha, Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (film: 1956), Chano Pozo, Chico O'Farrill, CMQ radio, comparsa de congas, conga drums, conga lines, Cuban band leaders, Cuban Fire! (album : 1956), Cuban Independence Movement, Cuban National Tourist Commission, Cuban Republic, cultural appropriation, dance halls, dance music, Dance of Death, Desi Arnaz (1917-1986), Dizzy Gillespie, drinking, El Manisero (song), Estudios Afrocubanos (journal and society), ethnomusicology, Fernando Ortiz, Fidel Castro, Francis Xavier Luca, gambling, George Raft, Guys and Dolls (film : 1955), Havana (Cuba), Holiday in Havana (film : 1949), Hollywood films, I Love Lucy (television series), Jack Harris' La Conga (nightclub), Joseph K. Albertson Collection, Lobby cards, Machito, mambo, Mambo Italiano (song), Margot, Mario Bauza, Marlon Brando, Mary Hatcher, Miguelito Valdés, movie stars, mulatas, museum visits, musical collaboration, Nightclubs, Obdulio Morales, Palladium, Palo Monte, Pan-Americana (film : 1945), Papa Loves Mambo (song), percussion, percussionists, Perez Prado, Perry Como, publicity photographs, record jackets, Remember the Maine!, René and Estela, René Hernández, Ricky Ricardo, Rosemary Clooney, rumba, Rumba (film : 1935), SanterÃa, Santiago de Cuba, Sheet music covers, singers, Sound recordings, Stan Kenton, The Peanut Vendor (song), Tito Puente, U.S. Prohibition, University of Havana, Week-End in Havana (film: 1941), When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba (travel guide :1928), Xavier Cugat (1900-1990), Yambaó (film : 1957)
Michel (“Mike”) Bouvier Mathews (September 15, 1955–March 26, 2021)
• March 31, 2021 • 1 CommentPosted in collectors, curator, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, library donors, memorabilia, Miami (Fla.), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: "Micky's Musings: Storage Company to Treasure Trove" (Members Only event), archival materials, archives, Betty Gutierrez, Coman Leonard, Dennis Curley, James F. Mathews III, Lea Nickless, Mary Hawk, Mathews family, Michel ("Mike") Bouvier Mathews, Mike Mathews, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., photographs, Sarah King, Steve Forero-Paz, Washington Storage Company (Miami Beach Fla.), Washington Storage Company archive, Washington Storage employees, Wolfson Foundation
Giving Thanks and Debunking Myths
• November 24, 2020 • 3 CommentsPosted in book art, children's books, colonialism, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic designers, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., photography, postcards, racism, skyscrapers, The Wolfsonian Library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian
Tags: A Century of Progress International Exposition (Chicago: 1933-1934), Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909: Seattle WA), Alexander Phimister Proctor, American flag, Apache Indians, assimilation, Black Partridge, bronze sculptures, Buffalo Bill's WIld West Show, Carl Rohl-Smith (1848–1900), Centennial International Exhibition (1876: Philadelphia), Charles M. Russell, Cheyenne Indians, Chicago, Chief Simon Pokagon, children, Christopher Columbus, civilization, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, colonists, Cowboys, Custer's Last Stand, disease, Edward Berge (1876-1924), Envelopes, equestrian statues, ethnic cleansing, Exhibition buildings, fair grounds, fair-goers, feasts, feather headresses, Fort Dearborn, General George Armstron Custer, harvest celebrations, human zoos, Indian Removal, Indian reservations, Indians, James Earle Fraser (1876–1900), Jamestown Exposition (1907), John Smith, King Philip's War, Louisiana Purchase International Exposition (1904 : St Louis), Massasoit, Metacom, Midways, Miss Columbia, Native Americans, pavilions, Penobscot Indians, Pequot Indians, Pilgrims, Plains Indians, Pocahontas, Potawatomi Indians, Powhatan Confederacy, President Andrew Jackson, Red Man's Greeting, rituals, riveters, Santa Clara Indians, savagery, sculpture, Sioux Indians, skyscrapers, spectators, Squanto, Statues, teepees, Thanksgiving, Tickets, Trans-Mississippi Exposition (1898 : Omaha Nebraska), Umatilla Indians, Ute Indians, viewbooks, Walt Disney, Walter Crane (1845-1915), Wampanoag Indians, white birch bark, wigwams, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago), World's Fairs, Yakima Indian Reservation
Some Much Needed Theatrical Distraction
• March 28, 2020 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, Artists, Christopher DeNoon, circuses, Civilian Conservation Corps, donations, Fascism, FDR, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, FTP, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, Haiti, History Department, leftist artists, library donors, Living Newspaper, Macbeth, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, playbills, political art, posters, propaganda, racism, rare books and special collections library, slums, The Wolfsonian Library, theatre, theatrical producers, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian staff, WPA
Tags: Albert Carman, America & Movies: Great Depression & New Deal Era in Film and History, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Broadway, bureaucracy, bureaucrats, Cartoonists, cartoons, CCC camps, Cinema, coronavirus, costume designers, covid 19, Democrats, Department of Amusements, directors, Dixiecrats, Elmer Rice, equal pay, escapism, Ethiopia, federal funding of the arts, Federal Theatre Project (FTP), film courses, Fontana Dam, foreshadowing, Great Depression, Haile Selassie, Hallie Flanagan (1890-1969), Harry Hopkins (1890-1946), Herb Kruckman, Hollywood, Hydroelectric dams, Integration, John Houseman, Laurence Cromwell (fictitious character), Living Newspaper, Macbeth, Moscow Art Theatre, Nat Karson, Negro unit (Federal Theatre Project), Orson Welles, Power (Federal Theatre Play), remote teaching, RUR (marionette theatre), Shakespeare, slums, stagehands, Stand Up and Cheer (film : 1934), syphilis, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), theatre, theatre companies, theatrical performers, unions, Voodoo Macbeth (Federal Theatre Project), Works Progress Administration (WPA), WPA, YouTube Parties, Zoom
Caricaturist Conrado W. Massaguer and His Contemporaries
• August 20, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Adolf Hitler caricatures, Anti-Nazi propaganda, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, collectors, curator, donations, exhibitions, Fascism, Folklorists, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, photography, political art, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian staff, World War II, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler caricatures, Alfredo de Zayas y Alfonso, American Weekly (magazine), Armando G. Menocal y G. Menocal, Axis, Babe Ruth, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Bohemia (magazine), Bohemia Libre (magazine), Calvin Coolidge, caricatures, caricaturists, celebrities, celebrity culture, Charles de Gualle, Charlie Chaplin, Chian Kai-shek, Conrado W. Massaguer, Cuba, Cuban caricaturists, Cuban exiles, Cuban presidents, Cubans, DiazCasas Collection, dictators, Diego Rivera, Don Alfonso XIII, Duke of WIndsor, Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Enrico Caruso, Fidel Castro, Florence Mills, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Fulgencio Batista, games, General Francisco Carillo, Gerardo Machado, Ghandi, Harlem Renaissance, John D. Rockefeller, Jose Cecilio Hernandez Cardenas (Hercar), Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Juan Eduardo David Posada (David), Karikato (magazine), King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Latin American illustrators, Martijn F. Le Coultre, mass media, Maurice Chavalier, Mexican caricaturists, Mexico, Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957), movie stars, Nazis, New Yorker (magazine), Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Paul Whiteman, pictorial wit and humor, playing cards, politicians, portraits, Prince of Wales, public opinion, Queen Elizabeth II, Ramon Arroyo Cisneros (Arroyito), Ramon Grau San Martin, record album covers, Romulo Betancourt, Salon de Humoristas, Santa Claus, Satire, self-portraits, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Social (magazine), the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Vanity Fair (magazine), world leaders, Xavier Cugat (1900-1990), Yucef Merhi
In Memoriam: Dr. Marjan Groot
• June 17, 2019 • 1 CommentPosted in bindings, book art, cataloging, curators, decorative arts, Dutch Art Nouveau, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, graphic arts, graphic designers, museums, Nieuwe Kunst, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: Anna Sipkema, Art historians, Christie van der Haak, Cornelia van der Hart, cultural anthropologists, Dutch artists, Dutch decorative arts, Dutch Nieuwe Kunst, Elisabeth Brandt, fellows, Lynton Gardiner, maker's marks, Marjan Groot (1959-2019), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Modern Dutch Design (Wolfsonian exhibition 2016-2017), scholars, The Netherlands, Willemina Drupsteen, Willemina Polenaar, Women designers
A Flurry of Wolfsonian Library Installations and Displays
• May 2, 2019 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, archives, Art Deco, Artists, Bernarr Macfadden, book art, collectors, displays, donations, erotic art, exhibit cases, Fascism, Federal One, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, Green Library, History Department, hotels, Italian design, Italy, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal era, persuasive arts, Philippines, photography, Physical culture, Physical Culture movement, pochoirs, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, student curators, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, War Photography, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler caricatures, aids, AIGA Miami, Alert (magazine), Althea (Vicki) Silvera, Aristotle [Chakiris] Ares USS Yorktown Collection, Art Deco hotels, Art Deco motifs, Arthur Zaidenberg, barracks, Battle of Midway, Benito Mussolini caricatures, Bologna (Italy), butterflies, Chief librarian, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, condoms, correspondence, deviant sexual behavior, Dick Lesseraux, digital collections curator, Dolores S. Lesseraux, Dolores Trenner, Erin Heffron, erotica, Federal Arts Project, Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County, Fortunato Depero, Francis Xavier Luca, Gender roles, gonorrhea, Green Library, Historical Design, hiv, HIV/Aids awareness posters, Homosexuality, humor, Insects, installations, Japanese destroyers, Judith Berson-Levinson, lesbianism, madonna, Manila (Philippines), Mel Victor WWII Pacific Theater Collection, menus, Miami (Florida), Miami Air Depot, Miami Beach (Florida), Naval battles, Pacific Theater, Pamphlets, Physical Culture (magazine), pochoirs, portfolio plates, postcards, Posterfest, Posterfest: Design for Good 2019, proofs, prostitution, public health, pulp paperbacks, rationing, Rosie the Riveter, Sand in their Boots archive, Seguy, sex, sex advice, sexual behavior, syphilis, Terrence G. Peterson, Tojo caricatures, U.S. Army Air Forces, Uncle Sam, Uniforms, USS Lexington (aircraft carrier), USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier), venereal disease, Victory, Victory Gold Levi Collection, warships, Women war workers, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Yucef Merhi
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