Varied Views for a Variety of Visitors
• December 15, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, acquisitions, African American History, Art Basel, Artists, bindings, book art, children's books, Cuba, curator, dance, Disney, displays, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, French consulate, gifts, graphic designers, library donors, Michelle Oka Doner, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Orientalism, prohibition, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff, World's fairs
Tags: 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, A. Assus, Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), Al Hirschfeld, Alex Rigorard, All the World's a Stage: The Sketchbooks and Theatrical Designs of Albert Wainwright (Wolfsonian Library installation), André Suréda, Art Basel, Atomium, celebrities, Charles Laborde (1886-1941), collecting cards, Colonies, Cuba, dancers, Daniel Morris, Donald Deskey, ephemera, Expo '58 (Brussels), Exposition coloniale internationale, FIU, FIU Professor Maria Antonieta Garcia, Folies Bergere, France, France's overseas empire, Francis Xavier Luca, French Guiana, French Orientalists, Futurama, Guyane francaise, Harlem Renaissance, Josephine Baker, La Reunion, La Tunisie, LACMA, Louis Antoni, Marco Brambilla, Maurice Bouviolle, movies stars, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey (Mexico), paper toys, Paul Colin (1892-1985), pop-up books, Progressland, Prohibition, revues, Sheet music covers, singers, Sketchbooks, the Charleston (dance), tourism, Walt Disney
From Birthday Bash to Art Basel
• December 21, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, acquisitions, American left artists, Art Basel, bars, bindings, book art, British Army, cataloging, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, collectors, Communist Party of the United States of America, Cuba, displays, donations, exhibit cases, FIU, FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Great Britain, Hugo Gellert, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, leftist artists, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, political art, Popular Front, programs, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: 18th Amendment (Prohibition), A Universe of Things: Micky Wolfson Collects (exhibition), Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), African American poets, Al Hirschfeld, Art Basel, Book jackets, British Empire, caricatures, Charles Cullen, Countee Cullen, Daniel Morris, Fidel Castro, FIU marching band, Follies Bergere, Francis Xavier Luca, Great Britain, Harlem Renaissance, Havana (Cuba), Havana Chronicle (magazine), Historical Design, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), illustrated books, Japanese Empire, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Judith Berson-Levinson, Lea Nickless, Leonard Finger, Livia Cinquegrano, Louis Miano, Lutron Electronics, Marianne Lamonaca, Mark B. Rosenberg, Miami Beach (Florida), Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nightclubs, Nu Deco Ensemble, poetry, Prohibition, Richard Miltner, Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), Roger Arvid Anderson, Saville Ryan, Shoshana Resnikoff, Souvenirs, Speak-easies, Suffragettes, tourism, tourist trade, Tropicana, U.S. Army Air Forces, VIP visitors, Washington Storage Company
Holiday Gifts
• December 14, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, book art, children's books, colonial propaganda, colonialism, dance, displays, donations, Egypt, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Midways, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, pochoirs, portfolios, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: African expeditions, Art Basel, automobiles, Bedouins, Berbers, Catholic missionaries, Charles de Roucauld (1858-1916), Colonial expositions, Daniel Morris, Eiffel Tower, France's overseas empire, French (language), French colonies, German-occupied France, human zoos, Huts, indigenous peoples, International exhibitions, Jean Sharf, Jim nd Martha Sweeny, Lake Chad, Le Tumulte Noir, Leonard Finger, Lisa Green, Louis Miano, martyrs, Midways, missionaries, Paris, Paul Colin, primitivism, Professor Antonieta Garcia, Sahara desert, Streets of Cairo, Tripoli, Tuareg peoples
Fair Thee Well
• December 14, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 3rd Afghan War, Afghanistan, airplanes, Art Basel, Balochistan, Baron Raimund von Stillfried, British Army, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonialism, displays, donations, Egypt, Far East, Felice Beato, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army. Kent Regiment., Japan, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Kusakabe Kimbei, library donors, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan, Pashtuns, Photograph albums, photography, POWs, rare books and special collections library, Rochelle T. Pienn, Royal Airforce, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, War Photography, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: Afghanistan, Art Basel, Balochistan, Baron Raimund von Stillfried, biplanes, British Empire, Egypt, Egyptians, Far East, Felice Beato, Frederic A. Sharf, Great Britain, hand-watercolored photographs, India, Indian Cavalry (Lancers), indigenous peoples, Japan, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Kent Regiment (British Army), Kusakabe Kimbei, leather bindings, Lieutenant J. D. Harding, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan, Pashtuns, photograph albums, Photography, Royal Air Force (Great Britain), women, Yokohama (Japan)
RAZZLE DAZZLE, ART BASEL: A WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY EXHIBIT ON THE “GREAT WAR” AND THE DECORATION OF THE MUSEUM’S FAÇADE
• November 29, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in airplanes, American war propaganda, Armistice Day, children's books, Children's propaganda books, curators, displays, donations, exhibit cases, exhibitions, First World War (1914-1918), FIU, FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, gifts, History Department, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, Pamela K. Harer, passenger ships, persuasive arts, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Veterans Day, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: airplanes, Art Basel, artists, biplanes, Camouflage, Dazzle Painting, facades, Intricate Pattern Overlay, Michelle Weinberg, Painting, Professor Francis Luca, R.M.S. Lusitania, ships, submarine warfare, the Great War, U-Boat attacks, U-Boats, unrestricted submarine warfare, war artists, warships, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
ART BASEL AND OCEAN LINER AFICIONADO TOURS OF THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY AND A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE
• December 13, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in book art, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonialism, Communism, Communists, Constructivism, cruise ships, displays, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, Dutch Art Nouveau, Ethiopia, Far East, Fascism, Futurism, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Britain, Hamburg-American Line, international expositions, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, John Heartfield (1891-1968), Laurence Miller Collection, leftist artists, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, Nazism, Nieuwe Kunst, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, persuasive arts, Photograph albums, photography, pochoirs, political art, postcards, posters, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Russia, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, totalitarian, VIP vistors, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, World's fairs, WWI
Tags: Anti-Communist Propaganda, anti-Fascist propaganda, anti-Nazi propaganda, Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (periodical), Art Basel, Art Nouveau, Asama Maru (steamship), Battleship Potemkin (film : 1925), Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), calendars, Chatsworth House, Chemical warfare, Christopher Kyte, cruise line industry, Crystal Palace Exhibition (1851 : London), Cunard, Dan Lotten, designers, Duilio (steamship), Empire Welland (troopship), family photographs, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), First World War, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), Gas masks, George G. Sharp, German design reform, Giulio Cesare (steamship), graphic art, Grim Reaper, Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hibiya Shrine (Japan), Hyde Park (London), Illumination, Italian Futurism, Japan, Jeff Maklin, Jim Lida, John Heartfield (1891-1968), La Prose du Transsibérien et de La Petite Jehanne de France, library visitors, Maritime artists, Museum buildings, Naval architects, Nieuwe Kunst, Normandie (Steamship), NYK Line, ocean liner aficionados, ocean liners, Odessa Steps, Owen Jones (1809-1874), Patria (3) (steamship), photograph albums, Photomontage, postage stamps, postcards, promised gifts, propaganda, Raoul Cenisi (1912-1991), robots, Rossia (steamship), Russian Constructivism, S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam (steamship), Saturnia, Saturnia (steamship), Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948), Sharf Associate Librarian Rochelle Pienn, shoes, Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865), Skeletons, Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979), Stanley Haviland, Stephen Card, Theatre costume design, Theodoor Willem Nieuwenhuis (1866-1951), Thomas Cassidy, Tullio Crali (1910-2000), Victorian England, vultures, watercolors, Weddings, WWI
VISITORS TO THE WOLFSONIAN DURING ART BASEL
• December 14, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in acquisitions, Adolf Hitler caricatures, airplanes, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Artists, automobile design, bindings, book art, cars, children's books, Children's propaganda books, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonial tourism, colonialism, Constructivism, cruise ships, Cuba, displays, donations, El Lissitzky, Ethiopia, exhibitions, Frederic A. Sharf, Futurism, gifts, graphic arts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Lissitzky, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, Photograph albums, photography, political art, portfolios, postcards, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, Steve Heller, streamlined cars, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Theodore Pietsch, Theodore W. Pietsch, trains, war propaganda, Wiener Werkstatte, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, world cruises, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: 20th Century Limited (train), Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Advertisements, Antonio Arias Bernal (1914-1960), Around the world cruises, Art Basel, Art Deco, Art deco book bindings, Art Nouveau, Austrian Secession, automobiles, Axis, Batik, book bindings, Bruno Munari (1907-1998), caricatures, Children's propaganda books, Contempo, De Stille Kracht, Depero Futurista, Display cards, Dlia Golosa, Dutch East Indies, Dutch Nieuwe Kunst, Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954), El Lissitzky (1890-1941), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), Flying Clipper, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), Frederic A. Sharf, Hermann Wilhelm Göring (1893-1946), indigenous peoples, Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), Jeffrey Flemings, John Vassos (1898-1985), L'Inflation Sentimentale, Leonard A. Lauder, manufacturers' catalogs, Martijn F. Lecoultre, Nazis, ocean liners, Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Orion (Steamship), Pamela K. Harer, Peggy Loar, photograph albums, playing cards, pochoir prints, portfolios, postcards, Promotional materials, Richard P. Schick, Samples, Seguy, Sheet music covers, Steve Heller, Textile designs, Theodore (Ted) W. Pietsch III, Thomas C. Ragan, Ultimo, Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Wiener Werkstatte
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