Art, American -- Ohio -- 20th century.

Scope and Contents note The May Show records document the Exhibition of Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve. They were created by the museum departments that directly administered the May Show, mainly the Director's Office, the Department of Modern Art and the Registrar's Office. The records reflect the activity both within and between museum departments. The collection is divided into eight series determined by originating office and medium. The largest was created by the Department of Modern Art. Series...

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This small collection includes incorporation and business records of the Cleveland Society of Artists. The society was founded in 1913 by Cleveland artists George Adomeit and Charles Skackelton, carrying on the traditions of two earlier groups, the Art Club and the Cleveland Arts Club, encouraging local artists and promoting their work. The society maintained a rivalry with the more bohemiam Kokoon Arts Club. It disbanded in 1983.

Scope and Contents note This collection consists of two preparatory drawings for the oil painting The Bee Tree in the museum's collection (2012.119). Recalling an event that took place decades earlier during a family reunion on a farm in Brecksville, Ohio, this painting depicts the felling of a tree to extract a honeycomb in its trunk. The artist-who taught more than 40 years at his alma mater, the Cleveland School (now Institute) of Art-presents himself as the young man straddling the tree in the center of the...

Scope and Contents Note This small collection contains records of the artistic output of Joseph Jicha. His handwritten index cards document the exhibition and sale of his watercolors at various venues throughout the midwest. The prices at which he offered the works for sale are included, as well as on the labels and tags, including those for the May Show. A small group of black and white photographs completes this part of the collection.Additional material by and about Cleveland artists and...

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The Russell Barnett Aitken collection was donated to the museum archives by Irene Roosevelt Aitken. The collection documents the artist's life and career through visual, textual, and three dimensional materials. It consists of six scrapbooks, four photo albums, loose photographs, three sketchbooks, one notebook, fifteen works of art; and artist tools and molds.