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graphic arts

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Processes and techniques for making images using the arts of printmaking, illustration, drawing, and other techniques that depend upon line and not color to render the design. In historical usage, the term referred more broadly to presentation in two-dimensional visual form, including most arts on paper, panel, or canvas, including painting.

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Artists at Work, July 5-August 3, 1958

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of prints and drawings depicting artists engaged in their profession. The exhibition records span three folders.

Dates: July 5-August 3, 1958

Old Master Prints from the Collections of Julius Landauer, April 8-May 7, 1961

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of 43 prints by Old Master artists, including Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Lucas van Leyden, among others. This collection was recently donated to the museum by Julius Landauer. The exhibition records span three folders plus photographs.

Dates: April 8-May 7, 1961

Our Daily Bread, August 17-31, 1957

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of prints depicting agriculture by artists ranging from Old Masters Durer and Rembrandt to Modernist Grant Wood. The exhibition records span one folder of publicity information and correspondence.

Dates: August 17-31, 1957

Prints by Duerer from the Collection of Dr. William M. Fitzhugh, September 30-October 29, 1961

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At the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of 51 prints by German Old Master artist Albrecht Durer, from the collection of Dr. William M. Fitzhugh and his daughter Marion McNiven Fitzhugh. The exhibition records span 10 folders.

Dates: September 30-October 29, 1961

Surrealism and Its Forerunners: Prints from Durer to Dali, September 9-October 16, 1955

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of 60 surrealist and fantastical prints from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. The exhibition records span five folders plus photographs.

Dates: September 9-October 16, 1955

The Passion of Christ by Old and Modern Masters, February 15-April 1, 1956

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of about 60 etchings, engravings, lithographs, and serigraphs depicting the story of Jesus Christ of Christianity by Old Master artists and contemporary artists. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span two folders.

Dates: February 15-April 1, 1956

The Saints and Their Attributes, November 20-December 29, 1952

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of about 60 religious engravings, etchings, and woodcuts by Old Master printmakers of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. The exhibition records span five folders.

Dates: November 20-December 29, 1952

The Story of Christ in Prints by Albrecht Duerer and His Contemporaries, December 14-January 12, 1957

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Arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of engravings and woodcuts prints from the Achenbach collection depicting the story of Jesus Christ of Christianity by Old Master artist Albrecht Durer and other artists of his time. Loans of woodcuts and a rare book were also exhibited. The exhibition records span three folders plus photographs.

Dates: December 14-January 12, 1957

Views of European Cities: Prints from the Collection of Moore S. Achenbach, April 11-May 4, 1947

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An exhibition of 57 prints of cities in Europe from the collection of Moore S. Achenbach. The exhibition records span two folders.

Dates: April 11-May 4, 1947