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Paul Meltsner

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Paul Raphael Meltsner (1905 - 1966) was active/lived in New York.  Paul Meltsner is known for Portrait, dance figure, industrial scene.

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 Paul Raphael Meltsner was born in New York City in 1905. A native New Yorker, Mr. Meltsner attended Flushing High School and graduated in 1922. He became closely associated with the WPA, enjoying the support given artists during the Great Depression and in 1938 a New York City gallery offered him a one-man exhibition.

Mr. Meltsner is well known for his his industrial scenes depicting urban scenes and in the mid 1930's he expanded his genre and began to paint portraits of actors and performers including Carmen Miranda, Lynn Fontanne, Martha Graham, Dorothy Stickney and Gertrude Lawrence.

His work is included in major museum collections across the country including The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; The Museum of Modern Art, New York and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. His work was also exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Mr. Meltsner died in 1966.

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Facts about Paul Meltsner

   Publications  Book References:  21
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Paul Meltsner
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Selections/Wichita Art Museum April 1998 Ross, Novelene Yes
21 Book References for Paul Meltsner
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Watson, Steven The Harlem Renaissance Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930 225 No
1993 Ward, Roger and Patricia J Fidler (Compilers and Editors) The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art A Handbook of the Collection 414 Yes
1991 Melosh, Barbara Engendering Culture Manhood & Womanhood in New Deal Public Art & Theater 297 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Wooden, Howard E Collected Essays on 101 Art Works From the Permanent Collection, Wichita Art Musem 212 No
1986 Baigell, Mathew/Julia Williams Artists Against War and Fascism Papers/First American Artists' Congress 310 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist 461 No
1985 Wooden, Howard E American Art of Great Depression Two Sides of the Coin
(Exhibition catalog)		 151 No
1984 Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators) American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum 88 Yes
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)		 600 No
1981 Wooden, Howard E. (Text) The Neglected Generation of American Realist Painters, 1930-48 Wichita Art Museum Exhibition, May 3-June 14, 1981
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1969 Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed) American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes) 600 Yes
1940 Carnegie Institute Survey of American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 320 No
1940 Hall, W. S. Eyes on America United States as Seen by Her Artists 150 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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