Description: Caption reads: " Art Ins. Dayton, Ohio, Montgomery County." The Dayton Art Institute Italian Renaissance building was modeled after the Villa d'Este, near Rome, and the Villa Farnese at Caprarola in Italy. It was built in 1930, after the Dayton Museum of Fine Arts outgrew its former location. The building, which overlooks the Great Miami River just west of Dayton, was designed by architect Edward B. Green of Buffalo. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_025_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Galleries and museums; Art museums
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Dayton Art Institute was built in 1930, after the Dayton Museum of Fine Arts outgrew its former location. The Italian Renaissance building was modeled after the Villa d'Este, near Rome, and the Villa Farnese at Caprarola in Italy. The building, which overlooks the Great Miami River just west of Dayton, was designed by architect Edward B. Green of Buffalo. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_017_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Galleries and museums; Art museums
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, E. Broad St." The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts was founded in 1878. In 1892, the home of Francis Session, who had contributed funds to establish an art gallery, was converted to an art gallery after his death. The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts building, completed in 1932, was located on the land previously occupied by the art gallery and former home of Francis Session. Now called the Columbus Museum of Art, the building houses what is considered one of the best collections of late nineteenth and early twentieth century American and European modern art. There are major works of Monet, Picasso, and Renoir on display along with other masters of modern art. Works created by famous Columbus native, George Bellows, can also be found here.The Museum also is host to many different traveling exhibits. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_001_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Galleries and museums; Art and Entertainment; Art museums
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads:" Parent Education, Emergency School Group at Dayton Art Institute, May 22, 1936, 2PM: ordered by Mr. Reade." The Dayton Art Institute was built in 1930, after the Dayton Museum of Fine Arts outgrew its former location. The Italian Renaissance building was modeled after the Villa d'Este, near Rome, and the Villa Farnese at Caprarola in Italy. The building, which overlooks the Great Miami River just west of Dayton, was designed by architect Edward B. Green of Buffalo. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F08_018_1
Subjects: Art and Entertainment; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Galleries and museums; Art museums; Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Pitman, Benn, 1822-1910; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; National Register of Historic Places; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Write
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows the Art Museum in Eden Park in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Cincinnati Art Museum is located at 953 Eden Park Drive, in Eden Park. In 1880, Charles W. West of Cincinnati donated 150,000 dollars to the Cincinnati Museum Association to establish an art museum in the city. In 1886, the Cincinnati Art Museum opened, and became one of the leading art museums in the United States. The Romanesque Revival style building was designed by James W. McLaughlin. In 1881, the Cincinnati Museum Association convinced the McMicken School of Drawing and Design to relocate to the Cincinnati Art Museum. McMicken College later became the University of Cincinnati. The college agreed to turn over all operations of The School of Drawing and Design to the Cincinnati Museum Association. The school became known as the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Established in 1887, the academy has trained artists for more than a century. In 1998, the Art Academy of Cincinnati legally separated from the museum and became an independent college of art and design and has since moved to another location. By the early twenty-first century, the Cincinnati Art Museum contained works of art spanning more than five thousand years. Its holdings include works by Picasso, Matisse, and El Greco. The museum also owns a number of works by Frank Duveneck and other local artists. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F08_010_1
Subjects: Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio); Architecture; Art museums; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1990, this photograph shows the exterior of the Columbus Museum of Art, located in downtown Columbus, Ohio, in Franklin County. The first iteration of the museum was called the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts in 1878, which was in Sessions Mansion, home of Francis Charles Sessions, first president of the Commercial National Bank and founder of the Columbus Art School. The current building for the museum, located at 480 East Broad Street, opened in 1923. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06716
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Art museums; Museums; Art, American--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: The Columbus Museum of Art is situated on E. Broad Street in Columbus. It is considered one of the best collections of late nineteenth and early twentieth century American and European modern art. There are major works of Monet, Picasso, and Renoir on display along with other masters of modern art. Works created by famous Columbus native, George Bellows, can also be found here.The Museum also is host to many different traveling exhibits. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_002_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Galleries and museums; Arts and Entertainment; Art museums
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: this photograph is an exterior view of the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio. The museum was built around 1820 as a Greek Revival villa for Martin Baum. Successive owners included Nicholas Longworth, David Sinton, his daughter Anna Sinton and her husband, Charles Phelps Taft. Charles Taft was the half brother of William Howard Taft, who accepted the nomination for the U.S. presidency under the portico of this house. in 1927 Anna and Charles Taft donated the house and its collection of art to the people of Cincinnati with the statement "We desire to devote our collection of pictures, porcelains and other works of art to the people of Cincinnati in such a manor that they may be readily available for all." The house opened as the Taft Museum of Art in 1932. It is a National Historic Landmark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06183
Subjects: Art museums; Cincinnati (Ohio); Taft Museum of Art; Greek revival (Architecture)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the gates to the grounds of the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio. . The museum was built around 1820 as a Greek Revival villa for Martin Baum. Successive owners included Nicholas Longworth, David Sinton, his daughter Anna Sinton and her husband, Charles Phelps Taft. Charles Taft was the half brother of William Howard Taft, who accepted the nomination for the U.S. presidency under the portico of this house. in 1927 Anna and Charles Taft donated the house and its collection of art to the people of Cincinnati with the statement "We desire to devote our collection of pictures, porcelains and other works of art to the people of Cincinnati in such a manor that they may be readily available for all." The house opened as the Taft Museum of Art in 1932. It is a National Historic Landmark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06184
Subjects: Art museums; Cincinnati (Ohio); Taft Museum of Art; Greek revival (Architecture); Taft, Anna Sinton, -1931; Taft, Charles Phelps, 1843-1929
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is an exterior view of the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio. The museum was built around 1820 as a Greek Revival villa for Martin Baum. Successive owners included Nicholas Longworth, David Sinton, his daughter Anna Sinton and her husband, Charles Phelps Taft. Charles Taft was the half brother of William Howard Taft, who accepted the nomination for the U.S. presidency under the portico of this house. In 1927 Anna and Charles Taft donated the house and its collection of art to the people of Cincinnati with the statement "We desire to devote our collection of pictures, porcelains and other works of art to the people of Cincinnati in such a manor that they may be readily available for all." The house opened as the Taft Museum of Art in 1932. It is a National Historic Landmark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06185
Subjects: Art museums; Cincinnati (Ohio); Taft Museum of Art; Greek revival (Architecture); Taft, Anna Sinton, -1931; Taft, Charles Phelps, 1843-1929
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is exterior view of the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio. The museum was built around 1820 as a Greek Revival villa for Martin Baum. Successive owners included Nicholas Longworth, David Sinton, his daughter Anna Sinton and her husband, Charles Phelps Taft. Charles Taft was the half brother of William Howard Taft, who accepted the nomination for the U.S. presidency under the portico of this house. In 1927 Anna and Charles Taft donated the house and its collection of art to the people of Cincinnati with the statement "We desire to devote our collection of pictures, porcelains and other works of art to the people of Cincinnati in such a manor that they may be readily available for all." The house opened as the Taft Museum of Art in 1932. It is a National Historic Landmark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06186
Subjects: Art museums; Cincinnati (Ohio); Taft Museum of Art; Greek revival (Architecture); Taft, Anna Sinton, -1931; Taft, Charles Phelps, 1843-1929
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption on reverse reads: "The Thinker - Cleveland Art Museum (1). Cleveland, Ohio." The inscription on the plaque reads: "The Thinker by Auguste Rodin, gift of Ralph King." The statue outside the Cleveland Museum of Art was badly damaged by vandalism in 1970 and is displayed in its unrepaired state. The Thinker (the original) is a bronze and marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin held in the Musée Rodin in Paris. It depicts a man in sober meditation battling with a powerful internal struggle. Over twenty monumental size bronze casts of the sculpture are in museums around the world. In addition there are sculptures of different study size scales and plaster models in both monumental and study sizes. There are some newer castings that have been produced posthumously and are not considered part of the original production. Originally named The Poet, the piece was part of a commission by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris to create a monumental portal to act as the door of the museum. Rodin based his theme on The Divine Comedy of Dante and entitled the portal The Gates of Hell. Each of the statues in the piece represented one of the main characters in the epic poem. The Thinker was originally meant to depict Dante in front of the Gates of Hell, pondering his great poem. The sculpture is nude, as Rodin wanted a heroic figure in the tradition of Michelangelo, to represent intellect as well as poetry. Rodin made a first small plaster version around 1880. The first large-scale bronze cast was finished in 1902, but not presented to the public until 1904. It became the property of the city of Paris – thanks to a subscription organized by Rodin admirers – and was put in front of the Panthéon in 1906. In 1922, it was moved to the Hôtel Biron, which was transformed into a Rodin Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum situated in Wade Park, in the University Circle neighborhood on Cleveland's east side. The Cleveland Museum of Art has remained historically true to the vision of its founders, being the only major American museum keeping general admission free to the public View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_045_1
Subjects: Bronze sculpture; Art museums--United States; Cleveland Museum of Art; Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917. Thinker
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)