Main entry:

American Artists' Congress (1st : 1936 : New York, N.Y.)

Title & Author:

Artists against war and fascism : papers of the First American Artists' Congress / introduction by Matthew Baigell and Julia Williams.

Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1986.

Description:

xii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Originally published under title: Papers of the American Artists' Congress.
Includes index.
Includes a reprint of articles originally published as: First American Artists' Congress. New York, 1936, p. [45]-215; and "A list of Congress exhibitions in New York City," p. [277]-278.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
(Mostly from table of contents of original edition) [The American Artists' Congress : its context and history. Notes] -- [Call for the American Artists' Congress] -- [Signers of the call] -- [Introduction / Stuart Davis] -- (Public session). Opening address / Lewis Mumford -- Why an artists' congress? / Stuart Davis -- What is worth fighting for? / Rockwell Kent -- Repression of art in America / Joe Jones -- The Negro in American culture / Aaron Douglas -- An artist's experience in the Soviet Union / Margaret Bourke-White -- Why established artists should oppose war and fascism / Paul Manship -- Artists' boycott of Berlin Olympics art exhibition / George Biddle -- Artists must organize / Heywood Broun -- Artists and trade unions / Francis J. Gorman -- The artist must choose / Peter Blume -- (First closed session : The artist in society). The social bases of art / Meyer Schapiro -- Race, nationality, and art / Lynd Ward -- (The artist and his audience [4 papers]). The artist, his audience, and outlook / Max Weber -- A mural painter's conviction / Gilbert Wilson -- The magazine and the artist / John Groth -- Graphic art / Harry Sternberg -- The art museums: imposing monuments to our national divorce from the arts / Ralph M. Pearson -- Proceedings and discussion -- (Second closed session : Problems of the American artist). Tendencies in American art / Saul Schary -- Tendencies in American art / Arnold Blanch -- (Government in art [5 papers]). Government in art / read by Arnold Friedman ; [material prepared by Louis Ferstadt, Jacob Kainen, and Ralph M. Pearson] -- Municipal art center / Harry Gottlieb -- Status of the artist in the U.S.S.R. / Louis Lozowick -- Art in fascist Italy / Margaret Duroc -- Art in Nazi Germany / a German artist in exile ; [read by John Cunningham] -- Fascism, war, and the artist / Hugo Gellert -- (Third closed session : Economic problems of the American artist). Economic status of the artist today / Alexander R. Stavenitz -- Artists' union report / Boris Gorelick -- The rental policy / Katherine Schmidt -- Revolt in the country / Francis Robert White -- The present impasse in sculpture / Waylande Gregory -- Survey of artists' organizations / Henry Billings -- Proceedings and discussion -- (Fourth closed session : Reports and resolutions of delegates and permanent organization). General report of the Mexican delegation to the American Artists' Congress / read by José Clemente Orozco -- The Mexican experience in art / read by David A. Siqueiros -- Proceedings and discussion -- [Illustrations] -- [Exhibitions, catalogs, biographies] -- [Brief index, mostly names].
Also issued online.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0813511259
9780813511252

Subject:

American Artists' Congress.
Artists Political activity United States Congresses.
Social realism Congresses.
Communism United States Influence Congresses.
Fascism and art Congresses.
Artists United States Political activity Congresses.
Artistes États-Unis Activité politique Congrès.
Réalisme social (Art) Congrès.
Communisme États-Unis Influence Congrès.
Fascisme et art Congrès.
Artistes Activité politique États-Unis Congrès.
Artists Political activity
Communism Influence
Fascism and art
Social realism
Communism United States History 1917- Influence Congresses.
Communism United States 1917- Influence Congresses.
United States

Form/genre:

Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings
Books.

Added entries:

Baigell, Matthew, writer of introduction.
Williams, Julia, writer of introduction.
Baigell, Matthew.
Williams, Julia.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 13929
Call No.: ID:87-B15145
Status: Available