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Paul Meltsner

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Paul Raphael Meltsner (1905–1966) was an American artist who was widely recognized for his Works Progress Administration (WPA) era paintings and lithographs, and who was later known for his iconic portraits of celebrities in the performing arts. [1]

64 relations: Albert Einstein, Art colony, Art Institute of Chicago, Bellevue, Ohio, Beverly Hills, California, Billy Rose, Brooklyn Museum, Carmen Amaya, Carmen Miranda, Coronet (magazine), Dallas Museum of Art, Dayton Art Institute, Detroit Institute of Arts, Dorothy Stickney, Federal Art Project, Flushing High School, Ford Motor Company, Frank Crowninshield, Franklin D. Roosevelt, German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Gertrude Lawrence, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harlem, Hermitage Museum, I. Magnin, Industrial Revolution, Jews, John Barrymore, Kansas City, Missouri, Lithography, Lynn Fontanne, Marian Anderson, Martha Graham, Musée du Luxembourg, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Modern Art, National Academy Museum and School, National Museum of Brazil, National Portrait Gallery (United States), National Society of Mural Painters, Nazi Germany, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Oscar Serlin, Palestine (region), Performing arts, Proletariat, Section of Painting and Sculpture, Series E bond, ..., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Social realism, Society of Independent Artists, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, United States Department of the Treasury, Vera Zorina, White House, Whitney Museum of American Art, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, Wire Fox Terrier, Woodstock, New York, Works Progress Administration. Expand index (14 more) »

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).

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Art colony

Artist houses in Montsalvat near Melbourne, Australia. An art colony or artists' colony is a place where creative practitioners live and interact with one another.

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Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 and located in Chicago's Grant Park, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States.

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Bellevue, Ohio

Bellevue is a city in Erie, Huron and Sandusky counties in the U.S. state of Ohio, located 61 miles southwest of Cleveland and 45 miles southeast of Toledo.

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Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, surrounded by the cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood.

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Billy Rose

Billy Rose (born William Samuel Rosenberg, September 6, 1899 – February 10, 1966) was an American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist.

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Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Carmen Amaya

Carmen Amaya (2 November 1918 – 19 November 1963) was a Romani flamenco dancer and singer, born in the Somorrostro district of Barcelona, Spain.

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Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda GCIH, OMC, born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha (February 9, 1909 – August 5, 1955), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress, and film star who was popular from the 1930s to the 1950s.

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Coronet (magazine)

Coronet was a general interest digest magazine published from October 23, 1936, to at least March 1971 and ran for 299 issues.

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Dallas Museum of Art

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St.

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Dayton Art Institute

The Dayton Art Institute (DAI) is a museum of fine arts in Dayton, Ohio, United States.

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Detroit Institute of Arts

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States.

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Dorothy Stickney

Dorothy Stickney (June 21, 1896 – June 2, 1998) was an American film, stage and television actress, best known for appearing in the long running Broadway hit Life with Father.

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Federal Art Project

The Federal Art Project (1935–43) was a New Deal program to fund the visual arts in the United States.

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Flushing High School

Flushing High School is a four-year public high school in Flushing, in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

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Frank Crowninshield

Francis Welch Crowninshield (June 24, 1872 – December 28, 1947), better known as Frank or Crownie (informal), was an American journalist and art and theatre critic best known for developing and editing the magazine Vanity Fair for 21 years, making it a pre-eminent literary journal.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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German military administration in occupied France during World War II

The Military Administration in France (Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western France.

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Gertrude Lawrence

Gertrude Lawrence (4 July 1898 – 6 September 1952) was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.

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Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, January 8, 1911 – April 26, 1970) was an American burlesque entertainer and vedette famous for her striptease act.

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Harlem

Harlem is a large neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum (p) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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I. Magnin

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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John Barrymore

John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Lithography

Lithography is a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water.

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Lynn Fontanne

Lynn Fontanne (6 December 1887 – 30 July 1983) was a British-born American-based actress for over 40 years.

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Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American singer.

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Martha Graham

Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer.

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Musée du Luxembourg

The Musée du Luxembourg is a museum at 19 rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.

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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires)

The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) ("National Museum of Fine Arts") is an Argentine art museum in Buenos Aires, located in the Recoleta section of the city.

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is the fifth largest museum in the United States.

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), located in the Houston Museum District, Houston, is one of the largest museums in the United States.

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Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

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National Academy Museum and School

The National Academy Museum and School, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright and others "to promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition." The Academy is a professional honorary organization, a school, and a museum.

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National Museum of Brazil

The National Museum (Museu Nacional) is the oldest scientific institution of Brazil and one of the largest museums of natural history and anthropology in the Americas.

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National Portrait Gallery (United States)

The National Portrait Gallery is a historic art museum located between 7th, 9th, F, and G Streets NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States.

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National Society of Mural Painters

The National Society of Mural Painters (NSMP) is an American artists' organization originally known as The Mural Painters.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an art museum in Kansas City, Missouri, known for its neoclassical architecture and extensive collection of Asian art.

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Oscar Serlin

Oscar Serlin (January 30, 1901 – February 27, 1971) was a Broadway producer, best known for producing Life with Father, which opened in 1939 and became the longest running Broadway show of all time, at the time; it still holds the record as the longest running non-musical.

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Palestine (region)

Palestine (فلسطين,,; Παλαιστίνη, Palaistinē; Palaestina; פלשתינה. Palestina) is a geographic region in Western Asia.

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Performing arts

Performing arts are a form of art in which artists use their voices or bodies, often in relation to other objects, to convey artistic expression.

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Proletariat

The proletariat (from Latin proletarius "producing offspring") is the class of wage-earners in a capitalist society whose only possession of significant material value is their labour-power (their ability to work).

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Section of Painting and Sculpture

The Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture (later known as the Section of Fine Arts), commonly known as the Section, was established in 1934 and administered by the Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury.

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Series E bond

Series E U.S. Savings Bonds were marketed by the United States government as war bonds from 1941 to 1980.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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Social realism

Social realism is the term used for work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers and filmmakers that aims to draw attention to the everyday conditions of the working class and to voice the authors' critique of the social structures behind these conditions.

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Society of Independent Artists

Society of Independent Artists was an association of American artists founded in 1916 and based in New York.

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The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation

The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation was founded in 1918 by Louis Comfort Tiffany to operate his estate, Laurelton Hall, in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island.

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United States Department of the Treasury

The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government.

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Vera Zorina

Vera Zorina (January 2, 1917 – April 9, 2003) was a Norwegian ballerina, theatre and film actress, and choreographer.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.

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Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney Museum of American Art – known informally as the "Whitney" – is an art museum located in Manhattan.

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Wichita Art Museum

The Wichita Art Museum is an art museum located in Wichita, Kansas, United States.

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Wichita, Kansas

Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.

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Wire Fox Terrier

The Wire Fox Terrier is a breed of dog, one of many terrier breeds.

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Woodstock, New York

Woodstock is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States.

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Works Progress Administration

The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Meltsner

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