Maril, Herman, 1908-1986
Art teacher, Painter
This site provides access to the papers of Herman Maril in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2024, and total 9,980 images.
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Herman Maril Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Size: 8.6 Linear feet
Summary: The papers of painter and printmaker Herman Maril measure 8.6 linear feet and date from 1932-2023, bulk dates 1934-1986. The papers document Maril's career as a painter and art educator based in Baltimore, Maryland, through biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, writings, teaching and project files, gallery and organization files, printed material and video recordings, and photographs.
Herman Maril (1908-1986) was a Modernist painter, printmaker and teacher in Baltimore, Maryland. Maril was a native of Baltimore and studied at the Maryland Institute of Fine Arts. During the Great Depression, he worked on the Federal Art Project sponsored by the Works Progress Administration and created murals for the post office of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Alta Vista, Virginia. Maril had a long career as an educator and taught at various places such as the Cummington School and, after his World War II military service, the King-Smith School, among other places. His longest tenure was at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was a professor of painting for over 31 years from 1946 until his retirement in 1977. Maril married his wife Esta in 1948 and they had two children, David and Nadja. Read More
The Herman Maril papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in several installments from 1978-1981 by Herman Maril with the bulk of the material donated in 2018 by the Herman Maril Foundation via David Maril.
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This site provides access to the papers of Herman Maril in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2024, and total 9,980 images.
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Herman Maril Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
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