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Rihoko Ueno
Scope and Contents
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.
Biographical material includes resumes and short biographical profiles, military service records, awards and certificates, sketches and greeting card designs, and limited financial records. There are also an Herman Maril interview transcript and a sound recording of an interview.
Correspondence consists of a mixture of personal and professional correspondence with friends, colleagues, artists, universities, and galleries. Notable correspondents include Mary Ainsworth, Julian Anthony, William Bronk, Martha and Sheldon Cheney, Sidney Cox, and Olin Dows.
Maril's writings include one journal and drafts of artist statements, short stories, essays, and lectures. Writings by others include essays on Herman Maril and other subjects.
Teaching and project files includes documents from schools and universities where Herman Maril taught art and material related to the Federal Art Project sponsored by the Works Progress Administration. Most of the teaching files are from the Cummington School, King-Smith School, and the University of Maryland. The Federal Art Project materials include correspondence and photographs related to murals that Maril created for two post offices.
The gallery files document Herman Maril's relationships with various galleries that represented him or exhibited his artwork over the years through correspondence, exhibition catalogs and announcements, price lists, inventory lists, and sales records. Organization files consist of membership records such as by-laws, meeting minutes, newsletters, bulletins, and brochures.
Printed materials mostly consists of books, exhibition catalogs and announcements, magazine articles, and newsclippings about Herman Maril. There is also a documentary on Maril and video recordings of various people such as curators and museum directors talking about Maril. There are a few clippings on other artists and subjects.
Photographs consists of black and white photographs of various Herman Maril paintings. There is one transparency and a few slides of paintings, but the rest of the series are photographic prints.
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
Related Materials
The Archives of American Art also has oral history interviews with Maril conducted by Dorothy Seckler on 1965 September 5, conducted by Robert Brown on 1971 July 21, and conducted by Maril's nephew, Ronald E. Becker, on 1980 July 14.
Funding
Sponsor
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Herman Maril Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Processing Information
The collection was processed, prepared for digitization, and described in a finding aid by Rihoko Ueno in 2023 with funding provided by the Herman Maril Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
