Overview
Collection Information
Size: 1 Microfilm reel
Summary: This microfilm collection consists of two of African American abstract painter Ronald Joseph's sketchbooks. One sketchbook is dated 1951-1952. The other contains a dated collage from 1972, but the bulk of the work probably dates from the 1950s.
Biographical/Historical Note
Ronald Joseph (1910-1922) is an St. Kitts-born African American abstract painter. He moved to New York City around 1920-1921 and participated in the Works Progress Administration mural project and the Harlem Artists Guild. He received a Rosenwald Fellowship and studied art in Peru for two years, then studied in Paris under the G.I. Bill. Joseph moved to Brussels, Belgium in 1956, where he continued his artistic career.
Provenance
Sketchbooks were lent by Ronald Joseph through art historian Ann Gibson in 1990.
Language Note
English .
Location of Originals
- Originals returned to Ann Gibson after microfilming.
