Paul Raphael Meltsner was born in New York City in 1905. A native New Yorker, Mr. Meltsner attended Flushing High School and graduated in 1922. He became closely associated with the WPA, enjoying the... Read full biography
Paul Raphael Meltsner was born in New York City in 1905. A native New Yorker, Mr. Meltsner attended Flushing High School and graduated in 1922. He became closely associated with the WPA, enjoying the support given artists during the Great Depression and in 1938 a New York City gallery offered him a... Read full biography
Paul Raphael Meltsner was born in New York City in 1905. A native New Yorker, Mr. Meltsner attended Flushing High School and graduated in 1922. He became closely associated with the WPA, enjoying the support given artists during the Great Depression and in 1938 a New York City gallery offered him a one-man exhibition. Mr. Meltsner is well known for his his industrial scenes depicting urban scenes and in the mid 1930's he expanded his genre and began to paint portraits of actors and performers... Read full biography
Paul Raphael Meltsner was born in New York City in 1905. A native New Yorker, Mr. Meltsner attended Flushing High School and graduated in 1922. He became closely associated with the WPA, enjoying the support given artists during the Great Depression and in 1938 a New York City gallery offered him a one-man exhibition. Mr. Meltsner is well known for his his industrial scenes depicting urban scenes and in the mid 1930's he expanded his genre and began to paint portraits of actors and performers including Carmen Miranda, Lynn Fontanne, Martha Graham, Dorothy Stickney and Gertrude Lawrence. His work is included in major museum collections across the country including The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; The... Read full biography
Paul Raphael Meltsner was born in New York City in 1905. A native New Yorker, Mr. Meltsner attended Flushing High School and graduated in 1922. He became closely associated with the WPA, enjoying the support given artists during the Great Depression and in 1938 a New York City gallery offered him a one-man exhibition. Mr. Meltsner is well known for his his industrial scenes depicting urban scenes and in the mid 1930's he expanded his genre and began to paint portraits of actors and performers including Carmen Miranda, Lynn Fontanne, Martha Graham, Dorothy Stickney and Gertrude Lawrence. His work is included in major museum collections across the country including The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; The Museum of Modern Art, New York and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. His work was also exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (20)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Harlem Renaissance Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930
1995
Watson, Steven
225 pages
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art A Handbook of the Collection
1993
Ward, Roger and Patricia J Fidler (Compilers and Editors)
414 pages (color)
Engendering Culture Manhood & Womanhood in New Deal Public Art & Theater
1991
Melosh, Barbara
297 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Collected Essays on 101 Art Works From the Permanent Collection, Wichita Art Musem
1988
Wooden, Howard E
212 pages
Artists Against War and Fascism Papers/First American Artists' Congress
1986
Baigell, Mathew/Julia Williams
310 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
National Portrait Gallery Collection Illustrated Checklist
1985
Smithsonian Institution
461 pages
American Art of Great Depression Two Sides of the Coin (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Wooden, Howard E
151 pages
American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum
1984
Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators)
88 pages (color)
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
The Neglected Generation of American Realist Painters, 1930-48 Wichita Art Museum Exhibition, May 3-June 14, 1981 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Wooden, Howard E. (Text)
64 pages (color)
American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Two Volumes)
1969
Rathbone, Perry Townsend (Ed)
600 pages (color)
Survey of American Painting (Exhibition catalog)
1940
Carnegie Institute
320 pages
Eyes on America United States as Seen by Her Artists
1940
Hall, W. S.
150 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index