Cleveland Artists Foundation
Encyclopedia
The Cleveland Artists Foundation (CAF), founded in 1984, is a non-profit regional art history
organization that explicitly exhibits and collects the works of Northeast Ohio artists. The CAF also publishes research materials about these artists. Artists the CAF exhibits include Carl Gaertner
, Jean and Paul Ulen, Paul Travis
, Henry Keller
, Julian Stanczak
, Viktor Schreckengost
, Edris Eckhardt and hundreds others. The permanent collection contains over 3000 pieces of art.
of artists, that is the artists who achieved success after attending the Cleveland School of the Arts, now called the Cleveland Institute of Art
.
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
organization that explicitly exhibits and collects the works of Northeast Ohio artists. The CAF also publishes research materials about these artists. Artists the CAF exhibits include Carl Gaertner
Carl Gaertner
Carl Gaertner was an American artist.Gaertner was born in Cleveland in 1898 and remained there until his death in 1952. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, which was then called the Cleveland School of Art, from 1920–1923 and taught there from 1925-1952.Gaertner's subject matter varied,...
, Jean and Paul Ulen, Paul Travis
Paul Travis
Paul Bough Travis was an American artist of the Cleveland School....
, Henry Keller
Henry Keller
Henry George Keller was an American artist who led a generation of Ohio watercolor painters of the Cleveland School. Keller's students at the Cleveland School of Art and his Berlin Heights, Ohio summer school included Charles E. Burchfield, Paul Travis, and Frank N...
, Julian Stanczak
Julian Stanczak
Julian Stanczak is an American painter and printmaker. The artist lives and works in Seven Hills, Ohio with his wife, the sculptor, Barbara Stanczak.- Biography :...
, Viktor Schreckengost
Viktor Schreckengost
Viktor Schreckengost was a noted American industrial designer and teacher, sculptor, and artist. His wide-ranging work included noted pottery designs, industrial design, bicycle design and seminal research on radar feedback...
, Edris Eckhardt and hundreds others. The permanent collection contains over 3000 pieces of art.
Focus
The work primarily consists of artists from the Cleveland SchoolCleveland School
The Cleveland School refers to the flourishing local arts community of Northeast Ohio during the period from 1910-1960. It was so named in 1928 by Elrick Davis, a journalist with the Cleveland Press...
of artists, that is the artists who achieved success after attending the Cleveland School of the Arts, now called the Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland Institute of Art
The Cleveland Institute of Art is a private college of art and design located in University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1882 as the Western Reserve School of Design for Women. From 1891 until 1948 it was named Cleveland School of Art. During the Great Depression the school...
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External links
- The Cleveland Artists Foundation official website