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I. J. Belmont slides and scrapbooks
- Title
- I. J. Belmont slides and scrapbooks, 1923-1977.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Use in library | JQH 14-807 Box 4 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Use in library | JQH 14-807 Box 3 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | JQH 14-807 Box 2 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | JQH 14-807 Box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
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- Description
- 3 linear feet (4 boxes)
- Summary
- 90 color slides of paintings with index, 1 binder with corresponding musical excerpts, and 2 scrapbooks with clippings, photographs, correspondence, event invitations and programs in which I.J. Belmont's paintings were exhibited, probably compiled in part by Belmont's wife, Elsie Kaye Belmont.
- Subject
- Synesthesia in art > Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- Color slides.
- Scrapbooks.
- Note
- Scrapbook (1923-1971) includes a note from Ralph Vaughan Williams, whose musical works Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, and Fantasia on "Greensleeves" were translated by Belmont in his paintings.
- Contents
- Box 1. Slides -- Box 2. Musical excerpts in binder -- Box 3. Scrapbook, 1923-1971 -- Box 4. Scrapbook, 1924-1977.
- Call Number
- JQH 14-807
- OCLC
- 880677153
- Title
- I. J. Belmont slides and scrapbooks, 1923-1977.
- Biography
- Born in Kaunas, Lithuania, Ira Jean Belmont (1885-1964) was a painter who created a style of painting based on synaesthesia, described by him as color-music paintings, color-music expressions, or musicscapes. He studied art in Königsberg, Germany, and Paris, France, before moving to New York in 1901 where he produced the majority of his paintings. His work was exhibited in galleries in England, France, for several years at the Franklin D. Roosevelt birthday memorial concerts, and at the Belmont galleries, run by his wife. Belmont was the founder of Les artistes musicalistes in 1931, and the author of The modern dilemma in art, 1944.
- Added Author
- Belmont, Ira Jean, 1885-1964, artist.Belmont, Elsie Kaye.
- Research Call Number
- JQH 14-807