Associated American Artists
Associated American Artists
BiographyIn March of 1933, when the nation was seized by an unprecedented economic depression, art dealer Reeves Lewenthal formed the Associated American Artists organization. His plan was to make fine art prints affordable to every American. Members of the AAA produced prints for the public, and Lewenthal used department stores and mail-order catalogues to promote the editions. Individual prints often cost as little as five dollars. The association distributed works by a wide array of American artists, including Mabel Dwight, Doris Lee, Reginald Marsh, and Peggy Bacon, but the AAA is most strongly associated with the Regionalist painters John Steuart Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, and Grant Wood. (Information from Associated American Artists: Art by Subscription, Naples Museum of Art, 2010) The Associated American Artists Records are housed at Syracuse University Libraries.Person TypeInstitution
American muralist, painter, lithographer, and teacher, 1909–1970
American painter, printmaker, author, 1895–1987
Japanese painter, printmaker, and illustrator, 1911–2004
American painter, printmaker, and author, 1886–1989
American painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1912–1993
American painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1866–1959
American draftsman and illustrator, 1822–1888
French painter and printmaker, 1875–1963
Mexican American artist and master muralist, born 1968
American painter and illustrator, 1905–1983
American painter and etcher, 1900–1988
