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Fursman Foundation and Arts FetesEntry/Object ID
2022.11.26Scope and Content
Lithograph invitation to Jan 15 winter party at Fursman studios 19 East Pearson St. Chicago and dinner at Casa De Alex 58 E. Delaware Place. Fold-over card has "Winter" scene illustration.
"Artists find work and play in Michigan's Dune country" by Florence Davies, Detroit News, July 28,1929.
Letter to the friends of "Fursie," Tom Tallmadge and John Norton explaining the establishment of the Frederick F. Fursman Art Foundation (1947) after the death of Lucile Fursman.
October 26, 1964 speech signed by Arthur F. Deam on challenges facing the Summer School of Painting (Ox-Bow) including, call to teach only painting (not sculpture, design, etc.), to not become a non-profit organization, to forget the past and personal grievances (between board members), separate mechanical operations from academic function by appointing a business manager, that the chairman of the faculty be an honorary position, that the board of directors appoint the staff, hire two women full time for household duties, that the business manager not interfere with the treasurer's job, hire a bookkeeper if necessary, pay salaries for all jobs, all salaried people in turn "pledge to support the dining room", reinstate Elsa as director emeritus as done in 1958, change days open of dining hall, suggest the following as faculty for 1965: Rudy Pen, Isobel and Betsy Rupprecht, Rattener, Ben Shawn, Chapin, Rob Von Neumann, Sr. and Jerry Landt. Betsy Rupprecht for chairman. Suggested 1965 board members include: Claude Bentley, Norman Boothby, Philip Bornarth, Edward L. Deam, Donald D. Hanson, Paul D. McCurry, Hoke Norris, Abbott Pattinson, Rudy Pen, Betsy Rupprecht, Isobel Rupprecht, Doris Serrins, Hathorn McCulloch
List of Fursman paintings insured with Henry Hopper Insurance Co., Saugatuck
5x7 b/w photo of Fursman wearing a fedora
1964 Fursman retrospective exhibition at Women's Club document listing works on display, biography and analysis of his style, the Saugatuck Art Association, the founding of the Summer School of Painting (Ox-Bow) and list of the boards of directors and committee members including Arthur F. Deam, Thyra Deam, Celia House, Alice Mason, Pearl M. Hart, Theodor Draynik, Gerald Landt, Alfred Maurice, Bernice Morrissey, Doris Serrins, Margaret Schumacher, Audrey Kettlewell, Cora Bliss Taylor, Jean Goldsmith, Rosalind Meyer, Ruth Turner, Elsie Legatz, Jack Polka, Marian Bode, Robert Lokker, Rachel Faucett, Jamed Duggan, Terrence Erwin Gallery, Mrs. Frank Wicks, Clarence Lynds, Emily Parks, Mrs. Emory Wilder, Isobel McFaul, Mrs. Avis Bates, Lucille Ansley, William Simmons, Olga Byfield, Marge Breckinridge, Joseph Legatz, John Ross, John Kettlewell, Christiana Hoerrman, William Allen, Frank Denison, Howard DeMyer, Harry Underhill, George Clark, Henry Hopper, Kenneth Miller, Robert Hewman, Verne Hohl, Charles Gilman, John Constantine, Alfred Maurice, Imogene Noud and Sally Allen.
Letter to the Fursman Art Foundations directors from Elsa Ulbricht re 1964 exhibition goals and budget.
Undated letter to friends of the Fursman Foundation and Summer School of Painting listing the FF board as Michael L. Mason, Pearl M. Hart, Alice F. Mason, Edwin H. House, Celia House, Arthur F. Deam, Thyra S. Deam, Edgar A. Rupprecht, Isobel Mackinnon Rupprecht, and Elsa Ulbright
1969 fundraising letter from Elsa Ulbright RE: exhibition at Allis Art Library and press in the Milwaukee Journal
1946 letter from Elsa Ulbright to Henry B. Hopper RE insuring Fursman art collection
1956 list of paintings stored at Fruit Growers State Bank
"Rowena's talk at her first SAA Reception: topic Walt Disney animation and production
"Saugatuck Swamp" 5x7" print by Alice Mason
Poster for 12x8.75" for Saugatuck Arts Fete & Homecoming, Aug. 14-18, 1940 listing 24 exhibitions, five homecoming activities, three boat races, three boat trips, and Arts Fete activities "Saugatuck Symphony - Modern Art in Living Pictures Spectacle" at Taylor Art School, Song Festival and "Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow" Arts Ball at Big Pavilion.
Newspaper clipping with staged photo of Edwin House, Elsa Ulbricht and Mrs. Arthur F. Deam
Newspaper clipping about "Midsummer's Nightmare" with Mardis Gras theme of Veiled Prophet and Mummers
List by C. House of Costumes Appearing at the Ball
Printed song lyrics sheet
Planning documents for two performances: "The Market Square" and "River Night"Acquisition
Accession
2022.11Source or Donor
McEnroe, Therese "Tess" K.Acquisition Method
DonationRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Ox-Bow/Summer School of Art, House, Celia Martin (Gamble) (1890-1976), Frederick F. Fursman Art Foundation, Fursman, Frederick Frary 1874-1943, Ulbricht, Elsa 1885-1980, Turner, Ruth 1892-1975Create Date
February 15, 2022Update Date
June 24, 2025