Box 21
Container
Contains 65 Results:
Biographical information
File — Box: 21, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...
Dates:
circa 1831-2006
Exhibition catalog. “Gerrit A. Beneker: Painter of American Industry.” Vose Galleries, Boston. [n.d.] ca. 1975-81. 00.[2659].19
File — Box: 21, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...
Dates:
circa 1831-2006
“A Newsboy's Story of a Newspaper Building.” The Evening Press, Grand Rapids. Illustrated by Beneker, 1907. 00.[2781].1
File — Box: 21, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...
Dates:
circa 1831-2006
GR Herald news article. “Grand Rapids Artist, as Expert Aid in Navy Department, Draws Posters that Help Win War.” 28 Oct 1918.
File — Box: 21, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...
Dates:
circa 1831-2006
MI Tradesman article. “A Painter of Labor.” 5 Jul 1922.
File — Box: 21, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...
Dates:
circa 1831-2006
Schenectady Work News. “A Family Man.” Cover painting. 7 Mar 1924
File — Box: 21, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...
Dates:
circa 1831-2006
The Hydraulic Press. “Who Paints the Covers?” Cover and story, March 1919. Bio info on Beneker, page 9. Cover illustration: “My Hands are Black...”
File — Box: 21, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...
Dates:
circa 1831-2006
Industrial Arts Magazine. “Gray Matter.” August 1920. Page 304 article by Beneker.
File — Box: 21, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...
Dates:
circa 1831-2006
Commonwealth Magazine. “He Paints the Man Who Toils.” February 1923. Includes bio info on Beneker.
File — Box: 21, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...
Dates:
circa 1831-2006
Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators. “Gerrit A. Beneker, Portrait Painter to Labor.” May 1928, Vol. 7, No. 5. Includes bio info.
File — Box: 21, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Grand Rapids Public Library Art & Graphics Collection documents and summarizes the library’s two-dimensional original art, posters, plates taken from books and other types of graphics created primarily for visual communication purposes. Some later reproductions are also included. Other types of graphic materials, such as photographs or postcards, are located in their own separate collections. A few photographic series are included here, wherein these were created primarily for art...
Dates:
circa 1831-2006