Paintings; Acrylic paintings; Abstract paintings; Abstract works
"In Louis's enormous 'veils' of the 1950s the physical operations of pouring paint or tilting a canvas so that the paint floods down it are powerfully implied." (Caption, p.28); "[Clement] Greenberg's conception of 'Modernism' as...
"Judd's industrially manufactured, modular pieces, developed from 1966 onwards, were stubbornly empirical investigations of specific materials and visual effects. He shunned mystification and openly declared the nature of his structures. The...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Abstract paintings; Abstract works
"By 1947 - even earlier in drawings - the artist had begun to experiment with all-over painting, a labyrinthine network of lines, splatters, and paint drips from which emerged the great 'poured' paintings of the next few years. These...
Advertising; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Stores & shops; Office buildings; Automobiles; Dwellings; Houses; Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Transportation
Taken for Louisville Gas & Electric, this photograph shows route of power lines after purchase of home telephone poles and consolidation of lines. Utility lines have been placed in a row down Frankfort Avenue. On the right side are some homes....
Allen R. Hite Art Institute; Drawings; Paintings; Photographs; Prints
117 exhibition catalogs dating from 1947-1978. Overall, the exhibition program was robust and ambitious, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and photography as well as architecture and city planning. Works of many countries and many...
Catalog of an exhibition of painting and graphic art by Silvio Loffredo presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, November 23-December 17, 1965.
Photograph of an oil painting by Herbert Ross of Annie Fellows Johnston, author of the Little Colonel series of children's books. Title supplied by cataloger.
Black-and-white reproduction, cut out of a book, of a Degas painting called "Rehearsal of the Ballet on Stage." Young women in ballet costumes sit, stretch, and pose on a stage.
"Vassily Kandinsky was a prominent member of the Bauhaus faculty from 1922, and he remained until 1933, when it was closed by the Nazis. His paintings of that period reflect the geometric angularity he espoused as part of the Russian...
Dining room in the home of Robert Lucas at 341 South Birchwood, Louisville, Kentucky. Rectangle table with runner, bowl, and two chairs on an area rug; two more chair against right wall bayed with two white-curtained windows; another window at back...
John Marshall home, Anchorage, Kentucky. Entrance hall. Large hallway decorated with rugs. A dark wood side table and mirror are on the right and a large painting is on the right. The stairway is at the back of the hallway.
Dining room at Shackleford Miller home on Upper River Road, Louisville, Kentucky, 1930. A dark table and four chairs stand in the center of the room in front of the fireplace. A buffet table and painting are on the left wall. A built-in cabinet and...
Corner of breakfast room in the home of R. S. Reynolds on the north side of Woodbourne Ave. east of Valletta Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. Marble nude of kneeling or bathing woman with head turned aside, on pedestal behind five potted plants on tile...
Library in Hillside House, home of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Cary in Indian Hills, near Louisville, Kentucky. Built in bookshelves line the library walls with books, except for at the fireplace, which is topped with vases, paneling, and a painting (and...
Living room of Brent Arnold, Jr. home in Louisville, Kentucky. In the center there is a rectangular table with many booklets or magazines laid out around two lamps, a vase of flowers, bookends of women encasing a few books, and two small...
Parlor in the home of R. S. Reynolds on the north side of Woodbourne Ave. east of Valletta Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. Large room with large area rug over wood floor. White fireplace at left with ornate mirror and decorations above. At the corner...
Writing room at the Dr. and Mrs. Irvin Abell home, 1433 South Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A fireplace with fire screen has porcelain, lamps, and painting above. Loveseat, small table, stool and chairs. Two windows and a bureau with a glass...
Buildings; Hotels; Sports & recreation facilities; Henry Clay Building (Louisville, Ky.); Lodges
Address: 604 S. Third Street. This photograph shows the pool at the Elks Athletic Club inside the Henry Clay Hotel. The pool area includes lounge furniture and a painting of an elk. On the National Register of Historic Places since 1979. Stamped on...
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels
The Tyler Hotel, Third and Jefferson Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Painting of eight-story building with letters on two corners above, each saying "The Tyler," a United States flag flying above the signs. First floor is concrete with...
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Seelbach Hilton (Louisville, Ky.)
The Seelbach Hotel, Fourth and Walnut Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Painting of ten-story building with three pennants at ivied top floor, the middle pennant labeled "Seelbach Hotel." Building has horizontal details on the first two...
