Phoenix Art Institute
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350 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

United States
Coordinates40°45′18″N 73°58′52″W / 40.755°N 73.981°W / 40.755; -73.981
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Established1925
Closed1944

Phoenix Art Institute, originally located at 350 Madison Avenue in New York, New York,[1] was an educational institution co-founded in 1925 by Franklin Booth[2] with Lauros M. Phoenix.[3] In 1944, it merged with the New York School of Applied Design for Women, becoming the New York Phoenix School of Design. In 1974, the New York Phoenix School of Design merged with the Pratt Institute to form the Pratt-Phoenix School of Design

Overview

Phoenix Art Institute taught traditional fine art, illustration, and commercial art.[4] Phoenix was the president and an instructor.[5] Booth taught at the school for 21 years[2] and remained affiliated with the organization until his death in 1948.[6] At some point he was vice-president and a trustee of the organization.[7] Other teachers were Norman Rockwell, Walter Beach Humphrey, and Thomas Fogarty.[4]

Alumni

Walt Kelly (cartoonist) <Michael Barrier (November 27, 2014). Funnybooks: The Improbable Glories of the Best American Comic Books. Univ of California Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 978-0-520-24118-3.>

Mergers

New York School of Applied Design Building, 160 Lexington Avenue, was built for the New York School of Applied Design for Women, and designated a New York City Landmark in 1977.[9]

In 1944, The Phoenix Art Institute merged with the New York School of Applied Design for Women, which reincorporated as the co-educational New York Phoenix School of Design.[3][10] In 1974, the New York Phoenix School of Design merged with the Pratt Institute to form the Pratt-Phoenix School of Design.[3]

References

  1. ^ Private Schools. Sargent. 1944. p. 339.
  2. ^ a b Michael Wentworth (2003). "Booth, (Jay) Franklin". A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 36–37. ISBN 978-0-313-31680-7.
  3. ^ a b c "Pratt-Phoenix School of Design" (PDF). Neighborhood Preservation Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 11, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Art Instruction. Watson-Guptill Publications. 1937. p. 37.
  5. ^ "New Home for City Sketch Club". The Evening Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. June 28, 1926. p. 6. Retrieved February 16, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Ray Banta (January 1, 1990). Indiana's Laughmakers: The Story of Over 400 Hoosiers: Actors, Cartoonists, Writers, and Others. PennUltimate Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-929808-00-0.
  7. ^ Justin Glenn (October 6, 2016). The Washingtons. Volume 9: The Presidential Branch: Six Wright Lines. Savas Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-940669-34-2.
  8. ^ Kiyoshi Takahashi (September 11, 2012). 850 Calligraphic Ornaments for Designers and Craftsmen. Courier Corporation. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-486-14412-2.
  9. ^ Gray, Christopher (February 17, 2008). "A Greek Temple Dedicated to Art and Learning". The New York Times.
  10. ^ Ernest William Watson; Arthur Leighton Guptill (1971). American Artist. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 25.
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