id: 159583 accession number: 1996.325 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.325 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:31.277000 The White Dam, 1939. Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910–1995). Oil on Masonite; framed: 103.5 x 116 x 5 cm (40 3/4 x 45 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.); unframed: 97.8 x 112.7 cm (38 1/2 x 44 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1996.325 title: The White Dam title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1939 creation date earliest: 1939 creation date latest: 1939 current location: 228B Cleveland Artists creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland technique: oil on Masonite department: American Painting and Sculpture collection: American - Cleveland School type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910–1995) - artist Born in Dayton, Gleitsmann moved to Akron at an early age when his father, an architectural engineer and amateur painter, secured a job in the area. After graduating from high school, he took private drawing lessons for one year with Katherine Calvin. Lacking the funds for tuition, he accepted the invitation of Paul Travis to attend classes informally at the Cleveland School of Art and became friends with other artists there. Primarily a landscape painter, he first exhibited in the annual of the Butler Institute of Art in Youngstown (1936) and had his first solo show at the Massillon (Ohio) Museum (1939). He also exhibited at the New York World’s Fair that year. The Little Gallery of Cleveland College organized his second solo exhibition (1940). In 1943 he began an association with Macbeth Galleries in New York, where he was featured in solo exhibitions (1940s–50s). He exhibited in the annuals of the Art Institute of Chicago (1937–49), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia (1944 52), and Carnegie Institute of Art in Pittsburgh (1943–48). In 1944–45 he served in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer in Europe, an experience that profoundly affected his subsequent subject matter. Previously specializing in American scene depictions, after the war he created images inspired by the bombed cities of Europe. In the late 1940s and early 1950s he taught studio courses at the Akron Art Institute and continued to exhibit on a regular basis. The Akron Art Institute mounted a solo exhibition of his paintings (1948). By the early 1960s Gleitsmann had stopped painting “for reasons known entirely only to himself.”
"Transformations in Cleveland Art" (CMA, 1996), p. 229 --- measurements: Framed: 103.5 x 116 x 5 cm (40 3/4 x 45 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 97.8 x 112.7 cm (38 1/2 x 44 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower left: "Raphael Gleitsman" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946 opening date: 1996-05-19T04:00:00 Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-July 21, 1996). title: Made in U.S.A., l'art américain, 1908-1943, entre nationalisme et internationalisme [FRAME] opening date: 2001-10-05T00:00:00 Made in U.S.A., l'art américain, 1908-1943, entre nationalisme et internationalisme [FRAME]. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France (organizer) (October 5-December 31, 2001); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France (January 17-March 31, 2002); Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (April 10-June 25, 2002). title: The State of the Arts: A Celebration of Ohio's Rich Artistic Heritage opening date: 2003-03-03T00:00:00 The State of the Arts: A Celebration of Ohio's Rich Artistic Heritage. Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH (organizer) (March 3-May 4, 2003); The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (January 18-March 28, 2004). title: Gallery One 2012 opening date: 2012-12-12T05:00:00 Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017). title: Julie Mehretu: Portals (FRONT International: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows) opening date: 2022-07-16T04:00:00 Julie Mehretu: Portals (FRONT International: Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 13, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': "American Art Today. 1939 New York World's Fair, New York, NY (April 30, 1939-October 27, 1940).", 'opening_date': '1939-04-30T05:00:00Z'} * {'description': 'Raphael Gleitsman: Paintings 1934-1954. The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (March 7-28, 1971).', 'opening_date': '1971-03-07T05:00:00Z'} * {'description': 'A Clevelander Collects Clevelanders: An Exhibit from the Collection of Joseph M. and Elsie Erdelac. Kenneth C. Beck Center for the Cultural Arts, Lakewood, OH (February 12-March 11, 1984).', 'opening_date': '1984-02-12T05:00:00Z'} --- PROVENANCE The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio date: 1996- footnotes: citations: (Sale, Christie’s, New York, Dec. 4, 1996, lot 266, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: 1996 footnotes: *
Consigned by Robert Horton.
citations: Robert B. Horton [1939-2012], Cleveland/London date: 1987-1996 footnotes: citations: (Sale, Wolfs Gallery, Cleveland, OH, April 26, 1987, no. 197, sold to Robert B. Horton) date: 1987 footnotes: citations: Joe Erdelac [1914-2005], Cleveland, Ohio, consigned to Wolf date: Possibly the 1960s-1987 footnotes: *
Erdelac purchased the painting from the artist or his family.
citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "Cleveland's Artistic Tradition Highlighted in Museum Exhibition." Spotlights Volume 1, Issue 27 (May 16-23, 1996). page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: Section B url: Christie, Manson & Woods. Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. 1996. Dec. 4, 1996. page number: url: National Art Society. American Art Today: New York World's Fair. New York: National Art Society, 1939. page number: Reproduced: p.84 url: Raphael Gleitsman: Paintings 1934-1954. Exh. Cat. Youngstown, OH: The Butler Institute of American Art, 1971. page number: Mentioned: p.3 url: Singer, Clyde. "Akron Artist Honored at Butler Show." Youngstown Vindicator, March 7, 1971. page number: Mentioned: p.A30 url: Cullinan, Helen. "Collector shares his treasures of city." The Plain Dealer, February 12, 1984. page number: Reproduced: p.12D url: Beck Center for the Cultural Arts. A Clevelander Collects Clevelanders: An Exhibit from the Collection of Joseph M. and Elsie Erdelac. Exh. Cat. Cleveland: Beck Center for the Cultural Arts, 1984. page number: Reproduced: p.12 (unpaginated) url: Cullinan, Helen. "Standard Oil chief is bullish on art." The Plain Dealer, May 9, 1987. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p.20A url: Robinson, William H., et. al. Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946: Community and Diversity in Early Modern America. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 97 url: "'96 Spring Arts Preview. Transformations in Cleveland Art: 1825-1945." Northern Ohio Live (March 1996). page number: Reproduced url: Kempthorne-Snow, Jan C. "Transformations in Cleveland Art: A Landmark Exhibition Celebrates Cleveland's Bicentennial." Cultural Arts Preview 3 (May-August 1996). page number: Reproduced: p.3 url: Schaefer, Karen. "A City and its Artists." Northern Ohio Live (May 1996). page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p.12 url: "Show Documents 'Transformations'" Canton Repository, May 17, 1996. page number: Reproduced (unpaginated) url: "Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946." Antiques & The Arts Weekly, May 17, 1996. page number: Reproduced (unpaginated) url: Litt, Steven. "Museum's gift to city: Big bicentennial show is the best imaginable." The Plain Dealer, May 19, 1996. page number: Reproduced: p.4-K url: "Week: What To Do." Cleveland Free Times, May 22, 1996. page number: Reproduced (unpaginated) url: Vallongo, Sally. "Cleveland proudly shows off its rich, varied art heritage." Toledo Blade, May 26, 1996. page number: Mentioned p.2 url: "Cleveland Museum of Art Hosts 'Transformations' through July 21." Antique Collector: A Weekly Section of Farm and Dairy, May 30, 1996. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: B1 url: Von Glahn, Michael. "Painting the Town: A Look Along the Timeline of Cleveland's Artistic Heritage." Small Business News (June 1996). page number: Reproduced: p.47 url: Busta, William. "Art Museum Greatly Honors Our Own." The Cleveland Free Times, June 5, 1996. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p.26 url: Harrist Jr., Robert E. "Book chronicles Cleveland artists and their works." The Plain Dealer, August 11, 1996. page number: Reproduced: p.10J url: Cleveland Museum of Art, “Renaissance Armor, Early Islamic Ceramic, French Vase, Gleitsman Painting Added to Museum Collection,” December 13, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4085 Chassey, Eric de. Made in USA: l'art américain, 1908-1947. Exh. Cat. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001. page number: Mentioned: p.142; Reproduced: p.175 url: "L'art americain en quete de son identite." Demeures et Chateaux 130 (fevrier-mars 2002). page number: Mentioned and Reproduced url: Ohio Historical Society, and Ohio History Connection. Timeline: A Publication of the Ohio Historical Society 20, Nos.2,3 (March-June 2003). page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: 81 url: Adams, Henry. What's American About American Art?: A Gallery Tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008. page number: Mentioned: p.130; Reproduced: p.131 url: Jones, Jennie. "Personal Favorite." Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 53, No.3 (May/June 2013). page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p.9 url: --- IMAGES