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Case Studies
Case Study 1
A legacy collection of 1500 works of the Historic Woodstock Art Colony, assembled over 35 years by Arthur Anderson. A diverse study collection of more that 80 artists, with a major sub-collection being George Bellows and his Woodstock Circle. In 2017 this collection was donated to the New York State Museum, America’s oldest and largest state museum. Since then the collection has been featured in two museum exhibitions, a 2024 book from SUNY Press and a 2024 short film.
Case Study 2
The legacy collection of the estate of Manny Bromberg, an extraordinary artist who spanned the 20th century American visual arts era and died at age 104 in Woodstock. He was a high school winner of the national George Bellows prize, awarded three New Deal mural commissions, decorated World War II European campaign soldier/artist, Guggenheim fellow, art professor, and creator of ”cliff” sculptures. His works are in over 25 museum collections in the U.S., Europe and Japan.
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Case Study 3
A legacy collection and archive of Spanish-American surrealist Julio deDiego. Born in Madrid, he lived in Paris, New York, Chicago, Woodstock, and Sarasota. A master of diverse arts: actor; Hollywood color consultant; dancer; art teacher; painter; muralist; prints and drawings; book and magazine illustration; ceramics; jewelry, fabric, costume, theatrical, vaudeville, and circus designer; commercial, residential and church decorative arts; even a hotel erotic laundry bag. Art was his first love, followed by women his second love. Married to Gypsy Rose Lee, vaudeville entertainer/stripper, author, movie star, and radio-TV personality. Both were mass media icons, and after their divorce remained devoted friends until Gypsy died.
Case Study 4
A legacy collection of 1300 works of a contemporary American artist born and raised in the Hudson Valley/Catskills. After receiving his BA and MFA, he was off to NYC to achieve early success as a Whitney Museum abstract artist. But early on became disenchanted with the NYC art scene and returned to his Catskills roots to live a life of seclusion, living at the top of a mountain. There is did his true art love, landscapes, and perfected his unique three-step process for these. He did not exhibit for forty years. This is a project in process.
Case Study 5
A legacy collection of 19th/20th century paintings by predominately NY State artists. A study collection of 300 works including those by artists Alexander Archipenko, Ernest Lawson, Jerome Myers, Leon Kroll, Guy Du Bois, Fairfield Porter, Milton Avery, Elie Nadelman Fletcher Martin, George Ault, Hawley Lever, Charles Gruppe, William Zorach, and Konrad Cramer. The collector’s goal was to donate his collection to a single museum to preserve his legacy in its entirety in perpetuity. The entire collection was donated to the NY State Museum in 2021.
Case Study 6
A legacy collection of works on paper and paintings. The largest collection of its kind for George Bellows and His Woodstock Circle. With more than 200 drawings, prints, paintings, and memorabilia, the collector’s primary purposes is the maintain the collection for education, lending and exhibition. Provenance, history, artist relationships, and humor make the collection very culturally interesting with lots of humor. All works reside in two collections and are available for lending. A NYC exhibition is planned for 2025 - 2026.
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