Paul Edmonston papers, 1937-1992

Summary

Creator:
Edmonston, Paul, 1922-2011
Date:
1937-1992
Extent:
11 Linear Feet (27 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Paul Edmonston papers, UA0058, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Although this collection includes pre-UGA documents, most of the material documents Edmonston's contribution to the UGA Art Department and to the field of Art Education. Included are materials that show his participation in various conferences and committees and his involvement with the students and faculty of the UGA Art Department. Also found in this accession are materials relating to Apelles: The Georgia Art Journal.

Biographical / historical:

A native of Massachusetts, Paul Edmonston enrolled in the Massachusetts College of Art in 1940 but soon saw his studies interrupted by World War II. After the war he enrolled in Boston University and eventually went on the receive his PhD in Fine Arts from Ohio State University in 1961. A distinguished educator, Dr. Edmonston served on the faculty of Florida State, Ohio State, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Georgia. As a UGA faculty member Edmonston received numerous grants and honors and was listed in Who's Who in American Art. He edited several monograms, books, anthologies in Art Education and founded Apelles: The Georgia Art Journal. In 1989, after 39 years of teaching, Edmonston retired and that same year was declared Art Educator of the Year by the NAEA. Edmonston was a well-known figure in the field of Art Education having taught classes related to the subject's history, philosophy and methodologies. A versatile educator, he also taught studio courses as well as classes in art appreciation/criticism and graduate seminars on cross-cultural research in art. Primarily a painter, Dr. Edmonston exhibited in regional and national shows including ones at the High Museum in Atlanta. In addition to his painting he lectured worldwide on topics such as violence and broken images of man in contemporary art, the Biblical imagination in Western art, the nature of visual intelligence, the creative process and angelic interventions from the Old and New Testaments to the present.

Arrangement:

Organized into five series: (1) Career highlights, (2) Conferences and committees, (3) Department of Art, (4) Apelles: The Georgia Art Journal, (5) Reading files.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Paul Edmonston papers, UA0058, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.