Thom, Robert A.
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1915 - 1979
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Aldus Manutius, 1495, 1966-1971
Item — Painting 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
"Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates:
1966-1971
Alois Senefelder and Lithography, 1798, 1966-1971
Item — Painting 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
"Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates:
1966-1971
Benjamin Franklin, 1732, 1966-1971
Item — Painting 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
"Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates:
1966-1971
Charlemagne and the Monastic Scribes, 800 AD, 1966-1971
Item — Painting 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
"Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates:
1966-1971
Chinese Block Printing, 868, 1966-1971
Item — Painting 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
"Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates:
1966-1971
Frederic Ives and the Half-Tone Process, 1878, 1966-1971
Item — Painting 19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
"Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates:
1966-1971
Frederic W. Goudy, 1943, 1966-1971
Item — Painting 24
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
"Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates:
1966-1971
George P. Gordon and the Platen Press, 1858, 1966-1971
Item — Painting 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
"Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates:
1966-1971
Graphic Communications Through the Ages: Kimberly-Clark paintings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0018
Overview
The collection consists of 24 paintings illustrating the history methods for illustrating the written word developed between 950 B.C. and the early twentieth century.
Dates:
1966-1971
Found in:
Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Ira Rubel and the Offset Press, 1904, 1966-1971
Item — Painting 23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
"Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates:
1966-1971
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- Archival Record 17
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- Printing presses in art 4
- Alphabet -- History 2
- Monotype (Engraving), American 2
- Offset lithography 2
- Papermaking -- History 2
- Photoengraving -- Halftone process 2
- Picture-writing 2
- Printing -- United States -- History -- 19th century 2
- Stereotyping (Printing) -- History 2
- Type and type-founding in art 2
- Typefounding matrices -- History 2
- Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Career in printing 1
- Block printing -- China -- History 1
- Calligraphy 1
- Graphic arts -- History 1
- Illustrations 1
- Incunabula -- Italy 1
- Incunabula -- Italy -- Venice -- 1470 1
- Incunabula -- Italy -- Venice -- 1495 1
- Inscriptions -- History 1
- Intaglio printing -- History 1
- Letterpress printing -- History 1
- Linotype -- History -- 19th century 1
- Lithography -- Germany -- History 1
- Lithography -- History 1
- Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection 1
- Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection -- Art collections 1
- Newspaper publishing -- History 1
- Newspaper publishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Newspaper publishing -- United States -- History -- 18th century 1
- Oil paintings (visual works) 1
- Papermaking -- England -- History -- 19th century 1
- Papermaking machinery -- History 1
- Platen presses -- History 1
- Press and politics -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 18th century 1
- Printing -- England -- History -- 19th century 1
- Printing -- History 1
- Printing -- Italy -- Venice -- History 1
- Printing -- United States -- Periodicals 1
- Printing blocks 1
- Printing presses -- 1450-1460 1
- Printing presses -- Germany -- History 1
- Printing presses -- History 1
- Publishers and publishing -- England -- History -- 19th century 1
- Publishers and publishing -- History 1
- Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 18th century 1
- Publishing and publishers -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 15th century 1
- Senefelder, Alois, 1771-1834. Invention of lithography 1
- Type and type-founding -- Design. 1
- Type and type-founding -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century 1
- Type and type-founding -- History 1
- Type and type-founding -- Italy -- Venice -- History 1
- Type and type-founding -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Type designers 1
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