RIT-ART. RIT Art Collection

Photographs and etchings by RIT student Peter Berg. Berg attended RIT in the 1970s.

The John Retallack Colleagues portraits consist of fifteen black-and-white portraits of RIT faculty. The portraits are 13 x 11 inches and each is matted. Also included is a 32 x 24 inch poster printed with 6 of the portraits used in the book, Colleagues.

The Paul Rankin collection of Frans Wildenhain sketchbooks and slides contains four books of sketches done by Mr. Wildenhain in the 1970's, approximately 154 slides of his sculptures, pots, and murals, several books and publications relating to the Bauhaus in Germany, Marguerite Wildenhain, and crafts, some in German.

The Photography in Cuba photographs consist of twenty-four matted color prints of Havana, Cuba and other small towns, taken by 20 RIT students and faculty during Spring break 2004. In 2016, Photo professor and faculty guide to Cuba deposited additional student photographs from 2004 and also from the 2014 trip.

This sterling silver bowl was created by Hans Christensen, professor in the School for American Craftsmen at Rochester Institute of Technology, to be presented to the 1979 recipient of the Sarah Margaret Gillam Award, Howard C. Green.

This collection consists of one ceramic lidded pot.

A collection of three oil paintings by artist Alling M. Clements. One painting depicts a seascape with a rowboat in the foreground, one painting is of summer cottagest and The largest painting is titled "Winter Pines," and is a painting of three pine trees in a winter landscape.

The David A. Page photograph is a 11 x 13 inch framed black and white photograph titled "Irish Tree of Many Faces", 1966. The photo is of a large tree that reveals many faces within its branches.

Silver pin in lightening bolt shape stamped with hallmark "RH Pearson".

The collection is a nine inch brown clay statuette of a madonna type figure. It was sculpted by RIT School for American Craftsmen professor Frans Wildenhain, and given to the donor.