WPA MURAL RESOURCES
WPAMurals.com – A wonderful and growing resource for students of the WPA and New Deal art. (Be sure to check out the Lenson bio.) http://wpamurals.com/
Art & Architecture of New Jersey – Another wonderful and ever-expanding resource, this site is dedicated exclusively to the art and artists of New Jersey. http://www.artofnewjersey.net/
Essex Mountain Sanatorium Website – This spooky site shows some JPEGs of Lenson’s now-destroyed mural in the cafeteria. http://www.mountainsanatorium.net/. To see the Lenson murals, click here: http://www.mountainsanatorium.net/wpagallery.htm
Smithsonian Archives of American Art Oral History Archive – Browse the list of interviews that the oral history project conducted with many American artists, including Lenson and many other WPA luminaries. http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/
The Weequahic High School Alumni Association’s Webpage offers lots of information on this historic New Jersey High School, the alma mater of Phillip Roth and other notable New Jerseyans. http://www.weequahicalumni.org/main.cfm. Includes some information on Lenson’s “Enlightenment of Man” mural in the school’s entrance foyer.
APPRAISAL SERVICES
Appraisal Services Associates, located in New York, is a well-established, honest and highly qualified appraiser of fine art. They were the appraisers for the Lenson estate and are, in our view, the appraiser of choice for works of Michael Lenson and other American painters. Their Website’s wealth of information make it a valuable resource in its own right. http://www.appraisalserv.com/
MUSEUMS WHERE LENSON’S WORK IS HELD (PARTIAL LIST)
Butler Institute of American Art - http://www.butlerart.com/
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University - http://maiermuseum.rmwc.edu/
Jersey City Museum - http://www.jerseycitymuseum.org/
Maier Museum of Art - http://maiermuseum.rmwc.edu/
Montclair Art Museum - http://www.montclair-art.com/
New Jersey State Museum - http://www.state.nj.us/state/museum/
Newark Museum - http://www.newarkmuseum.org/pages/toc2.html
Princeton University Art Museum - http://www.princetonartmuseum.org/
Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts - http://www.sbu.edu/go/arts-center/index.htm
Smithsonian Institution - http://www.si.edu/
Wolfsonian - http://www.wolfsonian.org/
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