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| Identifier | FrostedRoofTopsFredCarlo |
| Title | Frosted Roof Tops |
| Subject | Karamu House
Works Progress Administration (U.S.)
African Americans
Artists
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| Description | Fred Carlo (1914-1964) was born in the Roaring Third precinct. His talents were nurtured practically from the cradle. His mother was a gifted artist who taught ceramics at Karamu. Carlo became a fine jewelry maker, enamelist and ceramist, but is best known for his sensitive linocut portraits of Depression era Cleveland youngsters. He was a superb graphic artist, able to fill a composition with big, clean, two-dimensional shapes, using minimal means to maximal effect. In 1932, Fred Carlo became the first black artist to exhibit in the International Print Show. He was also among the first Blacks to exhibit in the May Show, where he repeatedly won awards and honorable mentions. He showed prints and ceramics with Karamu Artists, Inc. in New York, Philadelphia and Atlanta. Little is known about him after World War II; but in the '30s and early '40s he played an active role in the development of Karamu. |
| Creator | Carlo, Fred |
| Location Depicted | Fairfax (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Time Period | Post-Industrial: 1930-1959
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| Date Original | n.d. |
| Object Type | linocuts
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| Donor | Russell and Rowena Jelliffe
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| Collection | Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Collection
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| Repository | Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections. |
| Repository Collection | Russell and Rowena Jelliffe Collection |
| Repository Homepage | http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/ |
| Digital Publisher | Cleveland Memory Project |
| Copyright | http://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/ |
| Format | jpeg
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| Digital Processing Notes | TIF File Size: 31,124 k - DPI: 300 |
| Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Entry | http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=KH |
| Further Reading | http://scholar.csuohio.edu/record=b2552889~S0 |
