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The National Serigraph Society was founded in 1940 by a group of artists involved in the WPA Federal Art Project, including Anthony Velonis, Max Arthur Cohn, and Hyman Warsager. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The creation of the society coincided with the rise of serigraphs being used as a medium for fine art. [ 4 ]
Find Your Stamps Value (online only) (specializing in US, GB, and other stamps) [7] Freestampcatalogue; Inoubli (Tunisia) Richard Zimmermann Catalog (The joint stamp issues catalog) Sanabria's Air Post Catalogue (Worldwide airmail stamps; last full catalog, 1966; partial, 1972) The South African stamp colour catalogue (South Africa)
A coin catalog (or coin catalogue) is a listing of coin types. Information may include pictures of the obverse and reverse (front and back), date and place of minting, distribution type, translation of inscriptions, description of images, theme, metal type, mintage, edge description, orientation of the coin, weight, diameter, thickness, design credentials, shape and prices for various grades.
Other national, regional, and local clubs followed during the late nineteenth and into the twentieth centuries. Most of these societies were dominated by white men of financial means, and some actively excluded women and persons of color, though newer and more local clubs formed in the early twentieth century were often more welcoming.
The next year, Velonis, Max Arthur Cohn, Warsager, and other artists co-founded the National Serigraph Society. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] [ 21 ] It started out with relatively small commercial projects, such as "rather fancy" Christmas cards that were sold to many of the upscale Fifth Avenue shops for a dollar apiece.
Cover of the first Scott catalog, 1868. The first Scott catalogue was a 21-page pamphlet with the title Descriptive Catalogue of American and Foreign Postage Stamps, Issued from 1840 to Date, Splendidly Illustrated with Colored Engravings and Containing the Current Value of each Variety.
The Society's "active program of traveling exhibits, lectures, and portfolios of prints helped to sustain and broaden interest in the serigraph". [27] The Dallas Museum of Art held several exhibits of the work of the National serigraph Society members in 1944, 1947, and 1951 [28] [29] [30]
In the 1940s Maccoy's work was included in several of the Dallas Museum of Art exhibitions of the National Serigraph Society. [5] [6] [7] In 1947 Maccoy moved to Los Angeles, California where he taught at the Otis Art Institute and was a founder of the Western Serigraph Society. [4] He died on March 18, 1981 [1] in Los Angeles. [2]