Blog
Introducing the new Online Database: Artists of Atelier 17
A free, searchable database of the 2,082 artists known to have worked at Atelier 17 between 1927 and 1988, with a chronology of the workshop's group exhibitions.
Read more: Introducing the new Online Database: Artists of Atelier 17A New Written Interview: Hiroyuki Suzuki on Atelier 17
In July, Arnaud Quentin of Art San Gallery in Gujo Hachiman, Japan, wrote to the Atelier 17 Project. He was preparing an exhibition devoted to the printmaker Hiroyuki Suzuki (b. 1950), who had worked at Atelier 17 in Paris from…
Read more: A New Written Interview: Hiroyuki Suzuki on Atelier 171986 Roster Puzzles
Our next year of “puzzles” comes from 1986. The last four years of the Atelier 17 roster book (1985-1988) are different than earlier ones. Handwritten by someone other than Stanley William Hayter, they generally contain FIRST and LAST names. Even…
Read more: 1986 Roster Puzzles1984 Roster Puzzles
Our next year of “puzzles” comes from 1984. As previously mentioned, the only published roster of Atelier 17’s members came out in 1977, so all names here are “new” to our understanding of the workshop. We continue to be very…
Read more: 1984 Roster Puzzles1980 Roster Book Puzzles
Our next roster puzzle is from 1980. Because the only “official” list of Atelier 17’s members was published in 1977, the roster pages between 1977 to 1986 capture the names of many artists not previously “officially” recorded as members of…
Read more: 1980 Roster Book Puzzles1954 Roster Book Puzzles
Our next roster puzzle is from 1954! Click on this link to view the roster pages on Google Drive. This year was a transitional one for Atelier 17. Beginning the year co-located at the Imprimerie Chassepot (278, rue de Vaugirard),…
Read more: 1954 Roster Book Puzzles1968 Roster Book Puzzles
We’re continuing in our series of research puzzles from Atelier 17’s roster book. Our next year is 1968. Click on this link to view the roster pages on Google Drive. Unknown names are highlighted in yellow. Do you recognize any…
Read more: 1968 Roster Book Puzzles1977 Roster Book Puzzles
Did you know that Atelier 17 maintained a roster book, which records the names of many individuals who passed through the studio after it reopened in Paris in 1950? Many of the names on these pages are already known. But…
Read more: 1977 Roster Book PuzzlesRoster moved to Airtable
We are very happy to share that roster of artists affiliated with Atelier 17 has finally migrated to Airtable. The move from Google Sheets to Airtable allows us to create a more robust, relational database. Eventually, the artist database will…
Read more: Roster moved to AirtableOral History Project
Since April, we have been working to interview former members of Atelier 17 for an Oral History Project funded with a grant from the IFPDA Foundation. We are in the process of editing these interviews, and the transcripts will be…
Read more: Oral History ProjectEnd-of-Year Update
Dear friends, As the year comes to an end, we wanted to highlight some of the progress we have made towards supporting new research about Atelier 17 and promoting awareness of the studio’s upcoming centennial in 2027. Since our organization…
Read more: End-of-Year UpdateRoster Update! California School of Fine Arts
We’re excited to share a major update to the Atelier 17 roster! Recently, we visited the archives for the San Francisco Art Institute Foundation + Archive (@SFAI\Legacy). In 1940, 1948, and 1960, Stanley William Hayter taught courses in printmaking at…
Read more: Roster Update! California School of Fine ArtsConference recap: Atelier 17 at 100
On September 4 and September 9, Christina Weyl (PhD, Independent Scholar) and James Chadwick (PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam) hosted a private online workshop which explored new and previously unknown dimensions of Atelier 17’s history, legacy, and affiliated artists. Thank…
Read more: Conference recap: Atelier 17 at 100CFP: Atelier 17 at 100
Submit an abstract for an online workshop happening in September 2024, which will bring together new research on the topic of Atelier 17.
Read more: CFP: Atelier 17 at 100
