Burton Tremaine, CEO, Miller Company and art collector
Burton Tremaine: Navigating around crazy, diversified, colliding pro-Nazi factions in Cleveland
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 13 Jun 24
Burton Tremaine: Navigating around crazy, diversified, colliding pro-Nazi factions in Cleveland Like Emily Hall Tremaine’s first and second husbands, Max von Romberg and Adolph B. Spreckels, Jr., her third husband Burton Tremaine, that she married in 1945, also was interfacing to some extent with...
Emily Hall Tremaine fights back:
Nazis in California (1933-45)
(book preview)
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 05 Feb 24
Emily Hall Tremaine fights back: Nazis in California (1933-45) (book preview) What do the following famous artworks, top in their respective museums, have in common— Jasper Johns’s "Three (American) flags" (1958), at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; Warhol’s "Marilyn Monroe...
Rachel Maddow’s "Ultra" (2022) & Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Von Romberg - Spreckels)
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 14 Jul 23
Rachel Maddow’s "Ultra" (2022) & Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Von Romberg - Spreckels) Top left: After a year-long second marriage, Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Spreckels) sues for divorce (7 Sept 1940; New York Daily News. Top right: Three months later, Adolph B. Spreckels declares...
Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews foiled Nazi plots against Hollywood and America (2017) & Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Von Romberg - Spreckels)
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 14 Jul 23
Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews foiled Nazi plots against Hollywood and America (2017) & Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Von Romberg - Spreckels) Top left: After a year-long second marriage, Emily Hall Tremaine (previously) Spreckels sues for divorce (7 Sept 1940; New York Daily News. Top...
Jasper Johns. Three flags (1958) in publications, exhibitions
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 09 Sep 21
Jasper Johns. Three flags (1958) in publications, exhibitions Meet the lady behind the painting. Her name is Emily. Plus a list of exhibitions and selected publications regarding Three flags. Jasper Johns Three flags, (1958) Encaustic on canvas 30 7/8 x 45 1/2 x 5 in. (78.4 x 115.6 x 12.7...
Emily Hall Tremaine’s 1930s: In danger, madness, decadence and publicity
R. J. Preece - 02 Aug 21
Emily Hall Tremaine’s 1930s: In danger, madness, decadence and publicity This micro-site and webpage are packed with a lot of new information clarifying Emily’s work and life. Left: Wire service photo of Emily Hall Tremaine (previously Spreckels) wearing in today’s value from...
Piet Mondrian. Victory boogie woogie (1942-44) in publications, exhibitions
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 18 Jun 21
Piet Mondrian. Victory boogie woogie (1942-44) in publications, exhibitions Meet the "mother" of the painting. Her name is Emily. Plus a list of exhibitions and selected publications regarding Mondrian’s Victory Boogie Woogie. Piet Mondrian Victory boogie woogie, (1942-44) Oil and scotch tape...
Emily Hall Tremaine Papers at the Smithsonian, reproduction permissions section: Shortlisted guide to artworks
ADC staff - 19 Mar 20
Emily Hall Tremaine Papers at the Smithsonian, reproduction permissions section: Shortlisted guide to artworks To assist researchers, below is a quick scan through the documentation that specifies which artworks are mentioned in each folder. As a reminder, this documentation provides leads,...
Tremaine Collection artworks and designs in publications (compilation; 1945-present)
ADC staff - 14 Jan 20
Tremaine Collection artworks and designs in publications (compilation; 1945-present) With her extensive communications experience from the 1930s, Emily Hall Tremaine marshalled those skills for the benefit of the artworks and designs that she worked with, 1945-87. This compilation focuses on...
The Tremaine Collection: 20th Century Masters exhibition catalogue (list of photos of artworks and designs) (1984)
ADC staff - 26 Aug 19
The Tremaine Collection: 20th Century Masters exhibition catalogue (list of photos of artworks and designs) (1984) The following is a photo index of the catalogue accompanying the exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (26 February - 29 April 1984). The following photos of artworks...
R.J. Preece (ADP) - 01 Apr 19
Above, sample national media coverage featuring rock n’ roll Emily from diamond publicity event in January 1940. Often in the press, the next media waves featuring Emily, took a very shocking turn starting in September 1940. Four years later, she started the Tremaine art collection with Burton...
Oscar Niemeyer / Roberto Burle Marx. Tremaine House & Painting toward architecture (2017)
R. J. Preece - 27 Dec 17
Oscar Niemeyer / Roberto Burle Marx. Tremaine House & Painting toward architecture (2017) Left: Oscar Neimeyer. Beach House for Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, project, Santa Barbara / (Montecito), California, (1948); Right: Roberto Burle Marx. Design for a garden, (1948). Both in the...
Frank Lloyd Wright. Project for Meteor Crater & Painting toward architecture (2017)
R. J. Preece - 27 Dec 17
Frank Lloyd Wright. Project for Meteor Crater & Painting toward architecture (2017) Click below to see a black-and-white reproduction of the color drawing showing FLW’s Meteor Crater design, on view in the 2017 MoMA exhibition. See Arthur Drexler’s 1962 book: The drawings of Frank Lloyd...
Piet Mondrian. Victory boogie woogie & Painting toward architecture (2018)
R. J. Preece - 27 Dec 17
Piet Mondrian. Victory boogie woogie & Painting toward architecture (2018) Piet Mondrian. Victory Boogie Woogie, (1942-44). Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands. > Make sure to see the overview page for Mondrian’s Victory boogie woogie. A third work with Miller...
Painting toward architecture (1947-52) in 2017: Three works, three histories, three Modern mysteries
R. J. Preece - 27 Dec 17
Painting toward architecture (1947-52) in 2017: Three works, three histories, three Modern mysteries From left to right: Design drawing for Meteor Crater, Frank Lloyd Wright (this drawing not in MoMA exhibition); Design for a garden by Roberto Burle Marx, (1948), in DB KunstHalle show...
Rethinking Painting toward architecture (1947-52) (2017)
R. J. Preece - 01 Jul 17
Rethinking Painting toward architecture (1947-52) (2017) Painting toward architecture exhibition as installed at the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston (January-February 1950). Courtesy the Karl Kamrath Collection, University of Texas at Austin architectural archives. (See FN "Photo A"...
Design Meriden 1(2) (2016)
ADC staff - 28 Sep 16
Design Meriden 1(2) (2016) This issue focuses on Modernism in Meriden. Modernist silver from Meriden-Wallingford: Interview of Jewel Stern (2016) > R.J. Preece interviews Jewel Stern to learn about her research and work related to her book Modernism in American silver and the accompanying...
The Painting toward architecture exhibition (1947-52) by the Miller Company Collection of Abstract Art: The artworks and designs (2016)
ADC staff - 28 Aug 16
The Painting toward architecture exhibition (1947-52) by the Miller Company Collection of Abstract Art: The artworks and designs (2016) Artworks exhibited in Painting toward architecture (1947-52) It is important to note that over the 28(+) venues of Painting toward architecture, the...
The Painting toward architecture exhibition (1947-52), Miller Company Collection of Abstract Art: Documentation and historical information
ADC staff - 16 Jul 16
The Painting toward architecture exhibition (1947-52), Miller Company Collection of Abstract Art: Documentation and historical information "The part that the Medicis played in Renaissance Italy can be best approximated today by such great corporations as those that I have named...
Tremaine Collection artworks and designs in exhibitions (compilation; 1945-present)
ADC staff - 16 Jun 16
Tremaine Collection artworks and designs in exhibitions (compilation; 1945-present) Starting with their Miller Company Collection of Abstract Art, Burton Tremaine and Emily Hall Tremaine, known for her great eye, built a collection of works which were featured in hundreds of exhibitions. After...