Richard Rosenfeld fashion drawings
Online Access
Available digital items: https://digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/collections/PC020204
Abstract
Fashion illustrator and Parsons School of Design alumnus Richard Rosenfeld taught figure drawing and fashion illustration at Parsons from the 1970s until his retirement in 2015. The Richard Rosenfeld fashion drawings consist of samples selected by Rosenfeld to illustrate teaching concepts and techniques.
Dates
- 2000-2013
Creator
- Rosenfeld, Richard (Artist, Person)
Extent
0.7 Cubic Feet (1 OSx-1 box, 2 OSxxx folders)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
The collection is a subset of Richard Rosenfeld's archive from his career as a Parsons School of Design professor of illustration. It contains drawings of women's and men’s fashion he selected for inclusion in The New School Archives, such as demonstration drawings by him, to illustrate the concepts he was teaching and to document different styles and media, and selected student works, mainly from the 2000s. Rosenfeld assessed these as exemplary representative samples of fashion illustration student work. The collection mainly consists of mixed media illustrations of ink, charcoal, marker, watercolor and gouache, collages, and computer renderings.
Student works are mostly organized by year, and by media, and some have annotations, such as “good brushwork” and “example of good croquis.” Other works demonstrate use of various media, or computer graphics. Most of the student work includes the name of the student. Rosenfeld’s own illustrations are signed “Rosenfeld.”
This collection does not contain Rosenfeld’s commercial illustration work, nor does it contain work from his earliest decades teaching at Parsons School of Design. Additionally, it does not include his figurative fine art drawings.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
Conditions Governing Use
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Biographical note
Richard Rosenthal taught fashion illustration at Parsons School of Design for over four decades after graduating from Parsons in 1967.
He initially taught a course titled, "Fashion Drawing," in 1971, offered by Parsons's recently launched Continuing Education division, then called, "Evening Classes." He taught fashion illustration and fashion layout in this division of Parsons through the early 1990s.
In 1978, Rosenfeld joined the faculty of the undergraduate department, "General Illustration and Fashion Illustration," under the leadership of Suzanne Cole. In 1985, Rosenthal moved to the Fashion Design Department when fashion illustration separated from general illustration, as the teaching of the discipline of fashion drawing shifted between departments. During the 1990s, he was listed in course catalogs as a faculty member in both the Fashion Design and the Illustration Departments. In 2004, Rosenthal became a full-time faculty member.
He retired from his faculty position in 2015, but continued teaching in other venues.
In addition to teaching, Rosenfeld was a prolific fashion illustrator whose work appeared in such publications as Women's Wear Daily and Glamour magazine.
References
Feitelberg, Rosemary. "Richard Rosenfeld Looks Back at His Lengthy Career in Fashion Illustration." Women's Wear Daily. December 29, 2020. https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/richard-rosenfeld-looks-back-at-his-lengthy-career-in-fashion-illustration-1234677927/
Richard Rosenfeld [personal website], 2021. https://www.richardrosenfeld.nyc/
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title in 2 series: 1. Demonstration drawings; 2. Student work
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Richard Rosenfeld selected these drawings for donation to The New School Archives in 2013 upon the closure of the School of Fashion's Garment Center building, location of Rosenfeld's office.
- Drawing -- Study and teaching (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fashion drawing (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fashion illustration. (Subject) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Fashion illustrations (layout features) (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Fashion illustrators (Occupation) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Human figure in art (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Richard Rosenfeld fashion drawings
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Agnes Szanyi
- Date
- November 16, 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin