Thirty-eight postcards to Browne and his wife from their son, painter Harold Putnam Browne, and colleagues Anne Balderston, Bertha Beckwith, William Henry Drake, Charles Warren Eaton, Paul King, Roland F. Knoedler, Anna Lou Matthews, and Chauncey F. Ryder, 1904-1927; and 13 postcards to Harold Putnam Browne from his parents and colleagues, 1905-1917.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, art instructor; New York, New York. Born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Browne studied at the Museum of Fine Arts School of Drawing and Painting, and at the Cowles Art School, Boston. In Paris he studied under Robert-Fleury and at the Academie Julien under Lefebvre.
Provenance:
Donated 1976 by Mady Marantz, along with the papers of her father, Irving Marantz, whose relationship to Browne is unclear.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Biographical material; letters; business records; photographs; works of art; and printed material.
REEL 3320: Photographs, of works of art, of ancestors, family members, friends, and business associates; 16 original works of art, including one print and 15 pencil drawings; and one exhibition catalog, 1919.
UNMICROFILMED: 15 biographical accounts, 1929-1948; letters received by King and his family from friends, patrons, and colleagues express congratulations, thanks, and condolences, 1907-1959; a contract engaging William Bell as King's agent, 1939; 4 sales ledgers, 1926-1951; lists of paintings sold, 1948-1975; 4 address books, a gallery visitors' book, 1950-1952; printed material; and photographs, 1907-1940, of King, his family, and his works of art.
Biographical / Historical:
Portrait and landscape painter. Began his career in Buffalo, New York, working as a lithographer's assistant. Studied at the Art Students League of New York under Mowbray, in Paris, and in Holland with Willy Sluiter, Bloomers, and Peters. During World War I, specialized in the application of camouflage. Member of the National Academy of Design, the Salmagundi Club, and many other art clubs. Director of Philadelphia Art Alliance and President of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women.
Provenance:
Material on reel 3320 lent for microfilming and unmicrofilmed material donated 1984 by Mr. & Mrs. Paul King, Jr., son and daughter-in-law of Paul King.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Educators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Search this
Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Search this
Topic:
Portrait painting -- 20th century -- United States Search this
Landscape painting -- 20th century -- United States Search this
