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Creator:
Fearing, Kelly, 1918-  Search this
Subject:
Betty McLean Gallery  Search this
Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.)  Search this
Margaret Brown Gallery (Boston, Mass.)  Search this
American Federation of Arts  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet, ca. 140 items (on 3 microfilm reels)
Access Note / Rights:
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.
Summary:
Printed material, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, books by Fearing, biographical material and loan agreements.
REEL 3103: Correspondence with Frank Dolejska and Ellen Sharp of the Contemporary Arts Association of Houston, the Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, the Carnegie Institute, Catholic University of America, and the Betty McLean Gallery, Dallas; loan agreements from the American Federation of Arts, N.Y.C., for the exhibitions "Painter's Panorama," and "Contemporary Texas Painting"; clippings; and a photograph of Fearing's painting "Madonna and Child with Hummingbirds."
REEL 3104: A biographical data sheet listing Fearing's publications, exhibitions, awards, collections his work is in, and books, catalogs and articles with reproductions of his work; a scrapbook containing letters, clippings, printed material and photographs; a scrapbook of photographs and reproductions of his art work; exhibition catalogs, clippings, and brochures from symposia where Fearing lectured.
REEL 3119: A notebook containing reprints from The Texas Quarterly, "Drawings by Kelly Fearing" and "The Aegean Series: A Selection of Paintings by Kelly Fearing," and exhibition announcements and catalogs; books written by Fearing and others including, THE CREATIVE EYE, ART AND THE CREATIVE TEACHER, CREATIVITY AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT, HELPING CHILDREN SEE AND MAKE ART, OUR EXPANDING VISION, an 8 volume series, and THE COLOUR OF COLOUR by Patrick Heron with a preface by Fearing.
Citation:
Kelly Fearing papers, 1941-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reels 3103, 3104, and 3119 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Reels 3103-3104: Originals returned the lender, Kelly Fearing, after microfilming.
Biography Note:
Painter, educator, author; Austin, Texas. Born 1918 in Fordyce, Arkansas. Professor at the University of Texas.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Material on reels 3103-3104 lent for microfilming by Fearing, 1982 and reel 3119 donated by Fearing, 1982. The books were transfered to NMAA/NPG library, 1984.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Artists as authors -- Texas -- Austin  Search this
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Texas -- Austin  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8901
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211086
AAA_collcode_fearkell
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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