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Creator:

Fein, Sylvia  Search this

Names:

Glasier, Marshall, 1902-  Search this

Huppler, Dudley, 1917-1988  Search this

Priebe, Karl J., 1914-1976  Search this

Wilde, John, 1919-2006  Search this

Extent:

5.9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Date:

1936-2011

Summary:

The papers of painter and author Sylvia Fein measure 5.9 linear feet and date from 1936 to 2011. The papers primarily document her friendships with other artists from the Wisconsin-based Magic Realist group, including Dudley Huppler, John Wilde, Marshall Glasier, and Karl Priebe, as well as her career as a painter and her work on the books Heidi's Horse and First Drawings: Genesis of Visual Thinking. Documentation consists of scattered biographical material, extensive correspondence, project files, writings by Huppler and others, printed material, photographs, artwork by Wilde and Glasier, and scrapbooks.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of painter and author Sylvia Fein measure 5.9 linear feet and date from 1936 to 2011. The papers primarily document her friendships with other artists from the Wisconsin-based Magic Realist group, including Dudley Huppler, John Wilde, Marshall Glasier, and Karl Priebe, as well as her career as a painter and her work on the books Heidi's Horse and First Drawings: Genesis of Visual Thinking. Documentation consists of scattered biographical material, extensive correspondence, project files, writings by Huppler and others, printed material, photographs, artwork by Wilde and Glasier, and scrapbooks.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 8 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1936-2010 (Box 1, 8; 10 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1941-2011 (Box 1-3; 2.3 linear feet)

Series 3: Project Files, 1970-2011 (Box 3-4, 8; 1.2 linear feet)

Series 4: Writings by Others, circa 1940s-1994 (Box 4; 4 folders)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1941-2010 (Box 4-5; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1940-2000 (Box 5; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Artwork, 1941-1947 (Box 5; 3 folders)

Series 8: Scrapbooks, circa 1940-2010 (Box 5-7; 0.8 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Sylvia Fein (1919-2024) was a painter and author in Martinez, California. She was part of the Magic Realist Group of artists that originated at the University of Wisconsin.

Fein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and from 1938 to 1942 she studied art at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. While there she became friends with fellow artists Marshall Glasier, John Wilde, Dudley Huppler, and Karl Priebe. In 1942 she married William Scheuber and briefly had a factory job in Milwaukee testing switches for naval planes. From 1944 to 1947 Fein lived and traveled throughout Mexico. Much of the work produced during this period was included in a solo exhibition of her paintings at the Perls Galleries in 1946. She and her husband then moved to northern California and had a daughter, Heidi. During the 1950s and 1960s, Fein continued to paint in her home studio.

In 1973 Fein decided to take a break from painting and published two books, Heidi's Horse (1976) and First Drawings: Genesis of Visual Thinking (1993). These works were greatly inspired by her friendship with art educator and researcher, Henry Shaefer-Simmern. In 2003 she resumed painting. She was featured in the group show, "With Friends: Six Magic Realists, 1940-1965" at the University of Wisconsin in 2005 and in a solo retrospective at the Bakersfield Art Museum in 2007. From 1970 to 2000 Fein was also active in the community of Pleasant Hill, California, as a member of several public services commissions.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 2011 by Sylvia Fein.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Painters -- Wisconsin  Search this

Authors -- Wisconsin  Search this

Topic:

Magic realism (Art)  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Sylvia Fein papers, 1936-2011. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.feinsylv

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Sylvia Fein papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ea0081e2-9520-4062-a56d-8929e32d583f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-feinsylv

Collector:

Isaacs, Charles  Search this

Creator:

Saché, John Edward, 1824-1882  Search this

Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825  Search this

Kusakabe, Kimbei, 1841-1934  Search this

Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912  Search this

Skeen & Co.  Search this

Scowen & Co.  Search this

Extent:

73 Albumen prints (various sizes.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Albumen prints

Photographs

Place:

India

Jammu and Kashmir (India)

Udagamandalam (India)

Kanpur (India)

Lucknow (India)

Japan

Guangzhou (China)

China

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Date:

circa 1850-1900

Scope and Contents:

73 albumen photo prints, some mounted, many signed and numbered in the negative and some with hadwritten penciled identifications, various sizes. A small number are hand-tinted. Images depict Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Japan and China. Subjects include portraits, people in daily activities, street scenes, city views, architecture, fauna and gardens, and landscapes. Photographers include Scowen & Co., Skeen & Co. and Samuel Bourne. Images depict architectural monuments, city and village views, and picturesque landscapes such as the Great Imambara and Mosque in Lucknow, the quadrangle of the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) in Agra, the Memorial Well in Kanpur (Cawnpore), numerous views of villages, bridges and landscapes in Kashmir, and the botanical gardens at Ootacamund (Udagamandalam). There is also one photograph, an unmounted albumen print, signed and numbered in the negative, by John Edward Saché (active 1860-1880), also depicting a landscape in India. Additionally, an ethnographic portrait (unmounted albumen print) of two Sri Lankan indigenous men titled "Veddahs" by Charles T. Scowen is included in the collection.

Arrangement:

Four flat boxes.

Biographical / Historical:

British photographer Charles T. Scowen arrived in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the early 1870s, where he was first employed as a clerk. By 1876, Scowen had established a studio, Scowen & Co., in Kandy, with a second location appearing in Columbo by the 1890s. There appear to have been several Scowens working in the studios, as Charles T. Scowen returned to England in 1885. C. Scowen was listed as the proprietor until 1891 and M. Scowen was the proprietor when the firm was finally sold in 1893. Images from Scowen & Co. were used to illustrate a number of books about Ceylon and the tea trade.

Skeen & Co. was a commercial photography studio active in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1860-1903. In 1860, William Skeen, who was the official Government Printer, purchased J. Parting's photography studio in Colombo for his son, William Louis Henry Skeen, who had studied at the London School of Photography. In 1891 another Skeen & Co. studio was opened in Kandy. The firm was known for its images of agriculture (particularly tea and spices), industry (the construction of the Ceylon railroads and the Colombo Breakwater), landscapes and ethnic groups.

John Edward Saché (1824-1882) was an American commercial photographer, born in Prussia as Johann Edvart Zachert. He arrived in Calcutta in 1864 and for the next twenty years traveled widely in northern India, photographing major towns and sites. Saché's first professional association was with W. F. Westfield in Calcutta but he would go on to establish other studios, either alone or in partnerships, in Nainital, Bombay, Lucknow and Benares, among other locations.

Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) had already begun to earn recognition for his work in England, having exhibited at the London International Exhibition of 1862, when he decided to give up his position in a bank and depart for India to work as a professional photographer. He arrived in Calcutta early in 1863, initially setting up a partnership with William Howard. They moved up to Simla, where they established a new studio Howard & Bourne, to be joined in 1864 by Charles Shepherd, to form Howard, Bourne & Shepherd. By 1866, after the departure of Howard, it became Bourne & Shepherd, the name under which the firm continues to operate to this day. Although Bourne only spent 6 years in India, his time there was extremely productive. He undertook three major expeditions in the Himalayas, creating an impressive body of work which combined the highest technical quality and a keen artistic eye, while working under difficult physical conditions. Bourne left India for good in 1870, selling his interest in Bourne & Shepherd shortly thereafter and abandoning commercial photography.

Local Numbers:

FSA A2002.01

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Mosques  Search this

Imambaras  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Albumen prints

Citation:

Charles Isaacs Collection, FSA A2002.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A2002.01

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3785ae3a2-88ca-4b13-b53c-9abe7d959617

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2002-01

Creator:

Plumer, James Marshall  Search this

Extent:

1.6 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Correspondence

Printed material

Drawings

Maps

Place:

China

Date:

1935-1949

Scope and Contents:

Manuscripts, translations, correspondence, notes, maps, drawings, and black and white photographic prints and negatives related to James Marshall Plumer's work with Chinese ceramics, primarily concerning the location and excavation of a Yue ware kiln site.

Yüeh (sometimes Yueh) was the common romanization at the time of creation and is used extensively in this finding aid to reflect its usage in the original materials. Yue is preferred now. All other obsolete romanizations reflect usage in the original materials.

Arrangement:

Organized into two series: Series 1: Yüeh File Series 2: Photographs

Biographical / Historical:

James Marshall Plumer (1899-1960) , scholar of Asian art. After receiving his B.A. from Harvard, Plumer served as an administrative officer with the Chinese Government Service in Maritime Customs. From 1935 until his death, he taught art history at the University of Michigan while continuing to visit and work in China and Japan. In 1935 and 1937, Plumer discovered ancient kiln sites in the Chinese provinces of Fukien (Fujian) and Chekiang (Zhejiang). He wrote extensively on Chinese ceramics and edited the 'Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin' from 1950 to 1958.

Related Materials:

James M. Plumer papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the National Museum of Asian Art's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.

Topic:

Ceramics -- China  Search this

Ceramics -- Japan  Search this

Kilns -- China -- Fujian  Search this

Kilns -- China -- Zhejiang  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Correspondence

Printed material

Drawings

Maps

Citation:

James Marshall Plumer Collection, FSA.A.14. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Caroline I. Plumer.

Identifier:

FSA.A.14

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James Marshall Plumer Collection

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc395f4d2fb-4ed5-472d-8410-b5f0ab3d55a3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-14

Creator:

Roberts, Laurance Page  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (box)

Container:

Box 1

Box 2

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Papers

Place:

China

Japan

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

These papers were created by museum director, administrator, and writer Laurance Page Roberts. The bulk of the collection is study material on Asian art originating from school course work during the 1930s. There are several notebooks filled with notes taken during lectures, several contain mounted photographs of Asian art works from public collections with descriptions. There are also 13 photos of Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat.

Biographical / Historical:

Laurance Page Roberts (1907-2002) was an art historian and art administrator in New York, Rome, and Philadelphia. Roberts worked as Curator of Near and Far Eastern Art (1934-1938), then Director (1938-1942) at the Brooklyn Museum. He later went on to be Director of the American Academy in Rome (1946-1959).

Local Numbers:

FSA A2014.01

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Papers

Citation:

Laurance Page Roberts Papers. FSA.A2014.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A2014.01

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc38e9baea5-9ac6-49b5-ae6b-89700eab645b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2014-01

Creator:

Jacobson, Marcus, 1930-2001  Search this

Names:

York University (Toronto, Ont.). Art Gallery  Search this

Gu, Wenda, 1955-  Search this

Extent:

4 Letters (hand written)

1 Item (manuscript, hand written)

1 Exhibition catalog (includes essays and photographs)

1 Item (exhibition post card, black and white, 11 x 35 cm)

2 Photographs (color, 20 x 25 cm)

Container:

Box 1

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Letters

Exhibition catalogs

Photographs

Chromogenic color prints

Correspondence

Place:

China

Canada -- Ontario -- Toronto

Date:

1986-1988

Scope and Contents:

This collection was created and collected by the late Dr. Marcus Jacobson. It consists of materials relating to contemporary Chinese artist Gu Wenda, whom Dr. Jacobson supported in Gu's early days (mid-1980s) by purchasing works and trying to interest fellow US and Canadian academics (Dr. Jacobson was a well-known neuroscientist) in Gu's works. This collection includes an original catalogue of Gu's first exhibition in North America at York University in Toronto to which Marcus contributed. Along with a few other items of similar nature including: correspondence from Gu to Dr. Jacobson, a letter from Dr. Jacobson to his art colleagues, and 2 photographs of Gu.

Arrangement:

Organized by document type: correspondence, notes, catalog, photographs.

Biographical / Historical:

Dr. Marcus Jacobson biographical note

Local Numbers:

FSA A2009.05

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Chromogenic color prints

Exhibition catalogs

Correspondence -- 20th century

Citation:

Dr. Marcus Jacobson Papers of 20th Century Contemporary Artist Gu Wenda. FSA.A2009.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A2009.05

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc36ee27eb7-9398-480e-aa4c-87b9317d2069

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2009-05

Creator:

Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962  Search this

Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904  Search this

Reid, Robert, 1862-1929  Search this

Robus, Hugo, 1885-1964  Search this

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892  Search this

Widener, P. A. B. (Peter Arrell Brown), 1834-1915  Search this

Names:

Houghton, Mifflin and Company  Search this

United States. National Park Service  Search this

Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886  Search this

Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872  Search this

Collection Creator:

Brumbaugh, Thomas B. (Thomas Brendle), 1921-  Search this

Extent:

11 Items (Letters, written in ink, ball point, graphite)

1 Photograph

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Correspondence

Date:

1818-1847

Scope and Contents:

This folder is an amalgamation of letters written and recieved by prominent figures in 19th and 20th century American art. Included in the folder are letters by Robert Reid, Hugo Robus, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, Eugene Speicher, John Greenleaf Whittier and Peter A.B. Widener.

Arrangement:

Organized alphabetically by author.

Biographical / Historical:

Erastus D. Palmer was an American sculptor. He sculpted portrait busts and religious bas-reliefs in a style that combined neoclassical idealism and realism. His most famous sculpture is "The White Captive," which depicts a young girl who has been captured by Native Americans.

Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes was an American architect born into the wealthy Phelps Stokes family. He designed St-Paul's Chapel at Columbia University and some residential buildings in New York. Phelps Stokes also published The Iconography of Manhattan Island, a six volume work about New York City. He commissioned John Singer Sargent to paint a portrait with himself and his wife, Edith née Minturn.

Robert Reid was an American artist who studied in New England and Paris. He began by painting French peasants, but became known for his murals and stained glass designs. Some of his work can be found in the Congressional Library in Washington, D.C.

Hugo Robus was an American painter and sculpture from Ohio. He studied in the United States and Paris, and then taught at the Modern Art School in New York. He worked in a very lyrical cubist style, usually with people as his subject.

Thomas Prichard Rossiter was an American painter born in New Haven, Connecticut. He traveled throughout Europe, painting portraits along the way, and he kept a studio in Paris. He painted mostly portraits, but also completed a series of paintings depicting the life of Christ.

John Frederick Kensett was an American artist and engraver who worked in New Haven, Connecticut, and New York City.

Henry Rox was a German artist who studied in Berlin and Paris before settling in the United States in 1938, where he taught at many universities, including Mount Holyoke College. He is known for fruit and vegetable photo-sculptures.

Eugene Speicher was an American realist painter from Buffalo, New York. He attended the Art Students League, and then studied in Europe for a few years. He was considered a leading portrait artist in America at the time, favoring female subjects. Speicher won numerous awards for his work, and was appointed Director of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1945.

Max Weber was a Russian-born Jewish-American cubist. He studied with Matisse, Rousseau, and Picasso in Paris. Weber helped introduce cubism to America.

John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet. Whittier was an ardent abolitionist who was extremely influenced by the doctrines of humanitarianism, compassion, and social responsibility found in Quakerism. He was a founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and worked as a lobbyist. He is remembered today for his patriotic poetry, and his poems that were later turned into hymns.

Paul Hayne was an American poet who Whittier references in his letter to the publishers Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Hayne had just died, and his son, W.H. Hayne, wanted to edit his later poems for publication.

Widener (1834-1915) was an American businessman from Pennsylvania. During the Civil War, he supplied meat to the Union Army. By investing in trolley cars and public transit services, Widener became quite successful and wealthy. He was an avid art collector whose collection included works by Rembrandt, Edouard Manet, and Auguste Renoir. He is considered one of the top 100 wealthiest Americans of all time.

Local Numbers:

FSA A2009.06 6

Other Archival Materials:

Thomas B. Brumbaugh research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists, 1876-1994 (bulk 1960s-1994); Also located at Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Genre/Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century

Correspondence -- 20th century

Collection Citation:

The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters. FSA.A2009.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A2009.06, Series FSA A2009.06 6

See more items in:

The Brumbaugh Collection of Artist Letters

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3ab5429cd-d428-4427-b439-71f5316aec84

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a2009-06-ref4

Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Extent:

131 Linear feet (29 architectural drawings)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Diaries

Financial records

Correspondence

Photographs

Place:

China

Syria

Egypt

India

London (England)

Japan

Boston (Mass.)

Detroit (Mich.)

Washington (D.C.)

Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

Date:

1876-1931

Summary:

The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, and photographs.

Scope Content:

The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, financial material, architectural drawings, and photographs.

Correspondence, circa 1860-1921, includes Freer's correspondence, 1876-1920, with artists, dealers, collectors, museums, and public figures; letterpress books contain copies of Freer's outgoing letters, 1892-1910; correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler, and his wife Beatrix, 186?-1909, with Lady Colin Campbell, Thomas R. Way, Alexander Reid, Whistler's mother, Mrs. George W. Whistler, and others; correspondence of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, 1904-1913, regarding works in Canfield's collection; and correspondence of Freer's assistant, Katharine Nash Rhoades, 1920-1921, soliciting Freer's letters from his associates, and regarding the settlement of his estate.

Also included are twenty-nine pocket diaries, 1889-1890, 1892-1898, 1900-1919, recording daily activities, people and places visited, observations, and comments; a diary kept by Freer's caretaker, Joseph Stephens Warring, recording daily activities at Freer's Detroit home, 1907-1910. Inventories, n.d. and 1901-1921, of American, European, and Asian art in Freer's collection, often including provenance information; vouchers, 1884-1919, documenting his purchases; five volumes of scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeill Whistler, 1888-1931, labeled "Various," "Peacock Room," "Death, etc.," "Paris, etc.," and "Boston...London" ; three volumes of newsclippings, 1900-1930, concerning Freer and the opening of the Freer Gallery of Art.

Correspondence regarding Freer's gift and bequest to the Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1916; and photographs, ca. 1880-1930, of Freer, including portraits by Alvin Langdon Coburn and Edward Steichen, Freer with others, Freer in Cairo, China and Japan, Freer's death mask, and his memorial service, Kyoto, 1930; photographs of artists and others, including Thomas Dewing, Ernest Fenollosa, Katharine Rhoades taken by Alfred Stieglitz, Rosalind B. Philip, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Abbott H. Thayer, Dwight Tryon, and Whistler; and photographs relating to Whistler, including art works depicting him, grave and memorial monuments, works of art, the Peacock Room, and Whistler's memorial exhibition at the Copley Society.

Organization of the Papers:

This collection is organized into twelve series.

Series 1: Genealogical and Biographical Data

Series 2: Correspondence

Series 3: Diaries

Series 4: Freer Colleague Materials

Series 5: Art Inventories

Series 6: Financial Materials

Series 7: Exhibition Loan Files

Series 8: Biblical Manuscripts and Gold Treasure Files

Series 9: American School of Archaeology in China

Series 10: Printed Material

Series 11: Outsize Material

Series 12: Photographs

Biographical Note:

1854 February 25 -- Born in Kingston, New York

1873 -- Appointed accountant and paymaster of New York, Kingston and Syracuse Railroad by Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927)

1876 -- Moves to Indiana to work, with Hecker, for the Detroit and Eel River and Illinois Railroad

1880 -- Moves to Detroit, participates in organization of the Peninsular Car Works with Hecker

1883 -- Becomes vice president and secretary of Peninsular Car Company when it succeeds Peninsular Car Works

1883 -- Begins collecting European prints

1884 -- Peninsular Car Company constructs plant on Ferry Avenue

1887 -- Meets Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)

1887 -- Acquires proofs of 26 etchings, Venice, Second Series(1886), by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

1887 -- Purchases a small Japanese fan attributed to Ogata Korin(1658-1715)

1887 -- Buys land on Ferry Avenue

1889 -- Meets Frederick Stuart Church (1826-1900) and Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) in New York

1890 -- Commissions Wilson Eyre (1858-1944) to design house on Ferry Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

1890 -- On first trip to London, meets James McNeill Whistler(1834-1903)

1892 -- Moves to Ferry Avenue house

1892 -- Tryon and Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) undertake decoration of reception rooms

1893 -- Lends American paintings to World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago

1893 -- Purchases first piece of Chinese art, a small painting of white herons by an anonymous Ming dynasty (1368-1644) artist

1894 -- Begins yearlong trip around the world, which includes visit to the Whistlers in Paris and first trip to Asia, stopping in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), India, China, and Japan

1896 -- Meets Matsuki Bunkyo (1867-1940) in Boston

1899 -- Takes part in consolidation of railroad-car building companies then retires from active business

1900 -- Attends Exposition International Universelle in Paris

1900 -- Buys villa in Capri with Thomas S. Jerome

1901 -- Meets Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) in Paris and Ernest Fenollosa(1853-1908), who visits Freer in Detroit

1902 -- Meets Dikran Kelekian (1868-1951)

1902 -- Spends summer in Britain building Whistler collection

1902 -- Views Whistler's, Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room

1904 -- Purchases Whistler's Peacock Room

1904 -- Offers his art collections and funds to build a museum in which to house them to the Smithsonian Institution

1905 -- Smithsonian committee visits Freer in Detroit

1906 -- United States government formally accepts Freer's gift on January 24

1906 -- Freer signs Deed of Gift to Smithsonian Institution on May 5

1907 -- On second tour of Asia, meets Hara Tomitaro 1868-1939) in Yokohama, Japan

1908 -- Takes third trip to Asia, specifically to West Asia to study Rakka ware

1909 -- Tours Europe to study art museums

1909 -- On fourth trip to Asia, attends memorial ceremony for Fenollosa (d.1908 September) at Miidera, Japan, and meets Duanfang (1861-1911) in China

1910 -- On last trip to Asia, visits Longmen Buddhist caves in China

1911 -- Suffers stroke

1912 -- Lends selection of objects for exhibition at Smithsonian Institution

1913 -- Meets Eugene (1875-1957) and Agnes E. (1887-1970) Meyer

1913 -- Commissions Charles Adams Platt (1861-1933) to design museum building in Washington

1914 -- Meets Katharine Nash Rhoades (1885-1965) in Detroit

1915 -- Settles in New York City

1915 -- Site of future Freer Gallery of Art is determined

1916 -- Platt's plans for Freer Gallery are approved by Smithsonian Regents and Commission of Fine Arts and ground is broken in September

1918 -- After falling ill in Detroit, Freer travels to New York for treatment

1918 -- Work on the museum building is delayed by the war

1919 -- Freer appends codicil to will permitting acquisitions of Asian, Egyptian, and Near Eastern (West Asian) art

1919 -- Dies in New York City on 25 September and is buried in Kingston, New York

1919 -- Construction of Freer Gallery completed

1920 -- John Ellerton Lodge (1876-1942) is appointed director of the Freer Gallery

1923 -- Freer Gallery opens to the public on May 9

1930 -- Memorial ceremony for Freer is held at Koetsuji, Kyoto

Charles Lang Freer was an American industrialist who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. He was a well-known collector of Asian art, and strongly supported the synthesis of Eastern art and Western art. One of his most famous acquisitions was James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room.

Index:

Index to cross-referenced correspondents in the series Charles Lang Freer correspondence

Beal, Junius E. -- See: -- Warring, Joseph Stephens

Black, George M. -- See: -- Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Board of Education (Kingston, New York) See: Michael, M. J.

Bonner, Campbell See: University of Michigan

Boughton, George H. See: Yardley, F. C.

British Museum See: Binyon, Laurence; Hobson, R. L.

Brown, Harold H. See: Art Association of Indianapolis

Buchner, Evelyn B. See: Knoedler, M., and Company

Buckholder, C. H. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Butler, S. B. See: Unidentified correspondents

Carnegie Institute See: Balken, Edward Duff; Harshe, Robert B.

Carpenter, Newton H. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Caulkins, Horace James See: Pewabic Pottery

Chao, Shih-chin See: Gunn, Chu Su

Chicago & North Western Railway Co. See: Hughett, Marvin

Clark, Charles Upson See: Clark, Arthur B.

Cleveland Museum of Art See: Whiting, Frederic Allen

Columbia University See: Braun, W. A.; Gottheil, Richard; Hirth, Friederich

Commission of Fine Arts See: Moore, Charles

Corcoran Gallery of Art See: Minnigerode, C. Powell

Crocker, Anna B. See: Portland Art Association

Dannenberg, D. E. See: Karlbeck, Orvar

De Menoncal, Beatrice See: Lien, Hui Ch'ing Collection

De Ricci, Seymour See: Ricci, Seymour de

Defnet, William A., Mrs., See: Franke, Ida M.

DeMotte See: Vigouroux, J.

Detroit Institute of Arts See: Detroit Museum of Art

Detroit Publishing Company See: Livingstone, W. A.

Detroit School of Design See: George Hamilton; Stevens, Henry

DeVinne Press See: Peters, Samuel T.; Witherspoon, A. S.

Dyrenforth, P. C. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Eddy, Arthur J. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Eggers, George Williams See: Art Institute of Chicago

Farr, Daniel H. See: Robinson and Farr

Farrand School (Detroit) See: Yendall, Edith

Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) See: Laufer, Berthold

Flagg, Frederick J. See: Allen, Horace N.

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University See: Forbes, Edward; Pope, Arthur Upham; Sachs, Paul J.

French, M. R. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Fu, Lan-ya See: Pang, Lai-ch'en

Fujii, Yoshio See: Yoshio, Fujii

Gerrity, Thomas See: Knoedler, M., and Company

Goupil Gallery See: Marchant, William

Gray, William J. See: Barr, Eva

Great Lakes Engineering Works See: Hoyt, H. W.

Grolier Club See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Heinemann, W. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Holden, Edward S. See: West Point, U. S. Military Academy

Hudson, J. L. See: Weber, William C.

Hutchins, Harry B. See: University of Michigan

Hutchins, Charles L. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Kelekian, H. G. See: Kelekian, Dikran G.

Kent, H. W. See: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lee, Kee Son See: Li, Chi-ch'un

Levy, John See: Schneider, A. K.

Library of Congress See: Rice, Richard A.; Wright, Helen

Louvre (Paris, France) See: Midgeon, Gaston

Matsuki, Z. See: Matsuki, Kihachiro

McKim, Mead and White See: White, Stanford

Mills, A. L., Colonel See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Miner, Luella See: Lien, Hui Ch'ing Collection

Minneapolis Institute of Arts See: Breck, Joseph; Van Derlip, John R.

Monif, R. Khan See: Rathbun, Richard

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See: Lodge, John Ellerton

Naser, Katen & Nahass See: Katen, K.

Nordlinger, Marie, Miss See: Meyer-Riefstahl, Marie

Panama Pacific International Exposition See: Moore, Charles C.; Trask, John E. D.

Peabody Museum See: Morse, Edward Sylvester

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts See: Trask, John E. D.

Perry, Mary Chase, Miss., See: Pewabic Pottery

Philip, Ronald M. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Pope, G. D. See: Barr, Eva

Reinhart, A. G. See: Gottschalk, E.

Reitz, Sigisbert Chrétien Bosch See: Bosch-Reitz, Sigisbert Chrétien

Rutgers College See: Van Dyke, John C.

Saint-Gaudens, Augusta H. See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Saint-Gaudens, Homer See: Saint-Gaudens, Augustus

Samurai Shokai See: Nomura, Yozo

San Francisco Art Association See: Laurvik, J. Nilsen

Scribner's, Charles, Sons See: Van Dyke, John C.

Shaw, Wilfred B. See: University of Michigan

Shirae, S. Z. See: Yamanaka and Company

Smith College See: Clark, Arthur B.

Smithsonian Institution See: Holmes, William Henry; Rathbun, Richard; Ravenel, Walcott, Charles D.

Society of Arts and Crafts (Detroit) See: Plumb, Helen

Societe des Beaux-Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Stevens, George W. See: Toledo Museum of Art

Stratton, Mary Chase Perry See: Pewabic Pottery

Tanaka, Kichijiro See: Yamanaka and Company

Tuttle, William F. See: Art Institute of Chicago

Union Trust Company (Detroit) See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

United States Military Academy See: West Point, U. S. Military Academy

University of Chicago See: Zug, George Breed

University of Pennsylvania, Univ. Mus. See: Gordon, George Bryon

Ushikubo, D. J. R. See: Yamanaka and Company

Wallis & Son See: Barr, Eva; Thompson, C. Croal Ward, Clarence See: Oberlin College

Warren, Edward K. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Warring, Stephen See: Warring, Joseph Stephens

Watkin, Williams R. T. See: Philip, Rosalind Birnie

Watson, Margaret, Miss See: Parker, Margaret Watson

Whistler, Anna See: Stanton, Anna Whistler

Whiting, Almon C. See: Toledo Museum of Art

Williams College See: Rice, Richard A

Wright, F. G. See: Orbach and Company

Yatsuhashi, H. See: Yamanaka and Company

Index to cross-referenced correspondence in the series Whistler correspondence

Bell, William See: Unidentified correspondents

Brown, Ernest See: Painter Etchers' Society, Committee

Cowen, John T. See subseries: Charles Lang Freer Correspondence

Ford, Sheridan See: Reid, Alexander

Haden, Francis Seymour See: Painter Etchers' Society, Committee

Haden, Francis Seymour, Lady See: Haden, Deborah Whistler

Leighton, Frederick, Baron See: Campbell, Lady Colin

Moore, Albert See: Reid, Alexander

Morley, Charles See: Pall Mall Gazette

Morris, Harrison S. See: Reid, Alexander

Pennell, Joseph See: Miscellaneous typescripts

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Prange, F. G. See: Reid, Alexander

Societe des Beaux-Arts See: Reid, Alexander

Society of Portrait Painters See: Reid, Alexander

Stevens Fine Art See: Reid, Alexander

Studd, Arthur See: Miscellaneous typescripts

[Vanderbilt?], George, Mrs. See: George, Mrs.

Whistler, William McNeill, Mrs. See: Whistler, Nellie

Whistler Memorial Committee See: Miscellaneous typescripts

Related Material:

The Archives of American Art microfilmed portions of the Freer papers in 1992. The microfilm is available at the Archives of American Art's Washington D.C. office, the Freer Gallery of Art Library, and through interlibrary loan.

Provenance:

Gift of the Estate of Charles Lang Freer.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Art, American -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Architecture -- Asia  Search this

Genre/Form:

Diaries

Financial records

Correspondence

Photographs

Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

Identifier:

FSA.A.01

See more items in:

Charles Lang Freer Papers

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3f1a0e3e0-630c-48d4-ba28-485946b1d615

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a-01

Creator:

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

Names:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Extent:

4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Clippings

Cartes-de-visite

Photographs

Letters

Sketchbooks

Place:

New York

Hartford (Conn.)

South Dartmouth (Mass.)

Japan

Date:

1872-1930

Summary:

Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925) was a noted American landscape painter whose painting style is associated with American tonalism. His paintings gained international recognition from the 1880s through the 1920s. Charles Lang Freer was his primary patron. Tryon taught art at Smith College and became head of the Art Department. The Tryon papers, dating from circa 1872 to 1930, document Tryon's professional and personal life and include correspondence, photographs, a sketchbook, and newspaper clippings.

Scope and Contents:

The Dwight William Tryon papers span circa 1872 to 1930 and measure .5 linear feet. The collection contains: nineteen photographs, a sketchbook, a letter, and five newspaper clippings.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 4 series: Series 1: Photographs, circa 1872 - 1915, no date, Series 2: Sketchbook, 1887-1888, no date, Series 3: Correspondence, June 17, 1895, Series 4: Newspaper Clippings, 1923, 1925, 1930, no date

Biographical / Historical:

American landscape painter Dwight William Tryon was born in Hartford, CT on August 13, 1849. When Tryon was about 2 years old, his father Anson Tryon was killed in a hunting accident and he was raised at his maternal grandparents' home. At the age of fourteen, Tryon began work as a machinist at Colt's Firearms Factory in Hartford to support his mother and himself. He enrolled in evening classes at Hannum's Business School and developed calligraphic skills which supplemented his income.

In 1864 Tryon became a bookkeeper and clerk at Brown and Gross, the finest booksellers in Hartford and a gathering place for local literary people such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain. During his ten-year appointment there, Tryon self-studied art using the bookstore's large stock in art books and made weekend sketching trips to the Connecticut River. In 1872 Tryon was appointed Secretary of the Hartford Art Association and began exhibiting his works. In 1873 he exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York. In that year he married Alice Hepzibah Belden whom he had met in the bookstore.

In December, 1876, the Tryon family moved to Paris, France to pursue art with financial support from the Cheney family, wealthy silk manufacturers in South Manchester, CT. Tryon received formal training under Jacquesson de la Chevreuse, a Barbizon painter Charles-Francois Daubigny, and others. He also attended the École des Beaux-Arts.

On returning to the United States in 1881, Tryon took a studio in New York and taught for several years. In the following year, he became a member of the Society of American Artists. Throughout the 1880s when the Barbizon paintings were highly regarded, Tryon's French-inspired American landscape paintings received international as well as national acclaim, winning him numerous medals and awards. In 1899, Tryon was awarded the Webb prize by the Society of American Artists for The First Leaves, a recognition given annually to the best landscape painting by a young American artist. In the same year, Tryon sold his first painting to Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), a Detroit industrialist and collector, who became Tryon's principal patron.

From 1886 to 1923, Tryon taught at Smith College, MA, as Professor of Art and took charge of the Art Department. He advised on the college's art collection and acted as the department's representative in the New York art world. Tryon resigned from the College in May 1923, and in June of the same year he received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Smith College.

In 1887, the Tryon family built a house ("The Cottage") in Padanaram, a coastal village in South Dartmouth, MA, where they would spend every year from spring to autumn until his death. In Padanaram, Tryon made sketches which he developed into paintings in his New York apartment during the winter months. Tryon also took immense pleasure in fishing and sailing in Padanaram.

In 1904, the Montross Gallery in New York held a one-man show on Tryon's painting, and in 1913 they launched Tryon's Retrospective Exhibition. In 1923, the Freer Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D. C., including a permanent collection of Tryon's paintings.

Tryon died of cancer at his summer house on July 1, 1925, at the age of 75. Upon his death, Tryon bequeathed a large number of his works to Smith College. In September of the following year, the Tryon Gallery at Smith College opened.

1849, August 1st -- Born, Hartford, CT. Son of Anson Tryon and Delia O. Roberts Tryon

[1851-1852] -- Anson Tryon is killed in a hunting accident

1863 -- Machinist at Colt's Firearms Factory, Hartford

1864 -- Begins work as a bookkeeper and clerk at Brown and Gross, Hartford

1872 -- Appointed Secretary of the Hartford Art Association

1873 -- Exhibits at the National Academy of Design

1873 -- Marries Alice Hepzibah Belden

1876-1881 -- Studies art in Paris with Jacquesson de la Chevreuse, Charles-Francois Daubigny, and at the École des Beaux-Arts

1881 -- Returns to the United States and settles in New York

1882 -- Becomes a Member of the Society of American Artists

1886-1923 -- Professor of art at Smith College, Northampton, MA

1889 -- Awarded the Webb Prize for The First Trees by the Society of American Artists

1889 -- Sells his first painting to Charles Lang Freer

1891 -- Elected Associate of the National Academy of Design

1913 -- Retrospective Exhibition

1923 -- Freer Gallery of Art opens, including a permanent collection of Tryon's paintings

1923 -- Retires from Smith College and is conferred an Honorary degree of M.A.

1925, July 1st -- Dies at his summer house in South Dartmouth, MA

1926 -- The Tryon Gallery at Smith College opens

Related Material:

Charles Lang Freer papers housed in the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives include Tryon's correspondence.

Nelson and Henry C. White research material housed in the Archives of American Art include Tryon's correspondence, notes, and photographs.

Alfred Vance Churchill Papers housed in Smith College Archives include Tryon's correspondence.

The Freer Gallery of Art and Smith College Museum of Art are major repositories that house Tryon's work.

Provenance:

An anonymous donor and Linda Merrill donated Tryon's papers to the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives in 1989.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Landscape painting  Search this

Genre/Form:

Clippings

Cartes-de-visite

Photographs

Letters

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Dwight William Tryon papers, FSA.A1989.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of an anonymous donor and Linda Merrill, 1989.

Identifier:

FSA.A1989.02

See more items in:

Dwight William Tryon Papers

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc338443f81-d1f5-4f95-b36b-005fd5ad7d1c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1989-02

Artist:

Unidentified Artist  Search this

Sitter:

Roy Wilkins, 30 Aug 1901 - Sep 1981  Search this

Medgar Evers, 1925 - 1963  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 19.4 x 24.2cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/2")

Sheet: 20.7 x 25.4cm (8 1/8 x 10")

Mat: 35.6 x 45.7cm (14 x 18")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\Mississippi\Jackson

Date:

1963

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Weapon\Gun  Search this

Equipment\Sign  Search this

Vehicle\Automobile  Search this

Exterior\Street  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Male  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Journalism and Media\Magazine editor  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Editorial writer  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Medgar Evers: Male  Search this

Medgar Evers: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.2001.81

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Getty Images

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d76e6153-e0fa-4a45-92fa-ae325dc509e4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2001.81

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Mercedes Matter, 1913 - 2001  Search this

Philip Guston, 27 Jun 1913 - 7 Jun 1980  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 26.9 x 22.1cm (10 9/16 x 8 11/16")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\New York\Kings\New York

Date:

c. 1955

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Glass  Search this

Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette  Search this

Philip Guston: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this

Philip Guston: Male  Search this

Mercedes Matter: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this

Mercedes Matter: Female  Search this

Mercedes Matter: Education and Scholarship\Founder  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.2002.99

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm412dd6da3-bb46-4e21-a6a5-af4c00b313f5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2002.99

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Muddy Waters, 4 Apr 1915 - 30 Apr 1983  Search this

Isaac Washington, active mid-20th century  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 16.4cm x 23.7cm (6 7/16" x 9 5/16")

Sheet: 20.3cm x 25.4cm (8" x 10")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\New York\Kings\New York

Date:

1959

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Guitar  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Harmonica  Search this

Isaac Washington: Male  Search this

Isaac Washington: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician  Search this

Muddy Waters: Male  Search this

Muddy Waters: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Guitarist  Search this

Muddy Waters: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Rhythm and blues singer  Search this

Muddy Waters: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Blues musician  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.96.76

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm425749f11-a15d-4373-9c89-424ceb30ae29

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.96.76

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Elizabeth Cotten, 05 Jan 1893 - 29 Jun 1987  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 16.4 x 23.7 cm (6 7/16 x 9 5/16")

Sheet: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\District of Columbia\Washington

Date:

c. 1960

Topic:

Interior  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Guitar  Search this

Elizabeth Cotten: Female  Search this

Elizabeth Cotten: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter  Search this

Elizabeth Cotten: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Rhythm and blues singer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.96.77

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ba96c0db-7f6b-48f2-8fb2-e5da6869324f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.96.77

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Woody Guthrie, 14 Jul 1912 - 3 Oct 1967  Search this

Jack Elliott, born 1931  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 22.3 x 33.6 cm (8 3/4 x 13 1/4")

Sheet: 27.7 x 35.2 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\New Jersey\Essex\East Orange

Date:

c. 1960 (printed 1997)

Topic:

Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette  Search this

Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lamp  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Couch  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Visual Arts\Artist  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Male  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Literature\Writer\Poet  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Guitarist  Search this

Woody Guthrie: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Folk singer  Search this

Jack Elliott: Male  Search this

Jack Elliott: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Folk singer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.97.187

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4980ca1b2-7425-4656-9ba2-8a63e619dff1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.97.187

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Pete Seeger, 3 May 1919 - 27 Jan 2014  Search this

Alan Lomax, 1915 - 19 Jul 2002  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 22.1 x 33.5 cm (8 11/16 x 13 3/16")

Sheet: 27.6 x 35.4 cm (10 7/8 x 13 15/16")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\New York\Kings\New York

Date:

1959 (printed 1997)

Topic:

Music\Musical instrument\Piano  Search this

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this

Equipment\Sound Devices\Microphone  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Guitar  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Banjo  Search this

Pete Seeger: Male  Search this

Pete Seeger: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician  Search this

Pete Seeger: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Songwriter  Search this

Pete Seeger: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist  Search this

Pete Seeger: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Folklorist  Search this

Pete Seeger: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Guitarist  Search this

Pete Seeger: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer\Folk singer  Search this

Pete Seeger: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Banjo  Search this

Pete Seeger: Grammy  Search this

Alan Lomax: Male  Search this

Alan Lomax: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Anthropologist  Search this

Alan Lomax: Performing Arts\Producer\Music producer  Search this

Alan Lomax: Performing Arts\Musicologist  Search this

Alan Lomax: Sports and Recreation\Collector\Music  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.97.188

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f2b7daba-86f3-4f15-a001-635a86546aea

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.97.188

Artist:

John Cohen, 02 Aug 1932 - 16 Sep 2019  Search this

Sitter:

Roscoe Holcomb, 05 Sep 1912 - 02 Feb 1981  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 20.8 × 30.9 cm (8 3/16 × 12 3/16")

Sheet: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\Kentucky\Perry\Daisy

Date:

1959 (printed mid 1960s)

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Exterior  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this

Music\Musical instrument\Banjo  Search this

Architecture\Building\Shed  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Belt  Search this

Roscoe Holcomb: Male  Search this

Roscoe Holcomb: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician  Search this

Roscoe Holcomb: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Singer  Search this

Roscoe Holcomb: Performing Arts\Performer\Musician\Banjo  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of John Cohen

Object number:

S/NPG.97.123

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© John Cohen, courtesy L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, NYC

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d83fe224-0e41-483a-82a8-78a61d212c2a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.97.123

Creator:

Milch Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Barmore, Charles  Search this

Barr, Charles H.  Search this

Ballin, Hugo  Search this

Barlow, Myron  Search this

Baer, Martin  Search this

Ascher, Mary G. (Mary Goldman)  Search this

Azzaretti, Faust  Search this

Biddle, George  Search this

Blackburn, Morris  Search this

Bellows, George  Search this

Benson, Frank Weston  Search this

Baumann, Gustave  Search this

Barr, Norman  Search this

Barrymore, Lionel  Search this

Acheson, Alice  Search this

Aiken, Charles Avery  Search this

Albee, Grace  Search this

Twachtman, John Henry  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William  Search this

Trebilcock, Paul  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson  Search this

Anderson, Karl  Search this

Warneke, Heinz (Heinrich)  Search this

Varian, Dorothy  Search this

Ufer, Walter  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden  Search this

Weir, John F. (John Ferguson)  Search this

Watkins, Franklin Chenault  Search this

Wiles, Irving Ramsay  Search this

Laufman, Sidney  Search this

Wiggins, Carleton  Search this

Appel, Marianne  Search this

Wickey, Harry  Search this

White, Henry Cooke  Search this

Zucker, Jacques  Search this

Woodward, Robert Strong  Search this

Waugh, Frederick Judd  Search this

Gonzalez, Xavier  Search this

Bacon, Peggy  Search this

Arms, John Taylor  Search this

Moffett, Ross  Search this

Milch, Edward  Search this

Moran, Thomas  Search this

Mora, F. Luis (Francis Luis)  Search this

Meyerowitz, William  Search this

Milch, Albert  Search this

Manship, Paul  Search this

Archipenko, Alexander  Search this

MacRae, Emma Fordyce  Search this

Beal, Reynolds  Search this

Metcalf, Willard Leroy  Search this

Melchers, Gari  Search this

Low, Will Hicok  Search this

Linde, Ossip L.  Search this

Lutz, Dan  Search this

Lucioni, Luigi  Search this

Woodward, Stanley Wingate  Search this

Lawson, Ernest  Search this

Lever, Hayley  Search this

Lie, Jonas  Search this

Kingman, Dong  Search this

Kroll, Leon  Search this

Kronberg, Louis  Search this

Wyeth, Andrew  Search this

Kupferman, Lawrence Edward  Search this

Ireland, Leroy  Search this

Judson, Alice  Search this

Kalish, Max  Search this

Katz, A. Raymond (Alexander Raymond)  Search this

Sheets, Millard  Search this

Heinz, Charles  Search this

Hennings, E. Martin  Search this

Henri, Robert  Search this

Hopkinson, Charles  Search this

Tanner, Henry Ossawa  Search this

Sterner, Albert  Search this

Sterne, Maurice  Search this

Speight, Francis  Search this

Speicher, Eugene Edward  Search this

Shuster, Will  Search this

Sharp, Joseph Henry  Search this

Shapiro, David  Search this

Schofield, Walter Elmer  Search this

Sawyer, Wells  Search this

Sample, Paul  Search this

Ryerson, Margery  Search this

Ryder, Chauncey F.  Search this

Rungius, Carl  Search this

Romano, Umberto  Search this

Redfield, Edward Willis  Search this

Ritschel, William  Search this

Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel  Search this

Pugh, Mabel  Search this

Pleissner, Ogden M.  Search this

Pollet, Joseph C.  Search this

Perrine, Van Dearing  Search this

Pittman, Hobson Lafayette  Search this

Parshall, DeWitt  Search this

Pearson, Ralph M.  Search this

Oberteuffer, Karl A. (Karl Amiard)  Search this

Ochtman, Leonard  Search this

Myers, Jerome  Search this

Adams, Charles L.  Search this

Nagler, Edith Kroger  Search this

Adams, Wayman  Search this

Murphy, Hermann Dudley  Search this

Murphy, John Francis  Search this

Curran, Charles C. (Charles Courtney)  Search this

Crane, Bruce  Search this

Davey, Randall  Search this

Daingerfield, Elliott  Search this

DeCamp, Joseph  Search this

De Groot, Adelaide Milton  Search this

Dessar, Louis Paul  Search this

Dehn, Adolf  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling  Search this

Butler, Howard Russell  Search this

Chamberlain, Samuel  Search this

Carroll, John  Search this

Christy, Howard Chandler  Search this

Cheffetz, Asa  Search this

Congdon, William  Search this

Cole, Alphaeus Philemon  Search this

Breckenridge, Hugh H. (Hugh Henry)  Search this

Bridgman, Frederick Arthur  Search this

Browne, George Elmer  Search this

Bruce, Edward  Search this

Brush, George de Forest  Search this

Buck, Claude  Search this

Burlin, Paul  Search this

Burr, George Elbert  Search this

Blakelock, Ralph Albert  Search this

Blanch, Arnold  Search this

Blanch, Lucile  Search this

Bluemner, Oscar  Search this

Pène Du Bois, Guy  Search this

Blumenschein, Ernest Leonard  Search this

Bohm, Max  Search this

Bohrod, Aaron  Search this

Bosa, Louis  Search this

Hart, George Overbury  Search this

Halpert, Samuel  Search this

Grosz, George  Search this

Gregory, Waylande  Search this

Heerman, Norbert Leo  Search this

Hassam, Childe  Search this

Haskell, Ernest  Search this

Hartmann, Sadakichi  Search this

Gaspard, Leon  Search this

Ganso, Emil  Search this

Gallagher, Sears  Search this

Fuchs, Emil  Search this

Gregory, John  Search this

Greenwood, Marion  Search this

Genth, Lillian Mathilde  Search this

Feshin, Nikola? Ivanovich  Search this

Fenton, Beatrice  Search this

Etnier, Stephen  Search this

Farnsworth, Jerry  Search this

Fredenthal, David  Search this

French, Daniel Chester  Search this

FitzGerald, James  Search this

Flagg, James Montgomery  Search this

Dike, Phil  Search this

Donoho, Gaines Ruger  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer  Search this

Diederich, William Hunt  Search this

Eakins, Susan Macdowell  Search this

Duncan, Charles  Search this

Vonnoh, Robert William, 1858-1933  Search this

Milch Galleries  Search this

E. and A. Milch  Search this

Type:

Gallery records

Photographs

Citation:

Milch Gallery records, 1911-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Gallery owners  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Theme:

Art Gallery Records  Search this

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8207

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210378

AAA_collcode_milcgall

Theme:

Art Gallery Records

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210378

Creator:

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Subject:

Wildenstein, Felix  Search this

Phillips, Duncan  Search this

Hays, Lee  Search this

Untermeyer, Louis  Search this

Zigrosser, Carl  Search this

Robeson, Paul  Search this

DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt)  Search this

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano)  Search this

Ruggles, Carl  Search this

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur  Search this

Nearing, Helen  Search this

Nearing, Scott  Search this

Pach, Walter  Search this

Rasmussen, Knud  Search this

Reeves, Ruth  Search this

Seeger, Pete  Search this

Daniel, Charles  Search this

Cleland, T. M. (Thomas Maitland)  Search this

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen)  Search this

Chamberlain, J. E.  Search this

Boyesen, Bayard  Search this

Chase, William Merritt  Search this

Freuchen, Peter  Search this

Gellert, Hugo  Search this

Gottlieb, Harry  Search this

Hartley, Marsden  Search this

FitzGerald, James  Search this

Keller, Charles  Search this

Miller, Kenneth Hayes  Search this

Henri, Robert  Search this

Jones, Dan Burne  Search this

United American Artists  Search this

United Office and Professional Workers of America  Search this

United Scenic Artists  Search this

National Farmers' Union (U.S.)  Search this

National Maritime Union of America  Search this

American Artists' Congress  Search this

Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Artists League of America  Search this

Citizens' Committee for Government Arts Projects  Search this

Farmers Union of the New York Milk Shed  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Federal Writers' Project  Search this

Macbeth Gallery  Search this

International Workers Order  Search this

Type:

Poems

Sketches

Business records

Photographs

Drawings

Citation:

Rockwell Kent papers, circa 1840-1993, bulk 1935-1961. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Designers -- New York (State)  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Politics and culture  Search this

Authors -- New York  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- Political aspects  Search this

Dairy farms  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Illustrators -- New York (State)  Search this

Illustration of books  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Art and war  Search this

Commercial art  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9557

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211757

AAA_collcode_kentrock

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211757

Artist:

Daniel Freeman, born Alexandria, VA 1868-died 1927  Search this

Medium:

gelatin silver print mounted to paperboard

Dimensions:

6 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (15.9 × 21.0 cm)

Type:

Photography

Date:

1917

Topic:

Figure male\waist length  Search this

African American  Search this

Object\written matter\newspaper  Search this

Object\other\smoking material  Search this

Architecture Interior\commercial\store  Search this

Occupation\other\businessman  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the American Art Forum and the Patricia Tobacco Forrester Endowment

Object number:

2023.24

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

See more items in:

Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Graphic Arts

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73f9f8898-2457-4803-b66e-106cb35475a0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2023.24

Artist:

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, born 16 Feb 1952  Search this

Sitter:

Tyler Perry, born 13 Sep 1969  Search this

Medium:

Epson inkjet photograph

Dimensions:

Sheet: 147.3 x 111.8cm (58 x 44")

Frame: 152.4 x 116.8cm (60 x 46")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

November 18, 2008

Topic:

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Tyler Perry: Male  Search this

Tyler Perry: Literature\Writer  Search this

Tyler Perry: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor  Search this

Tyler Perry: Performing Arts\Producer\Film producer  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

Owner: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Object number:

EXH.TG.40

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© 2008 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

See more items in:

Catalog of American Portraits

Data Source:

Catalog of American Portraits

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4bb9609cb-cdd7-466b-9f8c-ac07e524ef96

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_EXH.TG.40

Artist:

Joseph E. Reshower, 6 Jul 1921 - 1 Jan 2006  Search this

Sitter:

Flannery O'Connor, 25 Mar 1925 - 3 Aug 1964  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet: 17.8 x 18.5 cm (7 x 7 5/16")

Mount: 30.2 x 26.6 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/2")

Type:

Photograph

Date:

1961

Topic:

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this

Flannery O'Connor: Female  Search this

Flannery O'Connor: Literature\Writer  Search this

Flannery O'Connor: National Book Award  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired through a partial gift by John Daniel Reaves

Object number:

NPG.2012.41

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Estate of Joseph Reshower De Casseres

See more items in:

National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b778f603-cd70-473d-85b9-aecf4ac593b6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2012.41