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Interviewee:

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul, 1933-1997  Search this

Subject:

Itō, Michio  Search this

Barnard, George Grey  Search this

Becker, John Bruere  Search this

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941  Search this

Brancusi, Constantin  Search this

Breton, André  Search this

Brummer, Joseph  Search this

Cahill, Holger  Search this

Calder, Alexander  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling  Search this

Collier, John, Jr.  Search this

Covarrubias, Miguel  Search this

Davis, Stuart  Search this

De Kooning, Willem  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel  Search this

Egan, Charles  Search this

Fraser, James Earle  Search this

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster)  Search this

Gorky, Arshile  Search this

Graham, John  Search this

Graham, Martha  Search this

Gregory, Peter Ronald  Search this

Guston, Philip  Search this

Hare, David  Search this

Hasegawa, Saburō  Search this

Hopkins, Harry Lloyd  Search this

Kahn, Louis I.  Search this

Kantor, Morris  Search this

Kline, Franz  Search this

Knoll, Hans  Search this

Léger, Fernand  Search this

Levy, Julien  Search this

McMahon, Audrey  Search this

Moore, Henry, 1898-1986  Search this

Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)  Search this

Price, Edison A.  Search this

Raymond, Antonin  Search this

Reynal, Jeanne  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Ruellan, Andrée  Search this

Ruotolo, Onorio  Search this

Schoen, Eugene  Search this

Shoji, Sadao  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred  Search this

Taniguchi, Yoshirō  Search this

Ward, Eleanor  Search this

Zorach, William  Search this

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

Bollingen Foundation  Search this

Brummer Gallery  Search this

Japanese American Citizens' League  Search this

Leonardo da Vinci Art School  Search this

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill  Search this

UNESCO  Search this

Japanese American Citizens' League  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Japan -- Description and Travel

Italy -- description and travel

Egypt -- description and travel

India -- description and travel

Topic:

Sculptors -- Interviews  Search this

Asian American artists -- Interviews  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Sculpture, American  Search this

Gardens, Japanese  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Japanese American art  Search this

Japanese American artists  Search this

Japanese American sculptors  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11906

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216546

AAA_collcode_noguch73

Theme:

Asian American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_216546

Author:

Snow, Edgar 1905-1972  Search this

Physical description:

x, 269 pages illustrations, portraits 22 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

China

Chine - Descriptions et voyages

Chine - Politique et gouvernement - 1949-1976

Chine

Date:

1972

[1972]

1949-1976

1949-

Topic:

Travel  Search this

Description and travel  Search this

Descriptions et voyages  Search this

Politique et gouvernement  Search this

Call number:

DS711 .S67

DS711.S67

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_16836

Extent:

0.58 cu. ft. (1 tall document box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Plates (illustrations)

Maps

Black-and-white negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

China -- Description and travel

Date:

1867-1993, undated

Descriptive Entry:

This accession consists of miscellaneous photographs, negatives, maps and drawings. The records represent a broad range of subjects and topics such as early 20th century photographs of China taken by Dr. Bailey Willis; a photograph of a portrait painting of Richard Delafield, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, 1865-1871; exterior photographs of the National Museum of Natural History; a catalog print by artist, Duane Michals; and plates from Raphael Pumpelly's article, "Geological Researches in China, Mongolia, and Japan, During the Years 1862-1865" which was published in Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, vol. XV, article IV, 1867.

Topic:

Geology -- China  Search this

Geology -- Japan  Search this

Geology -- Mongolia  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Plates (illustrations)

Maps

Black-and-white negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-100, Miscellaneous Photographs, Negatives, Maps, and Drawings

Identifier:

Accession 06-100

See more items in:

Miscellaneous Photographs, Negatives, Maps, and Drawings

Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-fa06-100

Interviewee:

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Names:

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

Bollingen Foundation  Search this

Brummer Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Japanese American Citizens' League  Search this

Japanese American Citizens' League  Search this

Leonardo da Vinci Art School  Search this

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill  Search this

UNESCO  Search this

Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938  Search this

Becker, John Bruere, 1915-  Search this

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941  Search this

Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957  Search this

Breton, André, 1896-1966  Search this

Brummer, Joseph  Search this

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Collier, John, Jr., 1913-1992  Search this

Covarrubias, Miguel, 1904-1957  Search this

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968  Search this

Egan, Charles, 1911-  Search this

Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953  Search this

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983  Search this

Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948  Search this

Graham, John, 1887-1961  Search this

Graham, Martha  Search this

Gregory, Peter Ronald, 1947-  Search this

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980  Search this

Hare, David, 1917-1992  Search this

Hasegawa, Saburō, 1906-1957  Search this

Hopkins, Harry Lloyd, 1890-1946  Search this

Itō, Michio, 1893-1961  Search this

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974  Search this

Kantor, Morris, 1896-1974  Search this

Kline, Franz, 1910-1962  Search this

Knoll, Hans  Search this

Levy, Julien  Search this

Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955  Search this

McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981  Search this

Moore, Henry, 1898-1986  Search this

Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)  Search this

Price, Edison A., d. 1997  Search this

Raymond, Antonin, 1888-  Search this

Reynal, Jeanne, 1903-  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Ruellan, Andrée, 1905-2006  Search this

Ruotolo, Onorio, 1888-1966  Search this

Schoen, Eugene, 1880-1957  Search this

Shoji, Sadao, 1937-  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Taniguchi, Yoshirō, 1904-  Search this

Ward, Eleanor, 1912-1984  Search this

Zorach, William, 1887-1966  Search this

Extent:

148 Pages (Transcript)

1 Item (Audio excerpt: 1 sound file (5 min. 29 sec.), digital)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Japan -- Description and Travel

Italy -- description and travel

Egypt -- description and travel

India -- description and travel

Date:

1973 Nov. 7-Dec. 26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Isamu Noguchi conducted 1973 Nov. 7-Dec. 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.

NOVEMBER 7, 1973 session: Noguchi discusses his family background; growing up in Japan; returning to the United States in 1917; his identity as an artist; Gutzon Borglum; Columbia University and studying pre-med; attending Leonardo da Vinci Art School; apprenticing to Onorio Ruotolo; quitting Columbia to become a sculptor; Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927; J.B. Neumann; Alfred Stieglitz; George Grey Barnard; James Earle Fraser; Brummer and the Brummer Gallery; studying at Chaumiere and Collarosi; working with Brancusi; meeting Sandy Calder in Paris; Stuart Davis; Morris Kantor; Andrée Ruellan; his work, "Sphere"; reacting against Brancusi; Eugene Schoen's; his Carnegie Hall studio; Michio Ito; Martha Graham; Buckminster Fuller; traveling in China and Japan; meeting Chi Pai Shi; John Becker; his works, "Play Mountain," "Monument to the Plow," "Monument to Ben Franklin," and "Orpheus" for Balanchine; designing for the stage; Audrey McMahon; Harry Hopkins; Holger Cahill; Mexico; Diego Rivera; Miguel Covarrubias; and the Artists Union.

DECEMBER 10, 1973 Session: His reaction to the Spanish Civil War- avoided direct involvement; Stuart Davis; Gorky; Andre Breton; David Hare; Marcel Duchamp; John Graham; Julien Levy; his artist friends dying at the peak of their success; Leger; Stirling Calder; associating himself with the laboring class; Buckminster Fuller; being American; expanding the possibilities of sculpture; his Associated Press Building project in Rockefeller Center, it being done in stainless steel instead of bronze; John Collier; Japanese-American Citizens League; organizing Nisei Artists and Writers Mobilization for Democracy; Jeanne Reynal; going to Poston, Ariz. to assist with American Indian Service camp under John Collier and becoming an internee there; returning to New York in 1942; Bollingen Foundation; trip around the world in 1949; and Philip Guston.

DECEMBER 18, 1973 session: Best work in studio; reaction against expressionism; artists protesting against the Establishment; his objection to the WPA, influenced by William Zorach; exhibiting in group show called, "Fourteen Americans at the Museum of Modern Art"; show at Egan Gallery in 1949; accepting art in its most aesthetically pure form without reference to social issues; movement in Japan since war to get away from refinement of Japan; Yoshiro Hiro responsible for Gutai and the happenings; his work, "Monument to Heroes," using bones; his work takes years to do; materials used in his work; his work, "Cronos"; doing theater stage sets for the Library of Congress including, "Appalachian Spring" and "Herodiade"; wants a given space which he can call his own and do something with it, has to be a work of art.

DECEMBER 26, 1973 Session: Show with Charles Egan in 1948 arranged by de Kooning; applying to the Bollingen Foundation to write a book on leisure, which was never written; traveling to Italy, Egypt, and India for two years; being removed from the New York scene with Franz Kline and de Kooning; his light objects; sculpture as environment; respect for material; Mondrian and his art deriving from nature; his time in Japan in 1931; visiting Japan in 1951; working in stone; projects in Japan; Taniguchi; Antonin Raymond; designing Japanese gardens; discovery of Zen; Hasegawa Saburo; Skidmore; Hans Knoll; Edison Price; Italy in the 1960s; Peter Gregory; Henry Moore; Louis Kahn; UNESCO; Noguchi Foundation and Plaza Company; Shoji; Eleanor Ward; and his autobiography, "A Sculptor's World."

Biographical / Historical:

Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was a Japanese American sculptor based in Long Island City, New York.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hrs., 25 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Sculptors -- Interviews  Search this

Asian American artists -- Interviews  Search this

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Sculpture, American  Search this

Gardens, Japanese  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Japanese American art  Search this

Japanese American artists  Search this

Japanese American sculptors  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.noguch73

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-noguch73

Author:

Hoppenot, Hélène  Search this

Subject:

Hoppenot, Henri  Search this

Physical description:

[101] p. : ill. ; 29 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

East Asia

Date:

1951

C1951

Topic:

Description and travel  Search this

Call number:

DS508 .H65

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_889090

Creator:

Smithsonian Magazine  Search this

Type:

Blog posts

Smithsonian staff publications

Conversations and talks

Blog posts

Published Date:

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:04:36 +0000

Topic:

Custom RSS  Search this

See more posts:

Smithsonian Article Database

Data Source:

Smithsonian Magazine

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:posts_53968c87e99b8f4d0e3f2d7bc59c1396

Creator:

Smith, Joseph Lindon, 1863-1950  Search this

Names:

Académie Julian  Search this

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, Sir, 1836-1912  Search this

Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942  Search this

Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951  Search this

Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941  Search this

Carson, Kit, 1809-1868  Search this

Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924  Search this

James, Henry, 1843-1916  Search this

Loring, Charles Greely, 1828-1902  Search this

Manship, Paul, 1885-1966  Search this

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948  Search this

Ross, Denman Waldo, 1853-1935  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Smith, Corinna Lindon, 1876-  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Extent:

8.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Notebooks

Photographs

Prints

Interviews

Drafts (documents)

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Place:

Egypt, Antiquities

Egypt -- description and travel

Date:

1647-1965

bulk 1873-1965

Summary:

The papers of Boston and New Hampshire painter Joseph Lindon Smith date from 1647-1965, with the bulk of papers dating from 1873-1965, and measure 8.8 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials; letters from family members, artists, museums, and art patrons; seven diaries by Smith and two by his wife Corinna, personal business records, notes and writings, files concerning charitable theatrical productions, one sketchbook and other art work, a scrapbook, printed material, photographs, and sound recordings of radio interviews and a radio program on Smith.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of Boston and New Hampshire painter Joseph Lindon Smith date from 1647-1965, with the bulk of papers dating from 1873-1965, and measure 8.8 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials; letters from family members, artists, museums, and art patrons; seven diaries by Smith and two by his wife Corinna, personal business records, notes and writings, files concerning charitable theatrical productions, one sketchbook and other art work, a scrapbook, printed material, photographs, and sound recordings of radio interviews and a radio program on Smith.

Scattered biographical material consists of family history documents for the Smith and Putnam families, a Jenkes family tree, and passports for Joseph Lindon Smith and his family.

Over three linear feet of letters are from family members, artists including Cecilia Beaux, Frank Benson, George DeForest Brush, and Denman Ross, museum staff concerned with work in Egypt, and art patrons including Isabella Stewart Gardner, and individuals involved with Smith's charitable pageants. There are scattered letters from Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Henry James, Charles G. Loring, Paul Manship, General John J. Pershing, John Singer Sargent, and Abbott Handerson Thayer. Among the subjects discussed are student life at the Académie Julian, the Smiths' travels, and individuals known by Smith.

Seven diaries written by Joseph Lindon Smith document his ravels in Egypt, Persia, Europe, and New Mexico. Two diaries were written by Corinna Smith during her travels to Beiram and Egypt.

Personal business records business records include contracts, price lists, lists of securities, and miscellaneous receipts of the Smith and Putnam families, Joseph Lindon Smith, Corinna Smith, and their daughter Lois Smith.

Notes include engagement calendars, notebooks, lists of art work, lecture notes, minutes of meetings, notes on family history and on travel, and an autograph by Kit Carson. Writings include miscellaneous typescripts by the Smiths and others concerning travel, work in Egypt and elsewhere, and anecdotes about various friends and acquaintances. There are also three drafts of "Egypt - My Winter Home."

Theatrical production files concern plays, pageants, and masques written and/or produced by the Smiths. Many of the performances were benefits, dedication or anniversary celebrations, such as a pageant given at Fenway Court in honor of Isabella Stewart Gardner, a pageant at the dedication of a memorial to Abbott Handerson Thayer, and the centenary celebration of the founding of Amherst, Massachusetts.

Art work includes a sketchbook with extensive notes, a painting, drawings by Joseph Lindon Smith, and prints by other artists.

A scrapbook contains clippings and an exhibition catalog from the St. Botolph Club. Additional printed material includes clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, press releases, programs, booklets, brochures, and books by others.

Photographs are of Smith, his family, friends including classmates from the Académie Julian, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Abbott Handerson Thayer, exhibition installations, military camp sites from World War I, travel scenes, and art work by Smith.

Audio recordings consist of four sound disc recordings of interviews for WKNE Radio, Keene, New Hampshire, with Corinna Smith and Barry Faulkner talking about Smith, and a program about Smith and his book Tombs, Temples, and Ancient Art.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 11 series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1711-1948 (Box 1, 10; 5 folders)

Series 2: Letters, 1768-1965 (Box 1-4, OV 11; 3.5 linear feet)

Series 3: Diaries, 1904-1949 (Box 4; 11 folders)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1647-1959 (Box 4, 10; 11 folders)

Series 5: Notes and Writings, 1783-1963 (Box 4-6; 2.0 linear feet)

Series 6: Theatrical Production Files, 1897-1950 (Box 6-7, 10; 1.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Art Works, 1932-1943 (Box 8, 10; 8 folders)

Series 8: Scrapbook, 1888-1901 (Box 8; 1 folder)

Series 9: Printed Material, 1723-1963 (Box 8, OV 11; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 10: Photographs, 1884-1956 (Box 8-10; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 11: Audio Recordings, 1956 (Box 9-10; 2 folders)

All material is arranged chronologically except for the writings by others and travel photographs that are arranged alphabetically.

Biographical Note:

Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) of Boston, Massachusetts and Dublin, New Hampshire, was a painter primarily known for his ability to meticulously depict the murals and tomb sculpture of Egypt and other ancient cultures.

Joseph Lindon Smith was born on October 11, 1863 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the son of wholesale lumberman Henry Francis Smith and Emma Greenleaf Smith, a cousin of John Greenleaf Whittier.

From 1880 to 1882, Smith studied drawing and painting at the Art School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts under Frederic Crowninshield and Otto Grundman. Accompanied by his friend, Frank Benson, he attended the Académie Julian and studied under William Bouguereau, Gustave Boulanger, and Jules Lefebvre from 1883 to 1885.

Upon his return to Boston, Smith established a studio as a portrait and landscape painter, attracting the attention of Denman Ross, a professor of History of Fine Arts at Harvard University. In the early 1890s Smith and Ross began to travel extensively and Smith became interested in ancient civilizations of Mexico, China, and Southeast Asia. In 1892, during a trip to Italy, Smith befriended Isabella Stewart Gardner, for whom he copied famous paintings, and occasionally acted as agent in purchasing art work.

Making his first trip to Egypt in 1898, Smith became enthralled with the art work of the ancient civilization and devoted himself to painting copies of the tomb sculptures and murals for educational uses in museums and other public institutions. In 1899, he married Corinna Haven Putnam and the couple spent much of their married life traveling between the United States and the Middle East, especially Egypt. From 1910 to 1939, Smith was a member of the Joint Expedition of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard University directed by Dr. George A. Reisner.

For fifty years, Smith was also sought out as a writer and producer of plays and theatrical pageants, fetes, and masques primarily staged for various charitable fund-raising events.

Joseph Lindon Smith died on October 18, 1950 in Dublin, New Hampshire.

Related Material:

The papers of Smith's wife, Corinna Putnam Smith, are available at The Schlesinger Library of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Provenance:

The Joseph Lindon Smith papers were donated by Jessie T. Hale, Smith's granddaughter, in 1977 and 1978.

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 -- New Hampshire -- Dublin  Search this

Topic:

Historical drama  Search this

Community theater  Search this

Art, Egyptian  Search this

Art, Ancient  Search this

Art, Egypt  Search this

Genre/Form:

Notebooks

Photographs

Prints

Interviews

Drafts (documents)

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Drawings

Citation:

Joseph Lindon Smith papers, 1647-1965, bulk 1873-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.smitjose

See more items in:

Joseph Lindon Smith papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-smitjose

Creator:

Philadelphia Museum of Art  Search this

Subject:

Eakins, Thomas  Search this

Force, Juliana  Search this

Ingersoll, R. Sturgis (Robert Sturgis)  Search this

Roberts, George B., Mrs  Search this

Sartain, William  Search this

Abbe, Robert  Search this

Arms, John Taylor  Search this

Bartlett, Paul  Search this

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Beaux, Cecilia  Search this

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim  Search this

Cadmus, Paul  Search this

Chagall, Marc  Search this

Cortissoz, Royal  Search this

Cox, Kenyon  Search this

Curran, Charles C. (Charles Courtney)  Search this

De Creeft, José  Search this

Dehn, Adolf  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer  Search this

Eakins, Susan Macdowell  Search this

Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel)  Search this

Evergood, Philip  Search this

Graham, John  Search this

Haskell, Ernest  Search this

Hassam, Childe  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques  Search this

Marsh, Reginald  Search this

McCarter, Henry  Search this

Mechlin, Leila  Search this

Miller, Kenneth Hayes  Search this

Mullikin, Mary Augusta  Search this

Pennell, Joseph  Search this

Schnakenberg, H. E. (Henry Ernest)  Search this

Sloan, John  Search this

Valentin, Curt  Search this

Walker, Hudson D. (Hudson Dean)  Search this

Zigrosser, Carl  Search this

Milch Galleries  Search this

Place:

China -- description and travel

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Artists' writings  Search this

Motion study -- Photographs  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10619

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214161

AAA_collcode_philmuss

Theme:

Communities, Organizations, Museums

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214161

Creator:

Hatch, Lorenzo James, 1856-1914  Search this

Subject:

Sun, Yat-sen  Search this

Yuan, Shikai  Search this

Hatch, Grace  Search this

Harrison, Effie C.  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Place:

China -- Social conditions -- 1644-1912

China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912

China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912

China -- description and travel

Topic:

Engravers  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10222

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213298

AAA_collcode_hatclore

Theme:

American Art and Artists in a Global Context

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213298

Creator:

Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012  Search this

Subject:

De Kooning, Willem  Search this

Jenkins, Esther Ebenhoe  Search this

Bluhm, Norman  Search this

Krasner, Lee  Search this

Baber, Alice  Search this

Erma, Thomas  Search this

Prantl, Karl  Search this

Dusanne, Zoe  Search this

Prince, Frank  Search this

Guggenheim, Peggy  Search this

Gilot, Francoise  Search this

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New York University  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Martha Jackson Gallery  Search this

Type:

Travel diaries

Manuscripts

Sketches

Watercolors

Prints

Collages

Visitors' books

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Place:

China -- description and travel

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Medals -- Design  Search this

Painters -- France -- Paris  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13668

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)274646

AAA_collcode_jenkpaul2

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_274646

Creator:

Philadelphia Museum of Art  Search this

Names:

Milch Galleries  Search this

Abbe, Robert  Search this

Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953  Search this

Bartlett, Paul, 1881-1965  Search this

Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956  Search this

Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942  Search this

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this

Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999  Search this

Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985  Search this

Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948  Search this

Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919  Search this

Curran, Charles C. (Charles Courtney), 1861-1942  Search this

De Creeft, José, 1884-1982  Search this

Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968  Search this

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938  Search this

Eakins, Susan Macdowell  Search this

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916  Search this

Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941  Search this

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973  Search this

Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this

Graham, John, 1887-1961  Search this

Haskell, Ernest, 1876-1925  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Ingersoll, R. Sturgis (Robert Sturgis), b. 1891  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973  Search this

Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954  Search this

McCarter, Henry, 1866-1942  Search this

Mechlin, Leila, 1874-1949  Search this

Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952  Search this

Mullikin, Mary Augusta, 1874-1964  Search this

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this

Roberts, George B., Mrs  Search this

Sartain, William, 1843-1924  Search this

Schnakenberg, H. E. (Henry Ernest), 1892-1970  Search this

Sloan, John, 1871-1951  Search this

Valentin, Curt, 1902-1954  Search this

Walker, Hudson D. (Hudson Dean), 1907-1976  Search this

Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-  Search this

Extent:

4 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Place:

China -- Description and Travel

Date:

1866-1968

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, printed material, writings, and other personal papers collected by Carl Zigrosser and Leila Mechlin and later added to by others, all relating to American art.

REELS P10-P11 and P14: Letters to Leila Mechlin, Henry Schnakenberg and Hudson Walker. Correspondents include Robert Abbe, John Taylor Arms, Cecelia Beaux, Paul Bartlett, Gifford Beal, Paul Cadmus, Charles Curran, Royal Cortissoz, Kenyon Cox, Philip Evergood, John David Graham, Reginald Marsh, Joseph Pennell, John Sloan and many others. Some letters include printed material and photographs. Mechlin material includes writings, photographs and letters from Mary Augusta Mullikin describing her life and travels in China, 1933. Also included are letters from Adolph Dehn and Jose de Creeft to Juliana Force; from Ernest Haskell and Kenneth Hayes Miller to Carl Zigrosser; miscellaneous letters from Marc Chagall, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Louis Eilshemius and Childe Hassam; an autobiography of William Sartain; and material on Thomas Eakins, including letters, a list of expenses, 1867, and motion study material,including writings, sketches and photographs taken with a camera invented by Eakins.

REEL 4547: Charles Burchfield letters; Susan and Thomas Eakins material; Jacques Lipchitz correspondence; Henry McCarter letters; and Carl Zigrosser correspondence. The Burchfield letters consist of 41 items, 1929-1947, from Burchfield regarding exhibitions, sales, and his paintings. The Eakins material includes letters from Susan Eakins to the Milch Galleries, 1933-1935, regarding the sale of Thomas Eakins' work, receipts from the Milch Galleries, Thomas' expense book, ca. 1866, for daily living in Paris and Switzerland and an autographed account of expenses while at school in Paris, April 12, 1867, a photograph of Susan Eakins by Carl van Vechten, a photograph of Eakins, and 71 engraved portraits from the collection of Thomas Eakins.

The Lipchitz correspondence is with R. Sturgis Ingersoll regarding Lipchitz's commission for the sculpture "Prometheus." Also included are 8 letters from Curt Valentin to Ingersoll regarding Lipchitz. The McCarter material includes 66 letters, 1933-1942, some containing sketches, from McCarter to Mrs. George B. Roberts regarding paintings, frames, exhibitions, and offering painting advice. The Zigrosser correspondence is regarding the purchase of prints from the regional projects of the WPA for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and later included in the exhibition "Between Two Wars" at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Included are invoices and inventories of the prints from the various offices.

Provenance:

Material on reels P10-P11 and P14 lent for microfilming, 1954, by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Additional material on reel 4547 was microfilmed in 1991 as part of AAA's Philadelphia Arts Documentation Project. The idea for the archives originated with Carl Zigrosser, who donated material, solicited it from others (mainly Henry Schnakenberg, Leila Mechlin and Hudson Walker), or pulled it from the files of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Museum continues to add to the collection. It is not connected to the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Rights:

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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:

Artists -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Artists' writings  Search this

Motion study -- Photographs  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.philmuss

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-philmuss

Creator:

Hatch, Lorenzo James, 1856-1914  Search this

Names:

Harrison, Effie C.  Search this

Hatch, Grace  Search this

Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925  Search this

Yuan, Shikai, 1859-1916  Search this

Extent:

1.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Place:

China -- Social conditions -- 1644-1912

China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912

China -- History -- Revolution, 1911-1912

China -- Description and Travel

Date:

bulk 1902-1914

circa 1890-1950

Summary:

The Lorenzo James Hatch and Hatch family papers measure 1.7 linear feet and date from circa 1890-1950, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1902-1914. The papers consist of family correspondence, printed material, three scrapbooks of printed materials and photographs, and a travel account. Letters are from Lorenzo Hatch, his wife Grace Harrison Hatch, and other family members. Most of the collection concerns the family's time in Peking (Beijing), China from 1908-1914 while Hatch was assisting the Chinese government create a Bureau of Printing and Engraving. The papers reveal impressions of the social and economic conditions of the Chinese, the revolutionary events of 1911 and 1912, the Pneumonic Plague epidemic in China from 1910-1911, and sight-seeing trips. An unprocessed addition of 0.4 linear feet includes biographical material; photographs of Hatch, his family and works of art; personal correspondence; artwork; printed material, and legal and financial records relating to the estate of Lorenzo Hatch. Also included is a horseshoe from Harrison Hatch's pony "Moses" (in China).

Scope and Content Note:

The Lorenzo James Hatch and Hatch family papers measure 1.7 linear feet and date from circa 1890-1950, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1902-1914. The papers consist of family correspondence, printed material, three scrapbooks of printed materials and photographs, and a travel account. Letters are from Lorenzo Hatch, his wife Grace Harrison Hatch, and other family members. Most of the collection concerns the family's time in Peking (Beijing), China from 1908-1914 while Hatch was assisting the Chinese government create a Bureau of Printing and Engraving. The papers reveal impressions of the social and economic conditions of the Chinese, the revolutionary events of 1911 and 1912, the Pneumonic Plague epidemic in China from 1910-1911, and sight-seeing trips. An unprocessed addition of 0.4 linear feet includes biographical material; photographs of Hatch, his family and works of art; personal correspondence; artwork; printed material, and legal and financial records relating to the estate of Lorenzo Hatch. Also included is a horseshoe from Harrison Hatch's pony "Moses" (in China).

Letters trace the family's journey from California to Peking, China, and their life in China. Lorenzo's correspondence includes information concerning Chinese politics and the revolution, the roles of Sun Yat-Sen and Yuan Shih K'ai between 1911-1912 and the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Effie Harrison's and Grace Hatch's letters discuss day-to-day life in China, sight-seeing trips and their reactions to the social and political unrest in the country. Additional correspondence includes condolence letters sent to the family after Lorenzo's death. There is a also a written account by Effie Harrison describing her travel to China on a steamer ship.

Printed materials consist of clippings and a Macbeth Gallery exhibition catalog from a 1937 show of Hatch's paintings.

There are three photographs of Peking. Three disbound scrapbooks include photographs of the Chinese landscape and monuments, interior shots, and of the family traveling through China. Photographs are of the Ming Tombs, the Great Wall of China, as well as temples and city buildings. Some later photographs are of family members that were taken around 1920, after their return to the United States. The scrapbooks also contain examples of Chinese currency designed by Lorenzo James Hatch.

An unprocessed addition of 0.4 linear feet includes biographical material; photographs of Hatch, his family and works of art; personal correspondence; artwork; printed material, and legal and financial records relating to the estate of Lorenzo Hatch. Also included is a horseshoe from Harrison Hatch's pony "Moses" (in China).

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 6 series:

Series 1: Correspondence, 1902-1914 (Box 1-3; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 2: Writings, circa 1912 (Box 3; 1 folder)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1902-1937 (Box 3; 2 folders)

Series 4: Photographs, circa 1911 (Box 3; 1 folder)

Series 5: Scrapbooks, 1908-1911, circa 1920s (Box 3-4; 0.3)

Series 6: Unprocessed Addition, circa 1902-1937 (Box 5; 0.4)

Biographical Note:

Lorenzo James Hatch (1856-1914) was born in Vermont and is best known for his work as a portrait engraver in Washington, D.C. and New York. He worked for the United States Bureau of Printing and Engraving, private bank note printers, and in China, assisting the government with establishing a government bureau of printing and engraving.

Early in his career, Lorenzo found his talent for engraving intricate portraits in metals. In 1874, the head of the United States Bureau of Printing and Engraving admired Hatch's portrait of George Washington on copper and hired him. During his time in Washington, D.C., Hatch spent his nights studying drawing and watercolor painting. However, his talent to engrave vignettes of presidents and other famous figures proved more impressive.

In 1888, Hatch moved to Chicago to work for a private bank note company. There, he met Grace Harrison of California. They were married and had one son, Harrison in 1902. After taking a job in New York City with another bank note company, Hatch solidified his reputation in the field. Around 1908, the Chinese government invited Hatch to establish a Bureau of Printing and Engraving modeled after that of the United States. He accepted a six-year contract to oversee the building of the bureau and train the Chinese to run the office. With his wife, their son, and sister-in-law Effie Harrision, Lorenzo moved to Peking.

During his time in China, Lorenzo Hatch succeeded in building the foundations for a modern printing bureau. However, the revolution in China between 1911-1912 hindered completion. He described his experiences, perceptions, and insecurities of being in China to his family and friends through letters. Before his contract ended, Hatch passed away on February 3, 1914.

Provenance:

The papers of Lorenzo James Hatch and the Hatch family were donated in 1989 by Hatch's great-grandniece, Janet Young Brockmoller. Additional materials were donated in 2015 by John and Janet Fesler, who acquired the material from a neighbor who received the papers from Gail Hatch, Hatch's sister-n-law and executor for Hatch's wife Grace Harrison Hatch.

Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website. A 2015 addition to the papers is not digitized. 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.

Topic:

Engravers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Citation:

Lorenzo James Hatch and Hatch family papers, 1902-1937, bulk 1908-1914. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.hatclore

See more items in:

Lorenzo James Hatch and Hatch family papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hatclore

Creator:

Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012  Search this

Names:

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Martha Jackson Gallery  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New York University  Search this

Baber, Alice  Search this

Bluhm, Norman, 1921-1999  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Dusanne, Zoe, -1977  Search this

Erma, Thomas, 1939-1964  Search this

Gilot, Francoise, 1921-  Search this

Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-  Search this

Jenkins, Esther Ebenhoe  Search this

Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984  Search this

Prantl, Karl  Search this

Prince, Frank  Search this

Extent:

11.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Travel diaries

Manuscripts

Sketches

Watercolors

Prints

Collages

Visitors' books

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Place:

China -- Description and Travel

Date:

circa 1915-2010

Summary:

The papers of abstract expressionist painter and playwright Paul Jenkins measure 11.1 linear feet and date from circa 1915 to 2010. Jenkins's career in New York and Paris is documented through biographical material, family papers, correspondence, writings, personal business records, printed material, photographs of Jenkins in his studio and at various events, and original artwork by Jenkins and others.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of abstract expressionist painter and playwright Paul Jenkins measure 11.1 linear feet and date from circa 1915 to 2010. Jenkins's career in New York and Paris is documented through biographical material, family papers, correspondence, writings, personal business records, printed material, photographs of Jenkins in his studio and at various events, and original artwork by Jenkins and others.

Biographical material and family papers consist of awards and certificates, calendars, marriage, divorce, and estate papers, and military service records. Also included are family papers and a scrapbook belonging to Jenkins's aunt, Louise Jenkins.

Correspondence, which makes up the bulk of the collection, is with family, friends, and fellow artists, including Alice Baber, Norman Bluhm, Willem de Kooning, and Lee Krasner Pollock, as well as art organizations, schools, museums, galleries, and gallery owners, such as the Art Students League of New York, New York University, Museum of Modern Art, Martha Jackson Gallery, Zoe Dusanne, and Peggy Guggenheim.

Writings includes scattered writings by Paul Jenkins, two of his travel diaries, and the guest book for an exhibition in Tokyo. Also found are a copy of Lili Krahmer Verame's China travel diary and the writings and research materials of others.

Personal business records consist of financial records, lease documents, price lists, travel documents, and papers regarding Jenkins's rental property. Also included are a file on the New York University medal designed by Jenkins and a file concerning a Karl Prantl statue.

Printed material consists of event programs, newsletters, bulletins, member reports, press releases, art exhibition announcements and catalogs, concert and theater announcements and programs, news and magazine clippings, and obituaries and memorial announcements.

Artwork contains miscellaneous sketches and collages by Paul Jenkins. Additional artworks include sketches, watercolors, and prints by other artists, as well as 8 oversize mixed media sketches by Frank Prince of Jenkins's Meditation Mandala Sundial sculptures.

Photographs of Paul Jenkins depict him in his studio, with family and friends, and at events. Photographs of family and friends include Esther Ebenhoe Jenkins, Alice Baber Jenkins, Norman Bluhm, Thomas Erma, Françoise Gilot, Matsumi "Mike," Carole, and Bunshi Paul Kanemitsu, and Frank Prince.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 7 series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1915-1997 (Box 1; 9 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1930-2010 (Box 1-9, 13; 9 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1950-2003 (Box 9-10; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, circa 1944-1990 (Box 10; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1952-2010 (Box 10-11; 0.6 linear feet)

Aeries 6: Artwork, circa 1935-2007 (Box 11-12, OV 14; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 7: Photography, circa 1940-1998 (Box 12; 0.4 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) was an abstract expressionist painter and playwright in New York, New York, and Paris, France. Jenkins was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1923, and moved to Youngstown, Ohio as a teenager. After serving in the U.S. Maritime Service and the U.S. Naval Air Corps, Jenkins studied playwriting with George McCalmon at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). In 1948, he moved to New York City, where he studied with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Art Students League of New York.

Over the course of his career, Jenkins experimented with multiple techniques, including oil on primed canvas, flowing paints, acrylics, watercolor, and mixed media collages. After traveling extensively and meeting many artists, Jenkins ultimately became associated with the Abstract Expressionists. His work gained the attention of other members of the art world and he held solo exhibitions at venues such as the Zoe Dusanne Gallery in Seattle and the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York. Jenkins' paintings were purchased by both museums and private collectors, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Peggy Guggenheim.

In addition to his painting, Jenkins continued to explore other creative endeavors. He experimented with sculpture, producing works for events and permanent displays, including the Sculptors' Symposium at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and the Sculpture Garden of the Hofstra Museum. His plays, such as Strike the Puma, were published and performed off Broadway in New York City. Jenkins's art served as the backdrop for multiple stage productions, and in 1978, his paintings were featured in the Academy Award nominated movie An Unmarried Woman. Jenkins also collaborated on a number of book projects, including Anatomy of a Cloud, a collection of autobiographical collages and texts.

Throughout his adult life, Jenkins split most of his time between New York and Paris. He continued to create and exhibit new works until his death in New York in 2012.

Related Materials:

Also found at the Archives of American Art are an interview of Paul Jenkins, August 1969, conducted by Albert Elsen, and an oral history interview, 1968, conducted by Colette Roberts.

Provenance:

The papers were donated 2007-2009 and in 2012 by Paul and Suzanne Jenkins.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. One letter from Paul Jenkins to Norman Bluhm, circa 1966, is ACCESS RESTRICTED; use requires written permission. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Rights:

Entire (except oversize watercolors): Authorization to quote or reproduce for the purposes of publication requires written permission from Suzanne or Paul Jenkins, c/o Imago Terrae. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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:

Dramatists -- France -- Paris  Search this

Dramatists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Medals -- Design  Search this

Painters -- France -- Paris  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Travel diaries

Manuscripts

Sketches

Watercolors

Prints

Collages

Visitors' books

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Paul Jenkins papers, circa 1915-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.jenkpaul2

See more items in:

Paul Jenkins papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-jenkpaul2

Interviewee:

Hu, Mary Lee, 1943-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

Baldridge, Mark S.  Search this

Choo, Chunghi  Search this

Christensen, Hans  Search this

Dingeldein, Otto  Search this

Eikerman, Alma  Search this

Farafol, Daphne  Search this

Fenster, Fred  Search this

Fike, Phillip G.  Search this

Halper, Vicki  Search this

Ho, Ron  Search this

Kidman, Hero  Search this

Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent)  Search this

Marshall, John  Search this

Matsukata, Miye  Search this

Matzdorf, Kurt  Search this

McMurray, James  Search this

Moty, Eleanor  Search this

Noffke, Gary  Search this

Pujol, Eleanor  Search this

Seppä, Heikki  Search this

Turner, Gary  Search this

Warashina, Patti  Search this

American Craft Council  Search this

Cleveland Institute of Art  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

Lawrence Arts Center  Search this

Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale  Search this

University of Washington  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Afghanistan -- Description and travel

Australia -- description and travel

China -- description and travel

Indonesia -- description and travel

Iran -- description and travel

Nepal -- description and travel

Ohio -- Description and travel

Papua New Guinea -- Description and travel

Tibet (China) -- Description and travel

Turkey -- description and travel

Topic:

Body adornment  Search this

Jewelry  Search this

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15659

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)282415

AAA_collcode_hu09

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_282415

Interviewee:

Hu, Mary Lee, 1943-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

American Craft Council  Search this

Cleveland Institute of Art -- Students  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art -- Students  Search this

Lawrence Arts Center  Search this

Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) -- Students  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale -- Students  Search this

University of Washington -- Faculty  Search this

Baldridge, Mark S., 1946-  Search this

Choo, Chunghi  Search this

Christensen, Hans, 1924-1983  Search this

Dingeldein, Otto  Search this

Eikerman, Alma  Search this

Farafol, Daphne  Search this

Fenster, Fred, 1934-  Search this

Fike, Phillip G., 1927-1997  Search this

Halper, Vicki  Search this

Ho, Ron  Search this

Kidman, Hero  Search this

Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent), 1934-2013  Search this

Marshall, John, 1936-  Search this

Matsukata, Miye, 1922-1981  Search this

Matzdorf, Kurt  Search this

McMurray, James  Search this

Moty, Eleanor  Search this

Noffke, Gary  Search this

Pujol, Eleanor  Search this

Seppä, Heikki  Search this

Turner, Gary  Search this

Warashina, Patti, 1940-  Search this

Extent:

8 Items (Sound recording: 8 wav files (5 hr., 42 min.), digital)

163 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Afghanistan -- Description and Travel

Australia -- Description and Travel

China -- Description and Travel

Indonesia -- Description and Travel

Iran -- Description and Travel

Nepal -- Description and Travel

Ohio -- Description and Travel

Papua New Guinea -- Description and Travel

Tibet (China) -- Description and Travel

Turkey -- description and travel

Date:

2009 March 18-19

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Mary Lee Hu conducted 2009 March 18-19, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Hu's home and studio, in Seattle, Washington.

Hu speaks of growing up outside Cleveland, Ohio; her early interest in making objects; attending the Lawrence Art Center camp in Kansas at the age of 16 where she first experimented with metals; her like of working with tools in order to create something; taking metal smith classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art during high school; attending Miami University in Ohio for two years followed by two years an Cranbrook Academy of Art; working as a TA with L. Brent Kington at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale; her collaborative work in both textiles and metals while at Carbondale which lead to her first experimentation in weaving silver wire; creating a body of work for her Master's thesis in which all the pieces were woven wire; various works, their origins, when, where and why they were created, including her Neckpiece, Choker, Bracelet, Brooch and Ring series; her aesthetic interest in patterns, line and positive/negative space; a limited interest in and use of color in her work; the transition from silver to gold wire; a progressively larger interest in the history of jewelry and body adornment which eventually became a lecture at the University of Washington, where she taught for 26 years; numerous trips around the world to countries such as China, Tibet, Nepal, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia; a strong interest in ethnic and native jewelry/body adornment practices; the various purposes which jewelry can serve in society; her involvement with the Society of North American Goldsmiths and the American Craft Council; her technique based teaching practices; the role that modern technology plays in teaching, learning, and making jewelry; the lack of support and funds for metals programs in universities around the country; her library, which includes aver 2,000 books about the history of jewelry and body adornment; her collection of jewelry from around the world; her want to create beautiful and functional jewelry; the public and private aspects to jewelry and it's role in museums; current projects and the importance to maintain interest of metals in younger generations. Hu also recalls Gary Turner, Hans Christensen, Otto Dingeldein, Heikki Seppä, Hero Kielman, Phil Fike, Patti Warashina, Gary Noffke, Elliott Pujol, Chonghi Choo, Daphne Farafo, Vicki Halper, Ron Ho, Miye Matsukata, Alma Eikermann, Mark Baldridge, Kurt Matzdorf, Eleanor Moty, Fred Fenster, John Marshall, James McMurray, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Mary Lee Hu (1943- ) is a metalsmith in Seattle, Washington. Smith was educated at Cranbrook Academy of Art and Southern Illinois University. She teaches at the University of Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 43 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Topic:

Body adornment  Search this

Jewelry  Search this

Jewelry making -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Jewelry making -- Study and teaching  Search this

Jewelry making -- Technique  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.hu09

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hu09

Creator:

Blum, Jerome, 1884-1956  Search this

Subject:

Blum, Frances  Search this

Dreiser, Theodore  Search this

Anderson, Sherwood  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Place:

Tahiti -- description and travel

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9565

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211766

AAA_collcode_blumjero

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211766

Creator:

Blum, Jerome, 1884-1956  Search this

Names:

Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941  Search this

Blum, Frances, -1970  Search this

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945  Search this

Extent:

3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Place:

Tahiti -- Description and Travel

Date:

1915-circa 1969

bulk 1919-1935

Summary:

The papers of Jerome Blum measure 3.0 linear feet and date from 1915 to circa 1969, with the bulk of the material dating from 1919 to 1935. Biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, printed material, artwork, and photographs document the painter's personal and professional life, and extensive travels.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of Jerome Blum measure 3.0 linear feet and date from 1915 to circa 1969, with the bulk of the material dating from 1919 to 1935. Biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, printed material, artwork, and photographs document the painter's personal and professional life, and extensive travels.

Correspondence with friends, relatives, colleagues, publishers, galleries, museums, and collectors document Blum's personal and professional life. Noted correspondents include Sherwood Anderson and Theodore Dreiser.

Blum was an avid writer. He published several short stories, and recorded reminiscences, thoughts, and daily events in a series of notebooks. These notes were the basis for Life Answered, an unpublished autobiography (eventually, edited and completed by Frances Blum). Also included are extensive notes and writings on a variety of subjects, including his extensive travels to Tahiti. Writings by other authors consist of critical statements about Jerome Blum and some of Frances Blum's writings on Theodore Dreiser.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 6 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1915-1933 (4 folders; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1915-1966 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Writings, 1915-circa 1969 (2 linear feet; Boxes 1-3)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1916-1965 (0.3 linear feet; Box 3)

Series 5: Artwork, circa 1920-1930 (2 folders; Box 3)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1915-1945 (6 folders; Box 3)

Biographical Note:

Jerome Blum (1884-1956) was a world traveler who found artistic inspiration while living in France and traveling to the American west, Hawaii, Japan, China, Cuba, and the South Seas (including a 10 month stay in Tahiti). Blum painted landscapes and seascapes of Southern France, and the many places he visited, as well as still lifes of exotic plants and fruits. He was living in Paris at the height of the Fauve movement and incorporated some of its ideas into his work, first inserting bold colors into his fairly conservative Post-Impressionist style. Later, he used significantly more saturated color, intense light, and bold forms.

Blum studied at the Francis J. Smith Art Academy in his native Chicago, and the Art Institute of Chicago. He went to Paris in 1906 with Lucile Swan, a sculptor and fellow student who eventually became his wife. There, he enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for a brief period, studying with Luc Olivier Merson. Blum remained in Paris until 1910, participated in the 1909 and 1910 Salons d'Automne and received exhibition offers from Galerie Sagot, Paris, and Anderson Galleries, New York. While in France, Blum knew expatriates Jo Davidson, Arthur Dove, Samuel Halpert, Alfred Maurer, and John Marin. Halpert became a mentor of sorts, instructing him in painting Post-Impressionist landscapes, to which Blum soon added Fauvist color.

Once back in Chicago, Blum developed close friendships with writers Sherwood Anderson, Theodore Dreiser, and Ben Hecht that lasted for decades. His one-man show at Thurber's Art Gallery in 1911 received very mixed reviews--most likely it was the first time the Fauve palette was seen by Chicagoans, and most thought it too radical. When the mayor purchased a Blum painting from a 1912 Art Institute of Chicago group exhibition, the proceeds enabled Blum to visit the American west. Later that year, Blum and Lucile Swan traveled in Europe. They were married in Paris and took an extended honeymoon, continuing to travel in France until the fall of the following year.

For a period of approximately 20 years, he exhibited extensively and enjoyed critical acclaim. During his many years of foreign residence, Blum returned to the United States periodically for exhibitions and family visits. He participated in a large number of solo exhibitions and group shows in the United States and France, including: Art Institute of Chicago, Arts Club of Chicago, O'Brien Galleries, and Albert Roullier Art Galleries in Chicago; Ainslie Galleries, Brooklyn Museum, Delphic Studios, Katz Gallery, M. Knoedler and Co., Whitney Museum of American Art, and Whitney Studio Club in New York; Worcester Art Museum and Boston Art Club in Massachusetts; Montlcair Art Museum in New Jersey; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia; and Galerie de la Renaissance in Paris. Blum is represented in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Blum returned to New York in 1924 and Lucile filed for divorce. An auction of his work was held at the Anderson Galleries that year; Augustus John, George Biddle, Chester Dale, M. Knoedler, Kraushaar Galleries, and Jo Davidson were among the successful bidders.

In 1925, he married Frances Baum, a psychiatric social worker. They settled in Dampierre, France for eight years, and during this period traveled extensively throughout the country. Always an unconventional and fiercely independent person, Blum's mental health was fragile and deteriorated markedly in the early 1930s, during which time his painting output decreased dramatically. The Blums spent part of 1934 at the MacDowell Colony in Petersborough, New Hampshire. Once his fellowship was over, they moved to Key West, Florida, where Blum became increasingly disturbed.

Blum was admitted to the Bloomingdale Hospital, a private psychiatric institution in White Plains, New York, in 1935. But after being diagnosed a "hopeless case," he was transferred to a state hospital. While hospitalized, Blum continued writing copious notes and made many appeals for release. He died at the Hudson River State Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1956.

Separated Material:

Originals of loaned material, including typescripts of Sherwood Anderson's letters, most of Blum's Theodore Dreiser material, travel in China, scrapbooks, and drafts of portions of Life Answered - "Father and Mother," "Journal of the Last 20 Years," "Lucile," and "Marriage and Divorce" - were returned to Frances Blum after microfilming. Although this material is not technically part of the collection housed in the Archives of American Art, copies are available on microfilm reels D237 and D238.

Provenance:

The majority of the papers were donated or loaned for microfilming between 1965 and 1966 by Blum's widow, Frances Blum. A typescript copy of the final version of Life Answered was received in 1969.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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:

Expatriate painters -- United States  Search this

Authors -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Jerome Blum papers, 1915-circa 1969, bulk 1919-1935. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.blumjero

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Jerome Blum papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-blumjero

Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Extent:

3.68 Cubic feet (consisting of 8 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Travel brochures

Commercial correspondence

Letterheads

Receipts

Print advertising

Business cards

Invoices

Business letters

Publications

Business records

Business ephemera

Ephemera

Correspondence

Advertising fliers

Advertisements

Advertising

Advertising mail

Advertising cards

Printed ephemera

Place:

Australia -- Description and Travel

Austria -- description and travel

Spain -- description and travel

Scotland -- description and travel

Colorado -- description and travel

Ireland -- description and travel

England -- description and travel

Europe -- description and travel -- 1910-1950

China -- Description and Travel

Mexico -- description and travel

Europe -- description and travel

Canada -- Description and Travel

United States -- description and travel

Date:

1844-1966

Summary:

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Scope and Contents:

Tours consists of business records and advertisements created by tourism companies and rail lines, travel guides to varied countries and geographic areas, and other select items such as travel advice, resources on hotels and resorts, and travel-related events or lectures.

No expansive business documentation exists for any company represented within the records. The strength of the collection lies in its breadth of information about other countries, states, or geographic locations provided for the purposes of informing travelers. While no substantial material concerning the history and development of the tourism industry exists within the collection, this subject category provides substantial resources for researchers interested in sorts of information that was made available to tourists, types of travel and tours available, and background about resources and perceptions of promoted vacation destinations over a long time period.

Arrangement:

Tours is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject

Forms Part Of:

Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:

Tours is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Railroads -- 19th century  Search this

Railroads -- 20th century  Search this

Health resorts  Search this

Automobile travel  Search this

Railroads -- 1860-1900  Search this

Railroads -- 1874-1910  Search this

Travel  Search this

Hotels  Search this

Automobile travel -- United States  Search this

Railroads -- Dining-car service  Search this

Railroads  Search this

Railroad companies  Search this

Tourist trade -- 1900-1910  Search this

Tourism  Search this

Maps, Tourist  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Railroads -- History  Search this

Railroads -- Trains  Search this

Sleeping cars (Railroads)  Search this

Air travel  Search this

Travel -- 1890-1930  Search this

Tourist trade -- Postcards  Search this

Travel -- 1910-1920  Search this

Railroad travel  Search this

Description and Travel  Search this

Family vacations  Search this

Tourist trade -- 1910-1940  Search this

Railroad stations  Search this

Tourist trade -- 1900-1910 -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

advertising -- Transportation  Search this

Vacations  Search this

Railroad passenger cars  Search this

Genre/Form:

Travel brochures

Commercial correspondence

Letterheads

Receipts

Print advertising

Business cards

Invoices

Business letters

Publications -- Business

Business records

Publications

Business ephemera

Ephemera

Correspondence

Advertising fliers

Advertisements

Advertising

Advertising mail

Advertising cards

Printed ephemera

Citation:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tours, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Tours

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tours

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-tours

Artist:

Wang Su (1794-1877)  Search this

Medium:

Ink and color on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 93.3 x 40.7 cm (36 3/4 x 16 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

China

Date:

1864

Period:

Qing dynasty

Topic:

spring  Search this

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this

rain  Search this

scholar  Search this

travel  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

WWII-era provenance  Search this

Credit Line:

Transfer from the United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury

Accession Number:

F1980.165

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3966f25b7-0030-45a8-9626-df36f1994499

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1980.165

Photographer:

Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825  Search this

Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825  Search this

Collector:

Rosin, Henry D., Dr.  Search this

Rosin, Nancy  Search this

Collection Collector:

Rosin, Henry D., Dr.  Search this

Rosin, Nancy  Search this

Collection Creator:

Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920  Search this

Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904  Search this

Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825  Search this

Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Cartes-de-viste (card photographs) (10 x 6.2 cm.)

Culture:

Portraits  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Cartes-de-viste (card photographs)

Photographs

Cartes-de-visite

Place:

Asia

Japan

Japan -- Description and Travel

Date:

[1860 - ca. 1900]

Biographical / Historical:

Felice Beato was born in Venice around 1825. During his lifetime, he accompanied the British troops in India, recording images of the Indian Mutiny in 1857, and the Franco-British troops in China to cover the end of the Second Opium War in 1859. With his friend Charles Wirgman, Beato opened a photography studio in Yokohama, Japan in the early 1860s, and produced many images of the Japanese and their lifestyle, as interpreted by the Westerners. Selling his studio to Baron von Stillfried in 1877, Beato eventually died in Burma around 1908.

Local Numbers:

R495 (Rosin Number)

FSA A1999.35 495

General:

Title printed on verso of card.

From a Felice Beato album.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Topic:

Photography -- Japan  Search this

Photography -- 19th century  Search this

Laborers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Cartes-de-visite

Collection Citation:

Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.

Identifier:

FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 495

See more items in:

Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1999-35-ref400