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Creator:

James, Alexander, 1890-1946  Search this

Names:

Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966  Search this

Gugler, Eric, 1889-1974  Search this

James, Frederika Paine  Search this

James, Henry, 1843-1916  Search this

James, William, 1842-1910  Search this

James, William, 1882-1961  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975  Search this

Extent:

3.6 Linear feet ((on 7 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Date:

1893-1983

bulk 1914-1946

Scope and Contents:

Family and professional correspondence; exhibition and sales records; sketches; sketchbooks; photographs and printed materials documenting the career and activities of Alexander James.

A marriage certificate; a genealogy of the James family; autobiographical notes; passports for James and his wife Frederika Paine James; a diary with entries by both James (1907) and his mother (1921); loose pages from diaries kept by James and his wife (intermittent, 1917-1939). Correspondence to and from James family members, including eight letters from his father, William James; letters to and from colleagues, friends, museums, galleries, clients, and posthumous exhibition correspondence. Correspondents include Abbott Handerson Thayer, Rockwell Kent, and Eric Gugler.

There are also biographical notes on Abbott Handerson Thayer; a notebook containing James' description of his gesso techniques; Frederika James' notes on her husband's paintings and her account of a family trip to France; reminiscences of James by Barry Faulkner and Thornton Wilder; exhibition files containing correspondence, lists of works, address lists, guest books, clippings and catalogs (1937-1978); commission files; a card file with information on James' paintings, exhibitions and sales; sketches of landscapes and people including sketches of his father and John Singer Sargent.

Five sketchbooks (one too faint to film); an oil study of his father; three watercolors of Giverny, France; three pigment studies (unfilmed); 12 woodcuts by Julius J. Lankes; and a sketch of James by his brother, William James; expense journals; bank records; tax returns; insurance figures for paintings; a notebook of sales' records; price lists; invoices and receipts for materials; deeds; a will; certificates of name changes; photos of James, his studio and his work; photos and a photo album of William James and other family members; two albums of exhibition photos; photos of two sketches of James, one by John Singer Sargent, and the other by Barry Faulkner.

Arrangement:

Reels 4195-4201: I. Biographical materials. II. Family correspondence. III. General correspondence. IV. Writings. V. Exhibition files. VI. Commission files. VII. Card file. VIII. Art works. IX. Financial materials. X. Legal materials. XI. Photographs. XII. Photograph albums. XIII. Printed materials. Chronologically arranged except for commission files which are arranged alphabetically by name of subject.

Biographical / Historical:

Portrait painter. The younger son of psychologist William James (1842-1910), brother of painter William James (1882-1961), and nephew of novelist Henry James, Alexander James was actually christened Francis Temple Tweedy James in 1890. In 1925 he had his name officially changed to Alexander Robertson James. Later in life he dropped the Robertson and became Alexander James. He studied with Abbott Handerson Thayer and was a close friend of John Singer Sargent and Rockwell Kent.

Related Materials:

Also found in the Archives on microfilm only (reel 3828) is a bound volume containing 37 letters from William James to his youngest son, Alexander James, one letter from his mother, Alice Howe Gibbens James, and 11 postcards.

Provenance:

Donated 1986 by Michael James, the son of Alexander James, except for the bound volume on reel 3828 which was lent for microfilming.

Rights:

Reel 3828: Authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce requires written permission from Alexander R. James, Glandore, County Cork, Ireland. 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:

Portrait painters  Search this

Painters -- New Hampshire  Search this

Topic:

Gesso  Search this

Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Identifier:

AAA.jamealex

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-jamealex

Creator:

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this

Names:

Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964  Search this

Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942  Search this

Beckwith, J. Carroll (James Carroll), 1852-1917  Search this

Bevan, Edith Rossiter  Search this

Birch, Reginald Bathurst, 1856-1943  Search this

Cadwalader-Guild, Emma Marie, 1843-1911?  Search this

Castaigne, Andre  Search this

Coffin, William A. (William Anderson), 1855-1925  Search this

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851  Search this

Cory, Fanny Y.  Search this

Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919  Search this

Craig, Frank, 1874-1918  Search this

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931  Search this

Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944  Search this

Hambidge, Jay, 1867-1924  Search this

Hunt, William Morris, 1824-1879  Search this

Hutt, Henry, b. 1875  Search this

Jay, John, 1817-1894  Search this

Keller, A. J.  Search this

Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955  Search this

Low, Will Hicok, 1853-1932  Search this

Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932  Search this

Morris, William H., 1834-1896  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872  Search this

Mowbray, H. Siddons (Harry Siddons), 1858-1928  Search this

Newell, Peter, 1862-1924  Search this

Nicholls, Rhoda Holmes  Search this

Peabody, George, 1795-1869  Search this

Pearson, Ralph M., 1883-1958  Search this

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909  Search this

Rossiter, Ehrick Kensett, 1854-1941  Search this

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard, 1818-1871  Search this

Sartain, William, 1843-1924  Search this

Scott-Moncrieff, David  Search this

Soglow, Otto, 1900-1975  Search this

Tack, Augustus Vincent, 1870-1949  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

Whitmore, Elizabeth  Search this

Extent:

0.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketches

Sketchbooks

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Date:

1840-1961

Summary:

The Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family papers measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1840 to 1961. Included are letters to painter Thomas Prichard Rossiter and letters to his son, architect Ehrick Kensett Rossiter, documenting their friendships with many artists and Thomas Prichard Rossiter's sketchbook and loose sketches. Edith Rossiter Bevan's papers include her writings on her grandfather, Thomas Prichard Rossiter; a scrapbook; photographs of the Rossiter family; notes by Bevan; news clippings; and other printed material. Also found is Bevan's collection of artists' letters.

Scope and Content Note:

The Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family papers measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1840 to 1961. Included are letters to painter Thomas Prichard Rossiter and letters to his son, architect Ehrick Kensett Rossiter, documenting their friendships with many artists. Notable letters are from James Fenimore Cooper, William Morris Hunt, John Jay, J. F. Kensett, William H. Morris, Samuel F. B. Morse, George Peabody, Cecelia Beaux, William A. Coffin, Daniel Chester French, Will H. Low, Gari Melchers, William Sartain, Augustus Vincent Tack, Dwight Tryon, and many others.

The collection contains Thomas Prichard Rossiter's sketchbook drawn while living in Italy in 1943, and three other sketches including a portrait of his family.

Also found are letters to Edith Rossiter Bevan and her writings on her grandfather, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, including a biography and checklist of his paintings. Bevan also compiled a scrapbook on his career and family history which includes drawings by Rossiter, photographs of the Rossiter family and his artwork, notes by Bevan, news clippings, and other printed material.

A collection of Edith Rossiter Bevan's artists' letters is found within the papers. Letters are from Alexander Archipenko, J. Carroll Beckwith, Reginald Birch, Emma M. Cadwalader-Guild, Andre Castaigne, Fanny Cory, Kenyon Cox, Frank Craig, Charles Dana Gibson, Jay Hambridge, Henry Hutt, A. J. Keller, Rockwell Kent, Fiske Kimball, David Scott Moncrieff, H. Siddons Mowbray, Peter Newell, Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, Ralph M. Pearson, Frederic Remington, Otto Soglow, and Elizabeth Whitmore.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 2 series:

Series 1: Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family Papers, 1840-1961 (Box 1-2; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 2: Edith Rossiter Bevan Collection of Artists' Letters, circa 1891-1939, 1951 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Biographical Note:

Thomas Prichard Rossiter (1818-1871) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He first learned painting as an apprentice for a Mr. John Boyd, and also studied with Nathaniel Jocelyn. In 1838 he exhibited two paintings at the National Academy of Design, and in 1939 moved to New York City and opened a studio.

In 1840, Rossiter traveled to Europe with Asher B. Durand, John Kensett, and John Casilaer, and while there visited Rome with Thomas Cole. He decided to stay in Italy until 1846 when he moved to New York City and shared a studio with Kensett and Louis Lang. During this period he relied on portrait painting for his income, but also painted historical and religious paintings.

In 1851 Rossiter married Anna Ehrick Parmly and they toured Europe in 1853. They settled in Paris where Anna gave birth to twins Ehrick Kensett and Charlotte. Rossiter exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1855. Anna died shortly after the birth of their daughter Anna, and the family moved back to New York.

For a brief period of time Rossiter had an art gallery, exhibiting his work and the work of his friends. In 1860 he married Mary (Mollie) Sterling and moved his family to Cold Spring, New York on the Hudson River. He continued to paint portraits, historical, and religious paintings, and exhibited at the National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, until his death in 1871.

Ehrick Kensett Rossiter (1854-1941), named after his father's friend John Frederick Kensett, attended Cornell University and became an architect in New York as part of the firm Rossiter & Muller. He was a member of the Architectural League, United States Public Architects' League, and trustee of the American Fine Arts Society. In 1877 he married Mary Heath and they had three sons and a daughter. Their daughter Edith Rossiter Bevan was a historian and avid collector of historical autographs.

Related Material:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is a Thomas Prichard Rossiter letter to Elias Beirs dated January 12, 1840.

Provenance:

A portion of the collection was donated in 1957 by Edith Rossiter Bevan, daughter of Ehrick Kensett Rossiter, and granddaughter of Thomas Prichard Rossiter. Additional material was donated in 2007 by Patti Rossiter Ravenscroft, Rossiter's Great Great Granddaughter.

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 York (State)  Search this

Topic:

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

Genre/Form:

Sketches

Sketchbooks

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family papers, 1840-1957. 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.rossthom

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Thomas Prichard Rossiter and Rossiter Family papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rossthom

Creator:

Kent, Norman, 1903-1972  Search this

Names:

Aiken, Charles Avery, 1872-1965  Search this

Albee, Grace  Search this

Anderson, Ernfred, 1896-  Search this

Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953  Search this

Avery, Ralph Hillyer, 1906-1976  Search this

Aylward, W. J. (William James), 1875-1956  Search this

Bailey, Merrill A., 1909-  Search this

Bailey, Vernon Howe, 1874-1953  Search this

Biddle, George, 1885-1973  Search this

Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969  Search this

Boyd, Fiske, 1895-1975  Search this

Bransom, Paul, 1885-  Search this

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this

Carter, Clarence Holbrook, 1904-2000  Search this

Cheffetz, Asa, 1896-1965  Search this

Clark, Eliot Candee, 1883-  Search this

Cook, Howard Norton, 1901-1980  Search this

Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960  Search this

Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974  Search this

Deines, E. Hubert, 1894-1967  Search this

Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990  Search this

Fabri, Ralph, 1894-1975  Search this

Fawcett, Robert  Search this

Havens, James D., 1900-1960  Search this

Heitland, Wilmot Emerton, 1893-1969  Search this

Helck, Peter, b. 1893  Search this

Hoftrup, Julius Lars, 1874-1954  Search this

Kappel, Philip  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960  Search this

Leighton, Clare, 1899-  Search this

Mack, Warren Bryan, 1896-1952  Search this

Mason, Roy Martell, 1886-1972  Search this

Meissner, Leo J. (Leo John), 1895-1977  Search this

Menihan, John C.  Search this

Pitz, Henry Clarence, 1895-1976  Search this

Pleissner, Ogden M.  Search this

Reynard, Grant T., 1887-1968  Search this

Rice, William S., 1873-1963  Search this

Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978  Search this

Sandzén, Birger, 1871-1954  Search this

Schafer, Alice Pauline, 1899-1980  Search this

Sloane, Eric  Search this

Smith, Charles (Charles William), b. 1893  Search this

Swann, James, 1905-1985  Search this

Teague, Donald, 1897-  Search this

Unwin, Nora Spicer, 1907-  Search this

Von Neumann, Robert  Search this

Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985  Search this

Waters, Herbert  Search this

Watson, Aldren Auld, 1917-  Search this

Wengenroth, Stow, 1906-1978  Search this

Whitaker, Frederic  Search this

Williams, Esther, 1907-1969  Search this

Wilson, Edward Arthur, 1886-1970  Search this

Extent:

300 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1939-1964

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, articles, clippings, and gallery literature.

Among the correspondents are Charles Avery Aiken, Grace Albee, Ernfred Anderson, John Taylor Arms, Ralph H. Avery, William J. Aylward, Merrill A. Bailey, Vernon Howe Bailey, George Biddle, Louis Bouche, Fiske Boyd, J. Paul Bransom, Charles Burchfield, Clarence H. Carter, Asa Cheffetz, Eliot C. Clark, Howard N. Cook,Dean Cornwell, James H. Daugherty, E. Hubert Deines, Fritz Eichenberg, Ralph Fabri, Robert Fawcett, James D. Havens, Wilmot Emerton Heitland, Peter Helck, J. Lars Hoftrup, Philip Kappel, Rockwell Kent, Julius J. Lankes, Clare Leighton, Warren B. Mack, Roy M. Mason, Leo Meissner, John C. Menihan, Henry C. Pitz, Ogden Pleissner, Grant T. Reynard, William S. Rice, Norman Rockwell, Sven Birger Sandzen, Alice P. Schafer, Eric Sloane, Charles W. Smith, James Swann, Donald Teague, Nora S. Unwin, Robert Von Neumann, Lynd Ward, Herbert O. Waters, Aldren A. Watson, Stow Wengenroth, Frederic Whitaker, Esther Williams, Edward A. Wilson, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Illustrator, educator, lithographer, engraver, painter and writer; studied at Rochester Institute of Technology and was active in New York State. Former editor of AMERICAN ARTIST.

Related Materials:

Additional Norman Kent papers pertaining to American Artist also located at: George Arent Research Library Syracuse University.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1965 by Norman Kent.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Educators -- New York (State)  Search this

Engravers -- New York (State)  Search this

Illustrators -- New York (State)  Search this

Lithographers -- New York (State)  Search this

Painters -- New York (State)  Search this

Woodcutters (printmakers) -- New York (State)  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.kentnorm

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kentnorm

Creator:

American Artists Group  Search this

Names:

Ahgupuk, George Aden  Search this

Anderson, C. W. (Clarence William), 1891-1971  Search this

Avery, Ralph Hillyer, 1906-1976  Search this

Babcock, R. Fayerweather, 1887-1954  Search this

Bailey, Merrill A., 1909-  Search this

Bakós, Józef, 1891-1977  Search this

Barker, Ken, d. 1956  Search this

Behncke, Nile Jurgen, 1894-1954  Search this

Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1898-1962  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Bohrod, Aaron  Search this

Bolton, Clarence, 1893-1962  Search this

Botke, Cornelius, 1887-1954  Search this

Botke, Jessie Arms, 1883-1971  Search this

Boyd, Fiske, 1895-1975  Search this

Buff, Conrad, 1886-1975  Search this

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this

Bye, Ranulph, 1916-2003  Search this

Cook, Howard Norton, 1901-1980  Search this

Cosgrave, John O'Hara, 1908-1968  Search this

Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946  Search this

Davis, Gladys Rockmore, 1901-1967  Search this

Denison, Harold, 1887-1940  Search this

Detwiller, Fred  Search this

Dows, Olin, 1904-1981  Search this

Dubois, Yvonne Pène  Search this

Duvoisin, Roger, 1900-  Search this

Dwight, Mabel, 1876-1955  Search this

Eby, Kerr, 1890-1946  Search this

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

Enright, Walter J. (Walter Joseph), 1879-1969  Search this

Fitzpatrick, Daniel Robert, 1891-1969  Search this

Freeman, Don, 1908-1978  Search this

Funk, Tom  Search this

Gaige, Richard  Search this

Ganso, Emil, 1895-1941  Search this

Golden, Samuel, 1895-1963  Search this

Golinkin, Joseph W. (Joseph Webster), 1896-  Search this

Gordon, Witold  Search this

Grant, Gordon, 1875-1962  Search this

Grant, Vernon, 1902-  Search this

Harmon, Jim  Search this

Hatfield, Dalzell, 1893-1963  Search this

Helik, Peter  Search this

Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967  Search this

Hunt, Peter, 1896?-1967  Search this

Huntley, Victoria Hutson, 1900-1971  Search this

Jacobs, Elmer, 1900-  Search this

Johnstone, Ralph Wilbur, 1911-  Search this

Kantor, Martha Ryther, 1896-1981  Search this

Karasz, Ilonka  Search this

Kent, Norman, 1903-1972  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

King, Nettie  Search this

Kleiber, Hans, 1887-1967  Search this

Klitgaard, Georgina, 1889-1977  Search this

Kloss, Gene, 1903-  Search this

Komroff, Manuel, 1890-  Search this

Kotula, Jo  Search this

Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974  Search this

Kronengold, Adolph, 1900-  Search this

Kuehne, Max, 1880-1968  Search this

Lahey, Richard, b. 1893  Search this

Landacre, Paul, 1893-  Search this

Landon, Edward, 1911-1984  Search this

Latham, Barbara, 1896-1989  Search this

Laughlin, Margaret  Search this

Lederer, Wolfgang, 1912-  Search this

Lenski, Lois, 1893-  Search this

Lewicki, James  Search this

Loeffler, Gisella, 1900-  Search this

Luce, C. A.  Search this

Luneau, Omer Joachim, 1909-  Search this

Markham, Kyra, 1891-1967  Search this

Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954  Search this

Mays, Maxwell, 1918-  Search this

Morris, Dudley, 1912-1966  Search this

Naegele, Thomas, 1924-  Search this

Nason, Thomas W. (Thomas Willoughby), 1889-1971  Search this

Nesbitt, Alexander, 1901-  Search this

Neufeld, Woldemar, 1909-2002  Search this

Neville, Vera  Search this

Newcombe, Warren, b. 1894  Search this

Newton, Edith Whittlesey, 1878-1962?  Search this

Nichols, Dale, 1904-  Search this

Nichols, Hobart, 1869-1962  Search this

Nicolett, Frank L., b. 1887  Search this

Nordmark, Olle, b. 1890  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949  Search this

Pajaud, William E., 1925-  Search this

Paull, Grace, 1898-  Search this

Pellew, John C., 1903-  Search this

Pennoyer, A. Sheldon (Albert Sheldon), 1888-1957  Search this

Pescheret, Leon Rene, 1892-1961  Search this

Petroff, Gilmer, 1913-  Search this

Pike, John, 1911-1979  Search this

Pitz, Henry Clarence, 1895-1976  Search this

Plummer, Virginia  Search this

Poray, Stan, 1888-1948  Search this

Prentiss, Tina, 1905-  Search this

Prestopino, Gregorio  Search this

Rees, Rosalie, b. 1897  Search this

Reynard, Grant T., 1887-1968  Search this

Rogers, John, 1906-  Search this

Roland, Conrad  Search this

Ronnebeck, Arnold, 1885-1947  Search this

Rose, Ruth Starr, 1887-1965  Search this

Rosenberg, James N. (James Naumburg), b. 1874  Search this

Rosenthal, Doris Patty, 1889-1971  Search this

Ross, Sanford  Search this

Ruellan, Andrée, 1905-2006  Search this

Ruzicka, Rudolph, 1883-  Search this

Sample, Paul, 1896-1974  Search this

Santo, Patsy, b. 1893  Search this

Sawyer, Helen  Search this

Schaldach, William Joseph, 1896-  Search this

Schreiber, Georges, 1904-  Search this

Shane, Fred, 1906-  Search this

Sharp, John, 1911-  Search this

Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965  Search this

Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989  Search this

Shelton, Alphonse Joseph, 1905-  Search this

Shepler, Dwight, 1905-  Search this

Shevis, William  Search this

Shokler, Harry, b. 1896  Search this

Sinclair, Gerrit Van W., 1890-1955  Search this

Slotnick, Mortimer H., 1920-  Search this

Smith, Bissell Phelps  Search this

Soderberg, Ynve Edward, 1896-1971  Search this

Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001  Search this

Thieme, Anthony, 1888-1954  Search this

Ulreich, Nura Woodson  Search this

Vorst, Joseph Paul, b. 1897  Search this

Walker, Maynard  Search this

Warneke, Heinz (Heinrich), 1895-1983  Search this

Wengenroth, Stow, 1906-1978  Search this

Wheelock, Warren, 1880-1960  Search this

Whorf, John, 1903-1959  Search this

Wickey, Harry  Search this

Wiggins, Guy C. (Guy Carleton), 1883-1962  Search this

Wiggins, Myra Albert, 1869-1956  Search this

Wilson, Edward Arthur, 1886-1970  Search this

Woiceske, Ronau William, 1887-1953  Search this

Woodward, Stanley Wingate, 1890-1970  Search this

Extent:

12 Microfilm reels

0.4 Linear feet (Unmicrofilmed)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1934-1965

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, photographs, clippings, biographical data on artists, press notices, Christmas cards, and publications documenting the organization's attempt to provide a market for artists affected by the Depression by using original work for greeting cards.

REELS NAGI-NAG12: Correspondence is between Samuel Golden, director, and artists whose work was sought. Among the correspondents are George Ahgupuk, C.W. Anderson, Ralph Avery, R. Fayerweather Babcock, Merrill A. Bailey, Jozef Bakos, Ken Barker, Nile Jurgen Behncke, Ludwig Bemelmans, Thomas H. Benton, Aaron Bohrod, Clarence Bolton, Cornelius Botke, Jessie Arms Botke, Fiske Boyd, Conrad Buff, Charles E. Burchfield, Ranulph Bye, Howard N. Cook, John O'Hara Cosgrave, John Steuart Curry, Gladys R. Davis, Harold Thomas Denison, Frederick K. Detwiller, Olin Dows, Yvonne Pène Dubois, Roger Antoine Duvoisin, Mabel Dwight, Kerr Eby, Louis M. Eilshemius, W.J. Enright, Daniel R. Fitzpatrick, Don Freeman, Tom Funk, Richard Gaige, Emil Ganso, Joseph Webster Golinkin, Witold Gordon, Gordon Grant, Vernon Grant, Jim Harmon, Dalzell Hatfield, Peter Helik, Edward Hopper, Peter Hunt,

Victoria Hutson Huntley, Elmer Jacobs, Ralph Johnstone, Ilonka Karasz, Norman Kent, Rockwell Kent, Nettie King, Hans Kleiber, Georgina Klitgaard, Gene Kloss, Manuel Komroff, Jo Kotula, Leon Kroll, Adolf Kronengold, Max Kuehne, Richard Lahey, Paul Hambleton Landacre, Edward Landon, Barbara Latham, Margaret Laughlin, Wolfgang Lederer, Lois Lenski, James Lewicki, Gisella Loeffler, C. A. Luce, Omer Luneau, Kyra Markham, Reginald Marsh, Maxwell Mays, Dudley Morris, Thomas F. Naegele, Thomas W. Nason, Alexander Nesbitt, Vera Neville, Woldemar Neufeld, Warren Newcombe, Edith Newton, Dale Nichols, Hobart Nichols, Frank L. Nicolet, Olle Nordmark, Jose Clemente Orozco,

William E. Pajaud, Virginia Plummer, Grace Paull, John C. Pellew, A. Sheldon Pennoyer, Leon Pescheret, Gilmer Petroff, John Pike, Henry C. Pitz, Stan Poray, Tina Prentiss, Gregorio Prestopino, Rosalie Rees, Grant Reynard, John Rogers,Conrad Roland, Arnold Ronnebeck, Ruth Starr Rose, James N. Rosenberg, Doris Rosenthal, Sanford Ross, Andree Ruellan, Rudolph Ruzicka, Martha Ryther,Paul Sample, Patsy Santo, Helen Sawyer, William J. Schaldach, Georges Schreiber,Frederick Shane, John Sharp, Charles Sheeler, Millard Sheets, Alphonse Shelton, Dwight Shepler, William Shevis, Harry Shokler, Gerrit V. Sinclair, Mortimer Slotnick, Bissell Phelps Smith, Yngve Edward Soderberg, Harry Sternberg, Anthony Thieme, Nura Ulreich, Joseph P. Vorst, Maynard Walker, Heinz Warneke,Stow Wengenroth, John Whorf, Warren F. Wheelock, Harry H. Wickey, Guy Wiggins, Myra A. Wiggins, Edward A. Wilson, Ronau W. Woiceske, Stanley W. Woodward, and others.

UNMICROFILMED: A portfolio of 106 Christmas cards, with the evelopes and original packing materials, printed and distributed by the American Artists Group in 1935. This is a nearly complete set (missing only two cards) and the first set published by the group. Also included are three publications: "Handbook of the American Artists Group," 1935, "Original Etchings, Lithographs, and Woodcuts Published by the American Artists Group," 1937, and "Ten Years, A Christmas Card Adventure," ca. 1944

Biographical / Historical:

Greeting card company. Founded 1934; New York, N.Y. One of its aims was to popularize contemporary American art by publishing fine reproductions of original etchings, lithographs, drawings and paintings on greeting cards.

Provenance:

Materials on reels NAG1-12 lent for microfilming by the American Artists Group, 1966-1968. Unmicrofilmed material donated 1994 by Allen P. Golden, son of Samuel Golden who founded the American Artists Group.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Art -- Marketing -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art -- Reproduction  Search this

Greeting cards industry  Search this

Greeting cards  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.amerartg

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-amerartg

Creator:

Weitenkampf, Frank, 1866-1962  Search this

Names:

Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953  Search this

Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904  Search this

Beatty, John W. (John Wesley), 1851-1924  Search this

Bellows, George, 1882-1925  Search this

Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951  Search this

Biddle, George, 1885-1973  Search this

Britton, James, 1878-1936  Search this

Browne, George Elmer, 1871-1946  Search this

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926  Search this

Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948  Search this

Detwiller, Fred  Search this

Dows, Olin, 1904-1981  Search this

Eby, Kerr, 1890-1946  Search this

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931  Search this

Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942  Search this

Hart, George Overbury, 1868-1933  Search this

Hoffman, Malvina, 1887-1966  Search this

Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967  Search this

Huntington, Daniel, 1816-1906  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Keppel, Frederick, 1845-1912  Search this

Lahey, Richard, b. 1893  Search this

Low, Will Hicok, 1853-1932  Search this

Lozowick, Louis, 1892-1973  Search this

Mowbray, H. Siddons (Harry Siddons), 1858-1928  Search this

Nankivell, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1869-1959  Search this

Nason, Thomas W. (Thomas Willoughby), 1889-1971  Search this

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this

Powers, Preston, 1842 or 1843-1904  Search this

Ranger, Henry Ward, 1858-1916  Search this

Richards, William Trost, 1833-1905  Search this

Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960  Search this

Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979  Search this

Rothermel, Peter Frederick, 1812-1895  Search this

Sartain, William, 1843-1924  Search this

Smillie, George H. (George Henry), 1840-1921  Search this

Smillie, James David, 1833-1909  Search this

Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001  Search this

Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946  Search this

Taft, Lorado, 1860-1936  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925  Search this

Volk, Douglas , 1856-1935  Search this

Warner, Olin Levi, 1844-1896  Search this

Weir, John F. (John Ferguson), b. 1841  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919  Search this

Wickey, Harry  Search this

Wiles, Irving Ramsay, 1861-1948  Search this

Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903  Search this

Woodbury, Charles H. (Charles Herbert), 1864-1940  Search this

Yewell, George Henry, 1830-1923  Search this

Young, Mahonri Mackintosh, 1877-1957  Search this

Extent:

1,000 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1889-1942

Scope and Contents:

Letters to Weitenkampf, mainly from artists and collectors concerning examples of their works in the library's collection.

Among the correspondents are: John Taylor Arms, Samuel Putnam Avery, John W. Beatty, George Bellows, Frank W. Benson, George Biddle, James Britton, George Elmer Browne, Mary Cassatt, Royal Cortissoz, Frederick K. Detwiller, Olin Dows, Kerr Eby, Daniel C. French, Arnold Genthe, George O. Hart, Malvina Hoffman, Edward Hopper, Daniel Huntington, Rockwell Kent, Frederick Keppel, Richard Lahey, Will H. Low, Louis Lozowick, H. Siddons Mowbray, Frank A. Nankivell, Thomas W. Nason, Joseph Pennell, Preston Powers, Henry Ward Ranger, William T. Richards, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Lessing J. Rosenwald,Peter F. Rothermel, William Sartain, George H. Smillie, James D. Smillie, Harry Sternberg, Albert Sterner, Lorado Taft, Abbott H. Thayer, Dwight W. Tryon, Douglas Volk, Olin L. Warner, John F. Weir, Julian A. Weir, Harry Wickey, Irving R. Wiles, Thomas W. Wood, Charles H. Woodbury, George H. Yewell, Mahonri M. Young, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Curator; New York City. Chief of the Prints Division, New York Public Library.

Provenance:

Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.

Restrictions:

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

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

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

Identifier:

AAA.weitfran

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-weitfran

Creator:

Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966  Search this

Names:

MacDowell Colony  Search this

Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956  Search this

Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941  Search this

Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968  Search this

Fraser, James Earle, 1876-1953  Search this

Gibran, Kahlil, 1922-  Search this

Grimes, Frances, 1869-1963  Search this

Gugler, Eric, 1889-1974  Search this

Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974  Search this

Manship, Paul, 1885-1966  Search this

Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966  Search this

Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933  Search this

Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873  Search this

Redfield, Edward Willis, 1869-1965  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Homer, b. 1880  Search this

Smith, Joseph Lindon, 1863-1950  Search this

Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Tonetti, Mary Lawrence  Search this

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910  Search this

White, Lawrence Grant  Search this

Young, Mahonri Sharp, 1911-1996  Search this

Extent:

2.82 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Diaries

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Writings

Photographs

Travel diaries

Photograph albums

Place:

New Hampshire

Date:

circa 1858-1973

Summary:

The papers of muralist, painter, and teacher Barry Faulkner measure 2.82 linear feet and date from circa 1858-1973. Faulkner's career; his relationships with family, friends, and fellow-artists; and his thoughts on art and artists are documented in biographical materials, correspondence, writings, sketchbooks, five diaries, two photograph albums and photographs, and one scrapbook. Correspondents include family members, Witter Bynner, Ann and Eric Gugler, Leon Kroll, Isabel Manship, James Johnson Sweeney, Maxfield Parrish and others. An unprocessed addition to the collection dating 1942 includes a one page letter mounted on board from Maxfield Parrish to Barry Faulkner.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of muralist, painter, and teacher Barry Faulkner measure 2.82 linear feet and date from circa 1858-1973. Faulkner's career; his relationships with family, friends, and fellow-artists; and his thoughts on art and artists are documented in biographical materials, correspondence, writings, sketchbooks, five diaries, photograph albums and photographs, and one scrapbook. An unprocessed addition to the collection dating 1942 includes a one page letter mounted on board from Maxfield Parrish to Barry Faulkner.

Biographical materials include biographical sketches, awards, and records documenting Faulkner's military service. Also found are a list of medications, a list of Faulkner's writings, party guest lists, an address book, a calendar, and materials related to the posthumous publication of Sketches From an Artist's Life. Of special interest are oversized architectural drawings by Eric Gugler for Faulkner's Keene, New Hampshire house.

Correspondence includes letters from Faulkner's friends, family, fellow artists, and art organizations and institutions. Faulkner's correspondence with his parents document his 1900-1901 trip to Italy with the Thayer family. Of special interest is his correspondence with writer Witter Bynner about Faulkner's daily life in New Hampshire, his travels through Europe, his artistic practice and career, Bynner's writings, his opinions on artistic and literary works, and his service in World War One. Many of the letters to Bynner include sketches by Faulkner of Abbott Handerson Thayer, Rockwell Kent, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Homer Saint-Gaudens, George de Forest Brush, Kahlil Gibran, and Mark Twain. Additional correspondents include sculptor Frances Grimes, architect Eric Gugler, painter Leon Kroll, and museum director James Johnson Sweeney.

Faulkner's writings are about art, artists, and the New Hampshire art community. Found are essays on Gifford Beal, George de Forest Brush, James Earle Fraser, Harriet Hosmer, Paul Manship, Charles Adams Platt, Hiram Powers, Edward Willis Redfield, Joseph Lindon Smith, Mary Lawrence Tonetti, Mark Twain, Lawrence Grant White, and Mahonri Young. Other writings discuss Faulkner's mural commissions, various aspects of New Hampshire history, and the history of the Dublin and Cornish art colonies whose inhabitants included George de Forest Brush, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Abbott Handerson Thayer. Of special interest is a manuscript for Faulkner's posthumously published memoir Sketches From an Artist's Life, and an unpublished manuscript titled A Neighborhood of Artists about the history and culture of the Connecticut River Valley.

Four sketchbooks by Faulkner contain drawings of landscapes, city scenes, architecture, people, nature, and studies of artwork by others. Also found are two loose sketches.

Five diaries document Faulkner's 1922-1924 trip through Europe, Africa, and Asia including stops in France, Italy, Egypt, and Turkey. Diaries record Faulkner's thoughts on architecture, tourist sites, and travel amenities. Found is one diary from 1956 that discusses social events, the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, the MacDowell Colony of artists, and various artists including Gifford Beal, Maxfield Parrish, Paul Manship, and Eric Gugler.

The bulk of printed material consists of clippings which document published writings by Faulkner, obituaries and published rememberances of Faulkner, local events in Keene, New Hampshire, and reproductions of Faulkner's artwork. Also found are exhibition catalogs of other artists, an announcement of Faulklner's death from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a publication illustrated with reproductions of Faulkner's murals for the National Archives.

Photographs include formal and informal images of Faulkner throughout his life, and photographs of his family and friends, his studio, and reproductions of his artwork. Also included are two photograph albums, one of which contains photographs of Faulkner during his youth and one that contains photographs primarily from the 1930s of Faulkner's Keene, New Hampshire house, himself, and his friends and family.

The collection also includes a scrapbook prepared for Faulkner's seventieth birthday containing photographs, cards, telegrams, and placecards with hand drawn illustrations which show the "taste and characteristics" of Faulkner.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 8 series:

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1914-1971 (Box 1, 3, RD1; 13 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1900-1973 (Box 1; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, 1912-1966 (Boxes 1-2; 1.0 linear foot)

Series 4: Sketchbooks and Sketches, circa 1910s-1930s (Boxes 2-3; 8 folders)

Series 5: Diaries, 1922-1956 (Box 2; 6 folders)

Series 6: Printed Materials, circa 1858-1966 (Boxes 2-3; 8 folders)

Series 7: Photographs, 1892-1960s (Boxes 2-3; 15 folders)

Series 8: Scrapbook, 1951 (Box 3; 2 folders)

Biographical Note:

Francis Barrett Faulkner was born on July 12, 1881 in Keene, New Hampshire. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and went on to study at Harvard College. Around this same time, Faulkner began an apprenticeship with his cousin and painter Abbott Handerson Thayer and painter George de Forest Brush. He also met sculptors James Earle Fraser and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, both of whom became Faulkner's lifelong friends.

In 1901, Faulkner traveled to Italy for the first time with Thayer and his family. He returned to New York in 1902 and studied at the Art Students League and Chase School. He also completed illustration work for Century magazine.

In 1907, Faulkner won the Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome. shortly thereafter, he left to study in Italy for three years, studying with George de Forest Brush and befriending sculptor Paul Manship. Upon his return in 1910, he started working on his first mural, commissioned by the wife of railroad executive E.H. Harriman. Having found his niche, Faulkner continued taking mural commissions until his career was interrupted by World War I and his service in the camouflage section of the army. Shortly after the war, he completed a mural for the marine headquarters in Quantico, Virginia.

Between 1923-1924, Faulkner worked in collaboration with Eric Gugler and Paul Manship to create the American Academy in Rome war memorial. Also following the war, Faulkner completed murals for the Eastman School of Music in 1922, the Rockefeller Center in 1932, and the National Archives in 1936. That same year, Faulkner bought and refurbished a house named "The Bounty" in Keene, New Hampshire, and built a studio nearby. In 1930, he was elected as a trustee of the American Academy in Rome.

During the 1940s, Faulkner created murals for numerous public buildings and sites around New Hampshire including the Senate Chambers in Concord, the Elliot Community Hospital, Keene National Bank, and the Cheshire County Savings Bank in Keene. During his final decades, Faulkner wrote an unpublished manuscript on the history of art in the Connecticut River Valley entitled A Neighborhood of Artists, and his posthumously published memoirs, Sketches of an Artist's Life. Faulkner died in 1966, in Keene, New Hampshire.

Related Material:

Found in the Nancy Douglas Bowditch papers at the Archives of American Art is correspondence, photographs, and printed materials related to Barry Faulkner. The Library of Congress, Manuscript Division also holds a small collection of Barry Faulkner's papers. Additional correspondence from Faulkner is found in the papers of Witter Bynner at the University of New Mexico and at Harvard University.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Francis Faulkner, Barry Faulkner's nephew, in 1974. An addition to the collection was donated by Jocelyn Faulkner Bolle in 2014.

Restrictions:

The bulk of this collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.

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 -- Keene  Search this

Topic:

World War, 1914-1918  Search this

Artist colonies -- New Hampshire -- Peterborough  Search this

Artists' studios in art  Search this

Artist colonies -- New Hampshire -- Dublin  Search this

Educators -- New Hampshire  Search this

Artists' studios -- New Hampshire  Search this

Artist colonies -- New Hampshire -- Cornish  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New Hampshire -- Keene  Search this

Muralists -- New Hampshire -- Keene  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Artists -- New Hampshire  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Diaries

Scrapbooks

Sketches

Writings

Photographs

Travel diaries

Photograph albums

Citation:

Barry Faulkner papers, circa 1858-1973. 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.faulbarr

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-faulbarr

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

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

World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief  Search this

Labor unions  Search this

Art and war  Search this

Commercial art  Search this

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

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9557

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211757

AAA_collcode_kentrock

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211757

Creator:

Woodward, Sidney C., 1890-1963  Search this

Names:

Casson Galleries  Search this

Blumenschein, Ernest Leonard, 1874-1960  Search this

Cady, Harrison, 1877-1970  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Hind, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis), 1862-1927  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

La Farge, John, 1835-1910  Search this

Murphy, Hermann Dudley, 1867-1945  Search this

Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961  Search this

Pach, Walter, 1883-1958  Search this

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936  Search this

Ryder, Chauncey F., 1868-1949  Search this

Woodward, Stanley Wingate, 1890-1970  Search this

Extent:

3.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Date:

1823-1963

bulk 1915-1932

Summary:

The papers of art critic, editor, and gallery director Sidney Woodward date from 1823 to 1963, bulk 1915-1932, and measure 3.5 linear feet. The majority of the collection consists of personal and professional correspondence and collected letters that pertain to Woodward's relationships with various artists, galleries, and arts organizations. Also included in this collection are two biographical documents; lecture notes and collected writings; printed material including books relating to the topic of art, exhibition catalogs, and newspaper clippings; a few personal photographs and reference photographs of paintings; and scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, art reproductions, and printed material from the Casson Galleries.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art critic, editor, and gallery director Sidney Woodward date from 1823 to 1963, bulk 1915-1932, and measure 3.5 linear feet. The majority of the collection consists of personal and professional correspondence and collected letters that pertain to Woodward's relationships with various artists, galleries, and arts organizations. Also included in this collection are two biographical documents; lecture notes and collected writings; printed material including books relating to the topic of art, exhibition catalogs, and newspaper clippings; a few personal photographs and reference photographs of paintings; and scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, art reproductions, and printed material from the Casson Galleries.

Artists that Woodward corresponded with and collected letters from include Ernest L. Blumenschein, Harrison Cady, Robert Henri, C. Lewis Hind, Rockwell Kent, John La Farge, Hermann Dudley Murphy, Violet Oakley, Water Pach, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, and Chauncey Foster Ryder, among many others. A significant number of letters in this collection were sent by his brother, marine painter Stanley, during his service in both World Wars.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 6 series.

Series 1: Correspondence and Collected Letters, 1823-1963 (2.2 linear feet; Box 1-3)

Series 2: Biographical Material, 1918 (1 folder; Box 3)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1880-1940 (0.1 linear feet; Box 3)

Series 4: Printed Material, circa 1880-1963 (0.4 linear feet; Box 3-4)

Series 5: Photographs, 1910s-1940s (4 folders; Box 4)

Series 6: Scrapbooks, circa 1920-1940 (0.7 linear feet; Box 5, BV 6-7)

Biographical / Historical:

Sidney C. Woodward (1890-1963) was an art critic and editor in Boston, MA. Woodward collected letters and autographs from notable artists, as well as manuscripts relating to art and theater.

Woodward was born on December 11, 1890, in Malden, Massachusetts, son of Alice E. (Colesworthy) and Frank E. Woodward. He was one of eight children and a twin of Stanley, marine painter and illustrator. Woodward was an art critic and editor for the Boston Post, Boston Herald, and Christian Science Monitor; and gallery director of Casson Galleries, and Irving & Casson's art gallery in Boston, MA.

Provenance:

A portion of the collection was purchased by the Archives of American Art from Sidney Woodward in 1963. Additional material was donated in 1975 by Mrs. Sidney C. Woodward.

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:

Artists  Search this

Art critics -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Gallery directors -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Editors -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Topic:

Art galleries, Commercial -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Sidney C. Woodward papers, 1823-1963, bulk 1915-1932. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.woodsidn

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-woodsidn

Creator:

Pearmain, William Robert, 1888-1912  Search this

Names:

Industrial Workers of the World  Search this

Berkman, Alexander, 1870-1936  Search this

Bowditch, Nancy Douglas  Search this

Brooks, John Graham, 1846-1938  Search this

Brush, George de Forest, 1855-1941  Search this

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910  Search this

Dole, Charles F. (Charles Fletcher), 1845-1927  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Pearmain, Alice  Search this

Pearmain, Jack  Search this

Pearmain, Margaret  Search this

Pearmain, Mary  Search this

Pearmain, Summer  Search this

Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966  Search this

Sanger, William, b. 1888?  Search this

Trautmann, W. E. (William Ernst), b. 1869  Search this

Upton, Sarah  Search this

Extent:

0.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Writings

Photographs

Sketches

Watercolors

Diaries

Date:

1888-1955

Summary:

The papers of painter and activist William Robert Pearmain (1888-1912) and the Pearmain family measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1888-1955. Papers are found for William Robert Pearmain, his wife Nancy Douglas Brush (later Bowditch), their daughter Mary "Polly" Pearmain, and other members of the Pearmain family. There are biographical materials; family correspondence; a watercolor; a travel diary and school essays by Pearmain; printed materials, including clippings and two publications by the Industrial Workers of the World; and photographs of the Pearmain family and artwork.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of painter and activist William Robert Pearmain (1888-1912) and the Pearmain family measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1888-1955. Papers are found for William Robert Pearmain, his wife Nancy Douglas Brush (later Bowditch), their daughter Mary "Polly" Pearmain, and other members of the Pearmain family. There are biographical materials; family correspondence; a watercolor; a travel diary and school essays by Pearmain; printed materials, including clippings and two publications by the Industrial Workers of the World; and photographs of the Pearmain family and artwork.

Scattered biographical information includes materials concerning the Pearmain and Upton families including a wedding invitation, school transcripts, biographical sketches and a debutate ball program from 1931.

Much of the correspondence is from William Robert Pearmain to his family written while in school and in Europe. Pearmain's correspondence with his family discusses his career, marriage, daughter, travel, and political views. Later correspondence is from both Robert and Nancy to family members. Other family correspondence is between Nancy, Polly, Sarah Upton, Sumner, Alice, Margaret, and Jack Pearmain.

There are a few incoming letters to Robert, including one from Margaret Sanger. There are condolence letters to Nancy from John Graham Brooks, Rockwell Kent, William Sanger, and Alexander Beckman. A letter from George de Forest Brush to Robert's mother, possibly dated 1906, discusses her unhappiness about Robert leaving Harvard and staying with the Brushs' in Italy. A photocopy of a letter from Samuel Clemens to George de Forest Brush is found. Additional correspondents include Charles F. Dole and William E. Trautmann.

Artwork consists of one watercolor by William Robert Pearmain. Writings and notes include one diary written by Robert while in Europe (1907), school essays, and a list of European trip expenses. Printed materials include clippings, and one issue each of Solidarity , and Mother Earth. Photographs are of a drawing of William Robert Pearmain by Will Loring and family snapshots of Robert, Nancy, and Polly Pearmain in New Hampshire (1911).

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 6 series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1888-circa 1955 (Box 1; 5 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1899-1955 (Box 1; 0.25 linear feet)

Series 3: Artwork, circa 1910 (Box 1; 1 folder)

Series 4: Writings and Notes, circa 1900-1908 (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1907-1913 (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1900-1911 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Biographical Note:

William Robert Pearmain (1888-1912), known as Robert, was a painter and political activist working in Boston and New York City. Born to a wealthy family in New England, Pearmain attended Harvard University to study architecture and studied painting in Italy under George de Forest Brush.

Between 1907 and 1908, Pearmain travelled through France and Italy studying with Brush and other artists. Upon returning to the United States, Pearmain married the eldest daughter of his mentor, Nancy Douglas Brush in Dublin, New Hampshire. Also an artist, Nancy settled with Robert in Boston and later in New York City. While in New York, Pearmain worked as an assistant to muralist Barry Faulkner. In 1911, the Pearmains welcomed their daughter Mary Alice, whom they called Polly.

While in New York, Pearmain grew dissatisfied with his artistic career. He discovered an interest in the conditions of the working class and his social and political viewpoints became increasingly radical. Despite his privilaged upbringing, he immersed himself in the world of manual labor. Leaving his wife and daughter behind, Robert walked from New York City to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to work at the Westinghouse Electric Company. Additionally, Pearmain became associated with the Industrial Workers of the World organization and participated in anarchist demonstrations.

Soon after arriving in Pittsburgh, Pearmain's health started to fail. His family believed the hard working conditions caused his illness and a doctor suggested that he return to Massachusetts to recover. In September of 1912, Robert Pearmain died of leukemia. Later, Nancy remarried Dr. Harold Bowditch.

Related Material:

Also found in the Archives of American Art is the Nancy Douglas Bowditch papers, circa 1900s-1970s that contain materials relating to her first husband, William Robert Pearmain and an oral history interview with Nancy Douglas Bowditch conducted on January 30, 1974 by Robert F. Brown.

Separated Material:

That Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel 4589) including a drawing by Will Loring of William Robert Pearmain as a child. This item was returned to the lender and is not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Nancy Bowditch and Edward F. McClennen, Pearmain's widow and grandson, donated the William Robert Pearmain and Pearmain family papers in 1973 and 1974. The photograph of the drawing on microfilm reel 4859 was lent for microfilming by William Robert Pearmain, Pearmain's nephew, in 1974.

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.

Topic:

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

Travel -- Europe  Search this

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Political activists -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this

Political activists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Writings

Photographs

Sketches

Watercolors

Diaries

Citation:

William Robert Pearmain and Pearmain family papers, 1888-1955. 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.pearwill

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William Robert Pearmain and Pearmain family papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-pearwill

Interviewee:

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Names:

American Artists Group  Search this

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

Armitage, Merle, 1893-1975  Search this

Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916  Search this

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929  Search this

Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952  Search this

Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording: (3 hours 30 min.), 7 in.)

40 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1969 Feb. 26-27

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Rockwell Kent conducted 1969 Feb. 26-27, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Kent speaks of his family background; his early interest and talent in art; studying painting with Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase; his early studies and work in architecture; Kenneth Hayes Miller as a teacher; experiences which influenced him and inspired him; his travels and explorations; his work in book design and illustration; mural commissions; the American Artists Group; his political life and public affairs. He recalls Merle Armitage and Carl Zigrosser.

Biographical / Historical:

In addition to being a successful painter, printmaker, illustrator, designer, and commercial artist, Kent pursued careers as a writer, professional lecturer, and dairy farmer. He travelled extensively, and was a political activist who supported the causes of organized labor, civil liberties, civil rights, anti-Fascism, and peace and friendship with the Soviet Union.

Provenance:

These interviews are 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 others.

Restrictions:

Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Book-plate designers -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Book design  Search this

Illustration of books  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Printmakers -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Illustrators -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Landscape painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.kent69

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kent69

Creator:

Keller, Charles, 1914-2006  Search this

Names:

Artists League of America  Search this

United American Artists  Search this

United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts  Search this

Workshop of Graphic Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Young American Artists Association  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001  Search this

White, Charles, 1918-1979  Search this

Extent:

1.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Date:

1937-1982

Scope and Contents:

Biographical material, correspondence, writings, sketches, teaching files, files on organizations to which Keller belonged, printed material, photographs, and a video on Keller.

REELS 7-8: Files kept by Keller on art organizations, including Artists' League of America, Section of Fine Arts of the Public Buildings Administration, United American Artists, Workshop of Graphic Art, and Young American Artists Association. Files contain letters received, newsletters, bulletins, and business records.

REEL 5141: Résumé; passports; correspondence, including letters from family, friends Rockwell Kent, Ad Reinhardt, Harry Sternberg, Charles White, others, and galleries, letters regarding Keller's studio in Rome; writings and notes; sketches by Keller for a book by Henry Kraus, In a City was a Garden; exhibition catalogs and announcements, guest lists and a guest book; Keller's political cartoons from the Daily World, and other reproductions of Keller's work; notes about Keller's teaching at the Workshop School of Commercial Art, New York City; photographs and slides of Keller and his work; a videorecording, "Charles Keller at Home," filmed in conjunction with an exhibition at the Mid-Hudson Arts and Science Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1980; clippings; and miscellany.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter and illustrator; New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

Material on reels 7-8 lent for microfilming 1969 by Ted Davis who occupied Keller's studio after Keller. Materials on reel 5141 donated 1978-1984 by Charles Keller.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

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

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

Topic:

Graphic arts  Search this

Political cartoons  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Identifier:

AAA.kellchar

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kellchar

Creator:

Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-  Search this

Names:

American Artists Group  Search this

Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Art Institute of Chicago  Search this

Art in America  Search this

Independent Citizens Committee for the Arts, Sciences, and Professions  Search this

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation  Search this

Philadelphia Museum of Art  Search this

Print Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Print Council of America  Search this

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Search this

Tamarind Lithography Workshop  Search this

Weyhe Gallery  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953  Search this

Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981  Search this

Boyd, E. (Elizabeth), 1903-1974  Search this

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Carrington, Fitz Roy, 1869-1954  Search this

Castellón, Federico, 1914-1971  Search this

Colker, Ed, 1927-  Search this

Cook, Howard Norton, 1901-1980  Search this

Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968  Search this

Durieux, Caroline, 1896-1989  Search this

Dwight, Mabel, 1876-1955  Search this

Flannagan, John Bernard, 1895?-1942  Search this

Girard, André  Search this

Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988  Search this

Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967  Search this

Huntley, Victoria Hutson, 1900-1971  Search this

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

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Keppel, Frederick, 1845-1912  Search this

Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955  Search this

Kohn, Misch, 1916-  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this

Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960  Search this

Lasansky, Mauricio, 1914-  Search this

Mauzey, Merritt, 1898-  Search this

McNulty, Kneeland  Search this

Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-  Search this

Mitchell, Marian  Search this

Nalbandian, Karnig  Search this

Norman, Dorothy, 1905-1997  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia , 1887-1986  Search this

Pach, Walter, 1883-1958  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Ronnebeck, Arnold, 1885-1947  Search this

Rose, Ruth Starr, 1887-1965  Search this

Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979  Search this

Ruellan, Andrée, 1905-2006  Search this

Schniewind, Carl Oscar, 1900-1957  Search this

Seidenberg, Roderick, 1889-1973  Search this

Spratling, William, 1900-1967  Search this

Spruance, Benton, 1904-1967  Search this

Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Teng, Kuei  Search this

Valentin, Curt, 1902-1954  Search this

Warneke, Heinz (Heinrich), 1895-1983  Search this

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958  Search this

Wickey, Harry  Search this

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959  Search this

Yunkers, Adja, 1900-1983  Search this

Extent:

30 Linear feet ((on 63 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1891-1971

Scope and Contents:

Personal and professional records including correspondence, writings, notes, printed material, subject files, photograph album, and diaries relating to Zigrosser's work as an authority on prints and printmaking and his personal relationships with artists.

Included are: correspondence with family and with over 900 printmakers, painters, sculptors, acquaintances, friends, associates, organizations, museums, publishers, and magazines; general correspondence, notes, clippings, and manuscripts pertaining to The Modern School Magazine; files of correspondence from Zigrosser's work at: the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1932-1971; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, 1946-1971, including correspondence with Frank Lloyd Wright concerning the Guggenheim Memorial Museum; Print Council of America, 1954-1971, regarding exhibitions, council meetings and other matters; and the Tamarind Workshop, 1960-1971.

Of particular interest is material relating to the 1913 Armory Show, including Zigrosser's annotated catalog, notes and sketches. Also included are speeches and notes, 1930-1968; manuscripts for lectures and unpublished materials; memorabilia; a photo album of sculpture by John B. Flannagan; art work, including prints and drawings by Karig Nalbandian, prints by Rockwell Kent, and oversized works of art on paper by Mabel Dwight, Wanda Gag and Kent; family photograph album; journals and pamphlets (covers only); and diaries, 1916-1971, discussing personal and professional events such as art openings, conversations and activities with Rockwell Kent, Alfred Stieglitz, and Georgia O'Keeffe, among others.

Among the correspondents are: the American Artists Group, John Taylor Arms, Art in America magazine, Art Institute of Chicago, Alfred Barr, E. Boyd, Charles Burchfield, Alexander Calder, Fitz Roy Carrington, Federico Castellon, Ed Colker, Howard N. Cook, Crown Publishers, Adolf Dehn, Caroline Durieux, John Bernard Flannagan, Andre Girard, Stanley William Hayter, Edward Hopper, Victoria Hutson Huntley, Independent Citizens Committee for the Arts, Sciences and Professions, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Frederick Keppel, Rockwell Kent, Fiske Kimball, Misch Kohn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Julius Lankes, Mauricico Lasansky, Merritt Mauzey, Kneeland McNulty, James A. Michener, Marian Mitchell,

Museum of Non-Objective Painting (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), Karnig Nalbandian, Dorothy Norman, Georgia O'Keeffe, Walter Pach, Harold Paris, Print Club (Philadelphia), Diego Rivera, Ruth Starr Rose, Arnold Ronnebeck, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Andre Ruellan, Carl Oscar Schniewind, Roderick Seidenberg, William Spratling, Benton Spruance, Alfred Stieglitz, Harry Sternberg, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Kuei Teng, U.S. Office of War Information, Curt Valentin, Heinz Warneke, Edward Weston, Weyhe Gallery, Whitney Museum of American Art, Harry Wickey, and Adja Yunkers.

Biographical / Historical:

Print curator; Philadelphia, Pa.; d. 1975. Graduated Columbia University in literature. Worked with prints in New York City at Keppel and Co. and Weyhe Gallery; print curator at Philadelphia Museum of Art 1940-1963; author of books on prints and art works.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming, 1991, by the University of Pennsylvania Special Collections Department, Van Pelt Library. Zigrosser donated the papers to the University in 1972. Portions of the papers not microfilmed include research files, manuscript materials for published work, family records, and journals.

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 the Curator of Manuscripts, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. 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

Printmakers -- United States  Search this

Museum curators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Prints -- societies, etc  Search this

Prints -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Prints, American  Search this

Prints, European  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.zigrcarl

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-zigrcarl

Creator:

Wickey, Harry  Search this

Society of American Etchers  Search this

Names:

Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953  Search this

Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946  Search this

Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968  Search this

Grosz, George, 1893-1959  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954  Search this

Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952  Search this

Myers, Jerome, 1867-1940  Search this

Pach, Walter, 1883-1958  Search this

Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952  Search this

Sloan, John, 1871-1951  Search this

Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001  Search this

Street, Frank, 1893-1944  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet (ca. 237 items (on 2 partial microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1918-1973

Scope and Contents:

Letters, printed material, photographs, writings, and two etchings.

REEL 3683: Letters, annotated by Wickey, from John Taylor Arms, John Steuart Curry, Adolph Dehn, Rockwell Kent, Reginald Marsh, Kenneth Hayes Miller, Walter Pach, the Society of American Etchers, and other art organizations discussing art theory, exhibitions, and personal matters; 3 exhibition catalogs, ca. 1931-1973; a notice of a Guggenheim Fellowship award; and two landscape etchings by Wickey.

REEL 1079: A typescript of Wickey's autobiography, THUS FAR, (published by the American Artists Group, 1941); letters from Wickey to Ethel and Virginia Myers about Jerome Myers, and to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Street sent from France during World War I; letters from Syracuse University about the Wickey Collection, and from George Grosz; a list of letters given to Syracuse University; and photographs of Wickey and Grosz.

Biographical / Historical:

Etcher, lithographer, teacher; Cornwall Landing, New York.

Related Materials:

Harry Wickey papers also at Syracuse University.

Provenance:

Material on reel 1079 donated by Mrs. May Wickey, wife of Harry Wickey, 1976. Material on reel 3683 lent for microfilming by Ralph Sandler, the son of Wickey's friend and patron Marc Sandler, 1986.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Etchers -- New York (State)  Search this

Lithographers -- New York (State)  Search this

Topic:

Landscape prints -- 20th century  Search this

Prints -- 20th century -- New York (State)  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.wickharr

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wickharr

Creator:

Ward, Lynd, 1905-1985  Search this

McNeer, May Yonge, 1902-  Search this

Names:

Society of American Graphic Artists  Search this

Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990  Search this

Gag, Wanda, 1893-1946  Search this

Gottlieb, Harry, 1895-  Search this

Kainen, Jacob  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Lozowick, Louis, 1892-1973  Search this

McCausland, Elizabeth, 1899-1965  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Taylor, Prentiss, 1907-1991  Search this

Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-  Search this

Extent:

19 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Date:

1929-1981

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence and subject files relate to the activities of Ward, including his membership in the Society of American Graphic Artists, and his collaborative work with his wife, May McNeer Ward.

Correspondents include Fritz Eichenberg, Wanda Gág, Harry Gottlieb, Jacob Kainen, Rockwell Kent, Louis Lozowick, Elizabeth McCausland, Diego Rivera, Prentiss Taylor, and Carl Zigrosser, as well as bookdealers, collectors, children, writers, galleries and museums, publishing and printing companies, advertising and public relations firms, religious organizations, and art, civic, and political associations and societies. Letters are often accompanied by enclosures such as writings and printed material.

Subject files contain awards, drafts and typescripts of Ward's writings, lectures, and speeches, notes, outlines and galley proofs for McNeer's and Ward's books, scripts for radio broadcasts, book contracts and royalty statements, lists of Ward's graphic works, illustrations and Christmas cards by Ward, exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, reviews, newsletters, bulletins, press releases, and miscellaneous printed material.

Biographical / Historical:

Lynd Ward: Printmaker, illustrator, writer. Died 1985. May McNeer: Children's book author. Died 1994. Born Chicago, Lynd Kendall Ward majored in Fine Arts at the Teachers College, Columbia University, where he illustrated school publications until his graduation in 1926. In the same year he married May McNeer of Tampa, Florida. They collaborated on many books written by McNeer and illustrated by Ward. Between 1926 and 1927, Ward studied at the National Academy for Graphic Arts in Leipzig, Germany, working with Alois Kolb, George Mathey, and Hans A. Mueller. Ward was a prolific graphic artist, illustrating over one hundred books including GODS' MAN and other woodcut novels produced between 1929 and 1937.

Provenance:

Lent for microfilming 1985 by Georgetown University.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Book illustrators  Search this

Printmakers  Search this

Topic:

Prints -- 20th century  Search this

Children's literature  Search this

Illustration of books  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.wardlynp

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wardlynp

Creator:

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Names:

American Artists' Congress  Search this

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

Biddle, George, 1885-1973  Search this

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928  Search this

Gropper, William, 1897-1977  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974  Search this

Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this

Zorach, William, 1887-1966  Search this

Extent:

11.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Sound recordings

Motion pictures (visual works)

Date:

1902-2008

Summary:

The papers of New York painter and sculptor Max Weber measure 11.8 linear feet and date from 1902-2008. The collection documents Weber's career as an artist through scattered biographical material; correspondence with artists, curators, universities, arts organizations, and others; exhibition and gallery files; personal business records; writings by Weber and others; exhibition catalogs, news clippings, and other printed material; photographs of Weber, exhibitions, and works of art; audio recordings and motion picture films. Also included are records maintained by Joy Weber on the exhibition and sale of Weber's work after his death.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of New York painter and sculptor Max Weber measure 11.8 linear feet and date from 1902-2008. The collection documents Weber's career as an artist through scattered biographical material; correspondence with artists, curators, universities, arts organizations, and others; exhibition and gallery files; personal business records; writings by Weber and others; exhibition catalogs, news clippings, and other printed material; photographs of Weber, exhibitions, and works of art; audio recordings and motion picture films. Also included are records maintained by Joy Weber on the exhibition and sale of Weber's work after his death.

Biographical material includes biographical summaries, obituaries, award certificates, and a small amount of family memorabilia. Weber's personal and professional correspondence includes discussions of exhibitions, sales, and donations of his work, as well was requests to teach, write, or lecture. Also found is correspondence with arts organizations, clubs, and committees in which he participated. A small amount of family correspondence is also included. Artists that Weber corresponded with include George Biddle, Arthur Davies, William Gropper, Chaim Gross, Marsden Hartley, Rockwell Kent, Leon Kroll, Barnett Newman, Raphael Soyer, and William Zorach, among many others. Weber also corresponded with many art historians and critics, gallery owners, and art patrons. Joy Weber's correspondence primarily concerns the exhibition, loan, sale, and authentication of her father's artwork.

Exhibition files document various solo and group exhibitions of Weber's work. Five reels of motion picture film include footage of an exhibition at the Forum Gallery in 1975. Gallery files include correspondence, inventories, sales and loan records, gallery publications, and other documentation. Most files for exhibitions and galleries were created by Joy Weber after Max Weber's death in 1961. Personal business records include documents on sales, loans, and gifts of Max Weber's artwork; scattered financial documents; and mortgage and property records. Also found are files regarding his participation in the American Artists' Congress and art juries. Weber's writings primarily concern art theory, impressions of other artists, and social and political issues. Additionally there are notes, drafts speeches, and writings by others about Weber.

Printed material is extensive and includes exhibition publications, press releases, and two published booklets written by Weber: "Art Consciousness" and "Things." Also found are news clippings, brochures, newsletters, and publications produced by art organizations, schools, and museums. Photographs include portraits and snapshots of Weber, depicting him working in his studio, participating in art juries, at art openings, and with his family. Photographs also depict installation views of exhibitions and numerous photographs of Weber's artwork. Audiovisual materials include one sound recording of a National Gallery program on Max Weber and five reels of motion picture film that include home movies and footage of an exhibition at the Forum Gallery in 1975.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 9 series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1905-1995 (Box 1; 10 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1902-2007 (Box 1-5; 4.2 linear feet)

Series 3: Exhibition Files, 1919-2003 (Box 5-6; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 4: Gallery Files, 1926-2005 (Box 6-7; 0.9 linear feet)

Series 5: Personal Business Records, 1906-2006 (Box 7; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 6: Writings, circa 1910s-1999 (Box 7-8; 0.6 linear feet)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1909-2008 (Box 8-10, 12; 2.6 linear feet)

Series 8: Photographs, 1930s-circa 2000 (Box 10-11; 1.1 linear feet)

Series 9: Audiovisual Material, 1954-2000 (Box 11, FC 13-17; 0.7 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Max Weber (1881-1961) was a painter and sculptor in New York City.

Weber was born in Bialystok, Russia. When he was ten years old his family moved to Brooklyn, New York. From 1898 to 1900 he attended Pratt Institute and studied theory and practice of design under Arthur Wesley Dow. After graduating he briefly taught drawing in Lynchburg, Virginia, and Duluth, Minnesota. In 1905 he moved to Paris to attend the Académie Julian, studying under Jean-Paul Laurens, and later attended classes at the Académie Colarossi and Académie de la Grande Chaumiere. In 1907 he attended Henri Matisse's studio class. The influence of Matisse and friend Henri Rousseau transformed Weber's painting style to include elements of cubism and fauvism.

Weber returned to New York in 1909, and over the next few years he frequently exhibited at Alfred Stieglitz's gallery 291. Initially his work was panned by American critics for being too modern. Despite criticism, Weber exhibited his work extensively in the 1910s and also began creating abstract sculptures. In 1914 he helped his friend Clarence H. White open the White School of Photography and taught art history there for four years. Also in 1914 his Cubist Poems were published in London. His second book of poetry Primitives was published in 1926.

In 1916 Weber married Frances Abrams. He began to explore narrative subjects in his paintings and in 1918 began carving woodblock prints. He also taught at the Art Students League for the 1919-1921 and 1926-1927 sessions. By the early 1920s he was recognized as an important American artist, serving as a leader in art organizations such as the Society of Independent Artists. In 1930 Weber became the first American modernist to have a retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.

In the 1930s Weber became more active in political and socialist causes, participating in many organizations throughout the Depression and World War II. In 1937 he became the National Chairman of the American Artists' Congress. By the 1940s, his work was widely known and influenced a new generation of American painters. He continued to exhibit extensively, received many awards, such as the Temple Gold Medal at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and often served on art juries. In 1955 he was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters and received an honorary doctorate from Brandeis University. He died in Great Neck, New York, in 1961.

Related Material:

Also found at the Archives of American Art is an Allen L. Wetmore letter from Max Weber, April 15, 1946.

Separated Material:

Material lent for microfilming in 1959 and 1969 which was not included in the 2011 donation is available on microfilm reels NY59-6 to NY59-10, N69-82 to N69-88, and N69-112.

Provenance:

Material was lent for microfilming in 1959 by Max Weber and in 1969 by Mrs. Max Weber and daughter, Joy Weber. The bulk of the microfilmed material and additional papers were donated in 2011 by Joy Weber.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

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:

Art, American  Search this

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

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

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

Painting, American  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Sound recordings

Motion pictures (visual works)

Citation:

Max Weber papers, 1902-2008. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.webemax

See more items in:

Max Weber papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-webemax

Creator:

Walton, Marion, b. 1899  Search this

Names:

Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958  Search this

Carmer, Carl Lamson, 1893  Search this

Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965  Search this

Daniels, Jonathan, 1902-1981  Search this

Forrestal, James, 1892-1949  Search this

Gage-Colby, Ruth  Search this

Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966 -- Photographs  Search this

Jameson, Storm, 1891-1986  Search this

Kadar, Bela  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Marsh, Fred Dana, 1872-1961  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia , 1887-1986  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 -- Photographs  Search this

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962  Search this

Ruggles, Carl, 1876-1971  Search this

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925  Search this

Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014  Search this

Shaw, Charles Green, 1892-1974  Search this

Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Walton, Blanche Wetherill  Search this

Williams, Shirley, 1930-  Search this

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Date:

1915-1976

Summary:

This small collection of the papers of sculptor Marion Walton measures 0.8 linear feet and dates from 1915-1976. Fifteen folders of letters written to Marion and her mother Blanche Wetherill Walton include many from artists and photographers, writers, musicians and composers, and political figures. Also found are printed materials, photographs, and a file concerning a reception for author Jonathan Daniels.

Scope and Content Note:

The collection measures 0.8 linear feet, dates from 1915-1976, and documents the career of sculptor Marion Walton. Found within the papers are letters, printed material, photographs, and a file concerning a reception for author Jonathan Daniels.

Letters include those received by Walton and her mother, music patron Blanche Wetherill Walton, from many notable correspondents, including artist Charles Green Shaw, historian and suffragist Mary Beard, and novelist Vera Brittain. There are scattered letters from artists Béla Kádár, Rockwell Kent, Fred Dana Marsh, Georgia O'Keeffe, John Singer Sargent, Theo Stamos, and Abbott Handerson Thayer, composers Henry Cowell and Carl Ruggles, musician Pete Seeger, lecturer Ruth Gage-Colby, photographer Roy E. Stryker, political figures James Forrestal, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Shirley Williams, and writers Carl Carmer and Margaret Storm Jameson.

Printed material primarily consists of clippings and exhibition catalogs, and photographs are of Walton, her family, colleagues, and artwork. Of special interest is an early photograph of Alberto Giacometti with Rodin's model Carmen, and a photograph of Pablo Picasso autographed on the reverse.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 4 series. All series are arranged chronologically.

Series 1: Letters, 1922-1976 (Box 1; 15 folders)

Series 2: File Concerning a Reception for Jonathan Daniels, 1946 (Box 1; 14 folders)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1924-1976 (Boxes 1-2; 17 folders)

Series 4: Photographs, 1915-1972 (Box 2; 18 folders)

Biographical Note:

Marion Walton was born in 1905 in New Rochelle, New York, the daughter of Ernest Forster Walton and music patron Blanche Wetherill Walton. During the 1920s, she studied at the Art Students League and, from approximately 1922 to 1924, at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris under sculptor Antoine Bourdelle. One of her classmates was Alberto Giacometti.

In 1933, Walton had a solo exhibition at the Weyhe Gallery and later participated in numerous group exhibitions primarily in New York City and in Paris, France. Her work is represented in private collections in the United States and abroad, and in the museum of the University of Nebraska.

Walton taught students in her studio in New York City and at Sarah Lawrence College. She was also a member of Artists Equity and a charter member of the Sculptors Guild.

Walton was married to James Putnam, assistant to the President of the publishing house, MacMillan Company.

Marion Walton died in 1996.

Provenance:

The Marion Walton papers were donated in 1976 by Marion Walton.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use 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:

Women sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Citation:

Marion Walton papers, 1915-1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.waltmari

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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ead_collection:sova-aaa-waltmari

Creator:

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

Names:

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910  Search this

Colman, Samuel, 1832-1920  Search this

Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948  Search this

Dow, Thomas Millie  Search this

Emerson, Edward Waldo, 1844-1930  Search this

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882  Search this

Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966  Search this

Foster, Ben, 1852-1926  Search this

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931  Search this

Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927  Search this

Gellatly, John, 1853-1931  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Meryman, Richard Sumner, 1881-1963  Search this

Plunket, Jean Reasoner  Search this

Reasoner, David  Search this

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919  Search this

Sainsbury, Everton  Search this

Taber, E. M.  Search this

Thayer, Emma B., 1850-1924  Search this

Thayer, Gerald Handerson, 1883-1939  Search this

Thayer, Gladys, 1886 or 7-1945  Search this

Thayer, Kate Bloede  Search this

Thayer, Mary  Search this

White, Stanford, 1853-1906  Search this

Extent:

5.12 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Date:

1851-1999

bulk 1881-1950

Summary:

The papers of painter and naturalist, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and the Thayer family date from 1851 to 1999, with the bulk of the material dating from 1881 to 1950, and measure 5.12 linear feet. Thayer's painting career, interest in concealing coloration (camouflage) in nature, and relationships with artists, patrons, family, and friends are documented through correspondence, writings, scattered legal and financial records, printed materials, and a scrapbook. Photographs are of Thayer, his family, studio, and friends, including artists. The collection also contains family papers created by his second wife, Emma Beach Thayer, his son Gerald, his daughters Mary and Gladys, and Gladys' husband David Reasoner, who managed Thayer's estate after his death.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of painter and naturalist, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and the Thayer family date from 1851 to 1999, with the bulk of the material dating from 1881 to 1950, and measure 5.12 linear feet. Thayer's painting career, interest in concealing coloration in nature, and relationships with artists, patrons, family, and friends are documented through correspondence, writings, scattered legal and financial records, printed materials, and a scrapbook. Photographs are of Thayer, his family, studio, and friends, including artists. The collection also contains family papers created by his second wife, Emma Beach Thayer, his son Gerald, his daughters Mary and Gladys, and Gladys' husband David Reasoner, who managed Thayer's estate after his death.

Scattered Biographical Material includes a brief autobiographical statement and chronology by Abbott Thayer, lists of artworks by Abbott Thayer and Gladys Thayer Reasoner, and biographical information about Thayer's granddaughter, Jean Reasoner Plunket. Two linear feet of family correspondence includes Abott Thayer's correspondence with patrons Charles L. Freer and John Gellatly; with many artists, several of whom were close friends, including Samuel Colman, Thomas Millie Dow, Daniel Chester French, Richard Meryman, Everton Sainsbury, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and E. M. Taber; and former students, such as Ben Foster and Barry Faulkner; and with other friends, many of them prominent members of society, such as Samuel Clemens, Royal Cortissoz, Edward Waldo Emerson, and Stanford White. Also found is Thayer's correspondence with scientists and naturalists discussing his theories on protective coloration in nature. Correspondence of his second wife Emma Beach Thayer, his first wife, Kate Bloede Thayer, his daughter, Gladys Thayer Reasoner, her husband and executor of Thayer's estate, David Reasoner, and other family members are also included in the papers.

Writings and notes by Thayer record his thoughts on concealing coloration, nature, restoration of artwork, and other topics. Writings by others include those by Emma Beach Thayer, daughters Mary and Gladys, and Thayer scholars. The collection also contains correspondence of David Reasoner and other family members, as well as financial and legal documents regarding the estate of Abbott Handerson Thayer and Emma Beach Thayer. Additional financial and legal material includes ledgers, accounts statements, bills, a patent granted to Thayer and Gerome Brush, legal agreements, property deeds, and a map of Thayer's property.

Printed material include books, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt in response to Thayer's book on concealing coloration. Also found are newspaper and magazine clippings, and exhibition announcements and catalogs. Photographs are of Abbott Thayer, his wife Emma; his studio and home in Dublin, New Hampshire; friends, including Rockwell Kent and Ralph Waldo Emerson; and of unidentified people. Artwork includes a few drawings by Thayer, drawings and paintings by his children, and sketchbooks belonging to David Reasoner and Jean Reasoner Plunket. The collection also includes one large scrapbook kept by David Reasoner documenting Abbott Thayer's artwork.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 10 series. Glass plate negative is housed separately and closed to researchers.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1878 - circa 1966 (Box 1; 7 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1867-1987 (Box 1-3; 2.0 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, 1888-1945 (Box 3; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 4: Estate Papers, 1921-1954 (Box 3-4; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 5: Other Financial Records, 1889-1957 (Box 4; 7 folders)

Series 6: Legal Records, 1891-1927 (Box 4; 4 folders)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1851, 1896-1999 (Box 4-5; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 8: Photographs, circa 1861-1933 (Box 5, MGP 2; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 9: Artwork, 1887 - circa 1940s (Box 5-6, 8; 8 folders)

Series 10: Scrapbook, circa 1910-1920 (Box 7; 0.3 linear feet)

Biographical Note:

Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921) was born in Boston to Dr. William Henry Thayer and Ellen Handerson Thayer. After his birth his family moved to Woodstock, Vermont, and in 1855 settled in Keene, New Hampshire. As a child Thayer developed a love of nature that was encouraged by his close family, which included three sisters, Ellen, Margaret, and Susan. At the age of fifteen he was sent to the Chauncy Hall School in Boston, and while there he met Henry D. Morse, an amateur animal painter. Under Morse's instruction Abbott developed his skill in painting birds and other wildlife and began painting animal portraits on commission. In 1867 he moved to Brooklyn, New York and attended the Brooklyn Academy of Design where he studied under J. B. Whittaker for two years. In 1868 he began showing his work at the National Academy of Design and enrolled there in 1870, studying under Lemuel Wilmarth. He met many emerging artists during this period, including his future first wife, Kate Bloede and his close friend, Daniel Chester French. Thayer became part of progressive art circles, showing his work at the newly formed Society of American Artists, while continuing to develop his skill as an animal and landscape painter.

Thayer and Kate Bloede were married in 1875. They moved to Paris and he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, first under Henri Lehmann, and then with Jean-Léon Gérome. While in Europe he befriended fellow artists Everton Sainsbury, Thomas Millie Dow, George de Forest Brush, and Dwight Tryon. His daughter Mary was born in 1876 and his son William Henry in 1878. The family returned to America in 1879 and settled in his parent's home in Brooklyn, where he changed his focus to portraits. After the tragic deaths of William Henry in 1880 and of their second son, Ralph Waldo, in 1881, the family led a migratory existence living in various parts of New England. In 1881 while living in Nantucket they met Emmeline (Emma) Beach (1850-1924) who would become close friends with Abbott and Kate and would be known as "Addie" to the family. In 1883 their son Gerald was born and in 1886 their daughter Gladys was born. In 1887 Thayer settled his family in Keene, New Hampshire, and began teaching a small group of students. Around this time his wife began suffering from severe depression and went to a sanatorium in 1888. She died in 1891 and that fall Thayer married Emma Beach who had helped to care for him and his children during his wife's illness.

Despite family tragedies, Thayer became a leader in the New York art world during the 1880s and 1890s. He was a successful portraitist and painted allegorical figures of angels, women, and children, which were popular among collectors of this period, including his patrons Charles Lang Freer and John Gellatly. He often used his children as models, especially his eldest daughter, Mary.

In the late 1880s one of Thayer's students, Mary Amory Greene, built a house and studio for the Thayer family on her land in Dublin, New Hampshire, and in 1901 the family settled there permanently. Many of Thayer's artist friends lived nearby, such as Richard Meryman and George de Forest Brush, and the Thayer family frequently entertained prominent visitors such as Edward Waldo Emerson and Samuel Clemens. Abbott Thayer taught painting to his children, and Gerald and Gladys both became artists and art educators. Gladys married David Reasoner, a student of Abbott Thayer who later became his assistant. Other students of Thayer included Rockwell Kent, Ben Foster, Barry Faulkner, and Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

Greatly influenced by transcendentalism and the spirituality of nature, Thayer again began to paint landscapes, especially of nearby Mount Monadnock. He was very interested in the study of protective coloration in the wild, and was an advocate for nature conservation and bird sanctuaries. He published the book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom in 1909 with his son Gerald, but encountered much resistance to his theories. Thayer also wrote about how his camouflage theories could be applied to military warships and uniforms. These theories failed to gain widespread government interest and after suffering from nervous exhaustion, he spent the rest of his life painting landscapes at his home in Dublin, until his death in 1921.

Related Material:

The Archives of American Art holds several collections related to Abbott Handerson Thayer. These include research material on Abbott Handerson Thayer and other artists, 1895-1990, donated by Thomas B. Brumbaugh; the Abbott Handerson Thayer letter and drawings to Caroline Peddle Ball, circa 1890-1893; "The Drawings of Abbott Thayer", by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, circa 1921; and the Nelson and Henry C. White research material, 1898-1978, which includes many letters, photographs, and other material originally belonging to the Thayer family.

Separated Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reels 48 and 3417) including a diary kept by Thayer, a "Family Record" written by William Henry Thayer, correspondence, printed material, photographs, and original artwork by Abbott Handerson Thayer. Lent materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Anne Whiting, a niece of Abbott Handerson Thayer, loaned the Archives of American Art material for microfilming in 1971 and Jean Reasoner Plunket, Thayer's granddaughter, loaned original artwork for microfilming in 1985. The rest of the Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers were donated in 1999 by Abbott Thayer's great-grandson, John Plunket, who received the papers from his mother Jean Reasoner Plunket. In 2005 Bruce Gimelson donated additional material purchased from the relatives of Emma Beach Thayer.

Restrictions:

The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.

Rights:

Reel 3417 (art works): Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce requires written permission from Jean Reasoner Plunket. 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:

Painters -- New Hampshire -- Dublin  Search this

Topic:

Naturalism  Search this

Camouflage (Biology)  Search this

Art and camouflage  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Abbott Handerson Thayer and Thayer Family papers, 1851-1999 (bulk 1881-1950). 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. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.thayabbo

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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Creator:

Stendahl Art Galleries  Search this

Names:

Couvoisier Galleries  Search this

Demotte, inc. (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art  Search this

Wildenstein and Company (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964  Search this

Beltran-Masses, Federico, b. 1885  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Cantú, Federico, 1908-1989  Search this

Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979  Search this

De Creeft, José, 1884-1982  Search this

Eddy, Jerome  Search this

Feshin, Nikolaĭ Ivanovich, 1881-1955  Search this

Gelhaar, Emil  Search this

Genth, Lillian Mathilde, 1876-1953  Search this

Gilbert, Arthur Hill, 1894-1970  Search this

Guthrie, George B.  Search this

Hansen, Armin C. (Armin-Carl), 1886-1957  Search this

Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Kleitsch, Joseph, 1885-1931  Search this

Knight, Aston, 1873-1948  Search this

Kronberg, Louis, 1872-1965  Search this

Laurence, Sydney, 1868-1940  Search this

Loeffler, Gisella, 1900-  Search this

Montenegro, Roberto, 1887-1968  Search this

Mérida, Carlos, 1891-1984  Search this

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949  Search this

Pach, Walter, 1883-1958  Search this

Payne, Edgar A. (Edgar Alwin), 1882-1947  Search this

Pearson, Ralph M., 1883-1958  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Ritschel, William, 1864-1949  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Rose, Ethel Boardman, 1871-1946  Search this

Rose, Guy, 1867-1925  Search this

Schofield, Walter Elmer, 1867-1944  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Stendahl, Earl L.  Search this

Szecsi, Ladislas  Search this

Wendt, William, 1865-1946  Search this

Zuloaga, Ignacio, 1870-1945  Search this

Extent:

7.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gallery records

Scrapbooks

Date:

1907-1971

Summary:

The records of the Los Angeles Stendahl Art Galleries measure 7.5 linear feet and date from 1907 to 1971. The collection is comprised of administrative and financial files, correspondence, exhibition files, and subject files on numerous artists, organizations, and other art-related topics. There is one scrapbook of clippings on the artist Edgar Payne.

Scope and Contents:

The records of the Los Angeles Stendahl Art Galleries measure 7.5 linear feet and date from 1907 to 1971. The collection is comprised of administrative and financial files, correspondence, exhibition files, and subject files on numerous artists, organizations, and other art-related topics. There is one scrapbook of clippings on the artist Edgar Payne.

Administrative and financial files concern advertising, publicity, consignments, inventory, purchases, sales, leases, and biographical information on Earl Stendahl.

The bulk of the correspondence is pre-World War II and is fairly extensive. It is with artists, organizations, collectors, art historians,and galleries. Signicant correspondents include Alexander Archipenko, Federico Beltran-Masses, Alexander Calder, Federico Cantú, Jean Charlot, Couvoisier Galleries, José de Creeft, Demotte Inc., Jerome Eddy, Lillian Genthe, Arthur Hill Gilbert, George B. Guthrie, Rockwell Kent, Louis Kronberg, Gisella Loeffler, Carlos Mérida, Isamu Noguchi, Walter Pach, Diego Rivera, Waler Elmer Schofield, David Alfaro Siquieros, Ladislas Szecsi, Wildenstein & Company, and many others.

Files are found for about ten exhibitions, including Etching and Engravings by the Old Masters (1921), Airview Paintings (1930), American Landscape Art (1930), Arts of New Guinea (1964), and for exhibitions of Emil Gelhaar, Wassily Kandinsky, Sydney Laurence, and Roberto Montenegro.

Subject files are found for numerous artists, art topics, galleries, and foundations. Most of the files consist of printed materials, but there is correspondence and additional primary source material found in files for Nicolai Ivanovich Feshin, the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Armin Hansen, Joseph Kleitsch, Aston Knight, José Clemente Orozco, Edgar Payne, Ralph M. Pearson, Pablo Picasso, William Ritschel, Diego Rivera, Ethel B. Rose, Guy Rose, Walter Elmer Schofield, David Alfaro Siquieros, Ladislas Szecsi, William Wendt, and Ignacio Zuloaga.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 4 series.

Series 1: Administrative and Financial Files, 1923-1957 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1923-1968 (2.0 linear feet; Box 1-3)

Series 3: Exhibition Files, circa 1921-1967 (0.4 linear feet; Box 3)

Series 4: Subject Files, 1907-1971 (4.6 linear feet; Box 3-8, OV 9)

Biographical / Historical:

Earl Stendahl established Stendahl Art Galleries in 1911 in Los Angeles, California.

Earl Stendahl (1887-1966) came to Southern California from a small town in Wisconsin. He began showing young Los Angeles artists at his downtown restaurant, The Black Cat Café. He opened his gallery in The Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard and organized shows focusing primarily on California Impressionists of the early twentieth century, including Edgar Payne, Guy Rose, William Wendt, Nicolai Fechin, and Joseph Kleitsch.

Stendahl Art Galleries also began to sell European and Latin American modern art. In 1939, Stendahl hosted one of only two non-museum exhibitions of Pablo Picasso's masterwork, Guernica, to benefit Spanish War orphans.

As early as 1935 Stendahl began promoting ancient artifacts from Mexico and Central America. Stendahl's first client for pre-Columbian art and artifacts was noted collector Walter Arensberg. Stendahl and the Arensburgs became friends and Stendahl helped the Arensburgs build one of the most significant collections in the U.S.

The galleries are currently owned by Ronald W. Dammann, Stendahl's grandson.

Provenance:

The Stendahl Art Galleries records were donated by Alfred Stendahl in 1976. An album of clippings was donated by Stendahl in 1995 via Nancy Moure.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. Research Center.

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:

Art -- New Guinea  Search this

Hispanic American art  Search this

Landscape painting  Search this

Prints  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Art galleries, Commercial -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Genre/Form:

Gallery records

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Stendahl Art Galleries Records, 1907-1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund

Identifier:

AAA.stenartg

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Stendahl Art Galleries records

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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Creator:

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945  Search this

Hopkins, Harry Lloyd, 1890-1946  Search this

Names:

American Institute of Architects  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)  Search this

Public Works of Art Project  Search this

Treasury Relief Art Project  Search this

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts  Search this

United States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt)  Search this

Biddle, George, 1885-1973  Search this

Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943  Search this

Chambless, Edgar, d. 1936  Search this

Dows, Olin, 1904-1981  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979  Search this

Zorach, William, 1887-1966  Search this

Extent:

4 Microfilm reels

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Microfilm reels

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945

Date:

1932-1942

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence of Roosevelt, Edward Bruce, Nelson Rockefeller, Hopkins, George Biddle, William Zorach, Olin Dows, Rockwell Kent and others regarding the Public Works of Art Project, the Federal Theater Project, and the Federal Art Project; reports on regional Federal Art Project offices in Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Pennsylvania; shipping receipts for works of art; clippings; photographs of works of art; correspondence between White House staff and members of the American Institute of Architects concerning federal architecture, 1934; correspondence of Edgar Chambless regarding his urban design, "Roadtown"; and miscellaneous correspondence.

Biographical / Historical:

President of the United States of America, 1933-1945. Instituted the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and its programs. Harry L. Hopkins was the Director of the WPA. The Federal Art Project was one of five projects in Federal Project No. 1 of the WPA. Holger Cahill was director.

Provenance:

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library donated the microfilm copies of these papers to AAA in 1982. The microfilming was done by the donor.

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 Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park N.Y. 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.

Topic:

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare  Search this

Art and state  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.roosfran

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-roosfran

Creator:

Refregier, Anton, 1905-  Search this

Names:

ACA Galleries  Search this

Bard College -- Faculty  Search this

Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)  Search this

National Council of American-Soviet Friendship (U.S.)  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Woodstock Artists Association (Woodstock, N.Y.)  Search this

World Peace Council  Search this

De Diego, Julio, 1900-  Search this

Dreyfuss, Henry, 1904-  Search this

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973  Search this

Fast, Howard, 1914-  Search this

Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958  Search this

Greenwood, Marion, 1909-1970  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this

Morley, Eugene, 1909-1953  Search this

O'Higgins, Pablo, 1904-  Search this

Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914-1998  Search this

Randall, Byron, 1918-1999  Search this

Refregier, Lila  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Yavno, Max  Search this

Extent:

35.9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Travel diaries

Greeting cards

Interviews

Cartoons (working drawings)

Scrapbooks

Transcripts

Photographs

Diaries

Sketches

Place:

Chile

Soviet Union

Guatemala

Mexico

Date:

circa 1900-circa 1990

Summary:

The papers of Woodstock area painter, muralist, and designer, Anton Refregier (1905-1979) date from circa 1900 to circa 1990 and measure 35.9 linear feet. The collection records Refregier's early commercial work and murals for the Works Progress Adminstration (WPA) and documents his career through to the 1970s with records of commissions for many public and private buildings, exhibitions in the United States and abroad, teaching positions, essays and publications, and extensive travel, particularly to the Soviet Union and Mexico. The collection contains scattered biographical material, personal and business correspondence, notes and writings, 15 diaries and journals, mural and tapestry files, exhibition files, personal business records, printed material, 10 scrapbooks, artwork including sketches and cartoons for murals, and photographs of Refregier, his friends, family and travels.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of Woodstock area painter, muralist, and designer, Anton Refregier (1905-1979) date from circa 1900 to circa 1990 and measure 35.9 linear feet. The collection records Refregier's early commercial work and murals for the Works Progress Adminstration (WPA) and documents his career through to the 1970s with records of commissions for many public and private buildings, exhibitions in the United States and abroad, teaching positions, essays and publications, and extensive travel, particularly to the Soviet Union and Mexico. The collection contains scattered biographical material, personal and business correspondence, notes and writings, diaries and journals, mural and tapestry files, exhibition files, personal business records, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork including sketches and cartoons for murals, and photographs of Refregier, his friends, family and travels.

Biographical material contains legal records such as Refregier's will and marriage and death records, passports, resume material and 2 interview transcripts.

Correspondence, both chronological and alphabetical, constitutes almost a third of the collection and documents all aspects of Refregier's career including his work for the WPA, private commissions, representation by ACA Galleries, his involvement with groups such as the Woodstock Artists Association and his teaching work for institutions such as Bard College. Also documented are his involvement with local political groups and international organizations such as the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship and the World Peace Council, and travels including visits to the Soviet Union. Notable correspondents include Henry Dreyfuss, Philip Evergood, Rockwell Kent, Emmy-Lou Packard, and Byron Randall. Correspondence also includes family letters written primarily by Refregier to Lila Refregier, in addition to greeting cards received by the Refregier family, many of which contain original arwork.

Writings are primarily by Refregier and include drafts of many essays and autobiographical writings, in addition to copies of published works including Natural Figure Drawing, An Artists Journey and Sketches of the Soviet Union.

The collection contains diaries and journals from 12 years in various formats including published and handmade day planners and typed and handwritten journal entries. They include sketches and primarily record travel and daily activities including specific projects such as the New York World's Fair mural (1938-1939).

Mural and Tapestry files document individual commissions bid on and/or completed by Refregier. The creation of the Rincon Annex Post Office mural and subsequent controversies over its subject matter are well-documented here, as are many of Refregier's commissions for banks, hospitals, hotels, shopping centers, and schools.

Exhibition files document at least 15 of Refregier's exhibitions, including his first one-man show at ACA Galleries (1942) and his exhibition of paintings at the Hermitage Museum (1967) in what was then Leningrad.

Personal business records contain addresses of contacts. Scattered records referencing market values for Refregier's work can be found throughout the series in records such as bills and receipts, financial notes and tax records.

Printed material provides extensive coverage of Refregier's entire career through announcements, invitations, catalogs, and news clippings. His interests in art, literature, music, theater and politics are also well-represented in these files.

The collection contains 10 scrapbooks, mostly in fragmented condition, which contain a mixture of photographs, sketches and other artwork, notes and fragments of writings, and printed material. The scrapbooks document a variety of subjects including Refregier's family life, travels to Guatemala and the Soviet Union, and the artist at work.

Artwork consists primarily of artwork by Refregier in the form of mural design sketches and cartoons in various media, including pencil, ink and pastel, in addition to 21 sketchbooks, many of which also contain journal entries and notes. Also found here are prints and reproductions of Refregier's "Peace card" block engravings for every year from 1950-1973, with the exception of 1970.

Photographs document all phases of Refregier's career and include family photographs dating from circa 1900, photos of Refregier in the studio including work for the WPA, Refregier and other artists and individuals at events and parties from the 1940s-1970s, travel snapshots probably taken in Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, and the Soviet Union, and photographs of artwork and installations. Individuals pictured include Julio de Diego, Marion Greenwood, Rockwell Kent, Pablo O'Higgins and David Siqueiros; also, a series of press photographs by Albert A. Freeman pictures Refregier with Howard Fast, Norman Bel Geddes, Marion Greenwood, John Kingsbury, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Harry Stockwell. One photograph by Eliot Elisofon, 2 by Eugene Morley and 4 by Max Yavno can also be found here.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 11 series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1925-1980 (Box 1; 0.25 linear ft.)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1912-circa 1990s (Boxes 1-11, 36, OVs 38, 45; 10.2 linear ft.)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1930s-circa 1970s (Boxes 11-14, OV 45; 3.3 linear ft.)

Series 4: Diaries and Journals, 1923-1979 (Box 15; 0.6 linear ft.)

Series 5: Mural and Tapestry Files, circa 1930s-circa 1970s (Boxes 15-18, 36, OVs 38, 45, 46, RD 42; 3.65 linear ft.)

Series 6: Exhibition Files, 1942-1981 (Boxes 18-19; 0.6 linear ft.)

Series 7: Personal Business Records, 1920s-1980s (Boxes 19-20; 1.8 linear ft.)

Series 8: Printed Material, circa 1920s-1980s (Boxes 21-28, 36; 7.4 linear ft.)

Series 9: Scrapbooks, 1930s-1960s (Boxes 28, 37, BV 47; 1.1 linear ft.)

Series 10: Artwork, circa 1930s-circa 1970s (Boxes 28-30, 36, OVs 40, 41, RDs 42-44; 3.5 linear ft.)

Series 11: Photographic Material, ca. 1900-1980s (Boxes 31-35, 39; 4.5 linear ft.)

Biographical Note:

Russian-born Woodstock painter Anton Refregier (1905-1979) immigrated to the United States in 1920. Refregier was well-known for his sometimes controversial social realist murals for the WPA.

After an apprenticeship to the sculptor, Vasilief, in Paris, Anton Refregier attended the Rhode Island School of Design from 1920-1925 and studied with Hans Hofmann in Germany in 1927. He had his first one-man show at ACA Galleries in New York City in 1942 and settled in Woodstock, New York, with his wife, Lila, and three children Anton, Jr., Brigit and Aleksandre, where he became a prominent member of the artist community.

Refregier completed several social realist murals for the federal Works Progress Adminstration (WPA) program, including one at the New York Worlds Fair in 1939 and the controversial Rincon Annex Post Office mural in San Francisco begun in 1941. He also completed interior design installations for businesses such as the nightclub, Cafe Society Uptown, and the restaurant, The Cookery, in New York City. In addition to being an easel and mural painter Refregier worked in tapestry, mosaic, ceramic, and collage, and completed many commissions for hotels, banks, hospitals, restaurants, synagogues, supermarkets and deparment stores throughout the country.

Refregier taught at various institutions including Stanford University, the University of Arkansas, and Bard College and his publications inlcude Natural Figure Drawing (1948), An Artist's Journey (1965), and Sketches of the Soviet Union (1978). He traveled regularly to the Soviet Union to explore and exchange ideas about art and culture and as a representative of the World Peace Council.

Anton Refregier died in Moscow in October 1979 while visiting the Soviet Union. His work can be found in many museums including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Related Material:

Also found in the Archives of American Art are an oral history interview with Anton Refregier, 1964, Nov. 5 by Joseph Trovato; and Papers regarding Anton Refregier mural controversy, 1953.

Provenance:

Donated 1983 by Lila Refregier, widow of Anton Refregier, and in 1992 by Brigit R. Sutton, Refregier's daughter.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

Authorization to quote or reproduce for purposes of publication requires written permission from Bridget R. Sutton via Bridget's son, Tim Sutton. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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Genre/Form:

Travel diaries

Greeting cards

Interviews

Cartoons (working drawings)

Scrapbooks

Transcripts

Photographs

Diaries

Sketches

Citation:

Anton Refregier papers, circa 1900-circa 1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

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

Identifier:

AAA.refranto

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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