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Tom Lea: artist file, [photographs]

Artist:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Physical description:
1 folder
Type:
Photograph
Artist files
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Image number:
VFM VF001770
See more items in:
Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_140312

Jerry Bywaters papers

Creator:
Bywaters, Jerry  Search this
Names:
Dallas Art Association  Search this
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts  Search this
Albright, Ivan, 1897-1983  Search this
Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981  Search this
Bellows, Emma Louise Story  Search this
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this
Canaday, John, 1907-1985  Search this
Cisneros, José, 1910-  Search this
D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968  Search this
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964  Search this
Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987  Search this
Hertzog, Carl  Search this
Hurd, Peter, 1904-1984  Search this
Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955  Search this
Lea, Tom, 1907-  Search this
Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901-1980  Search this
Nicholson, Ben, 1894-  Search this
O'Keeffe, Georgia , 1887-1986  Search this
Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009  Search this
Zorach, William, 1887-1966  Search this
Interviewee:
Cullinan, Nina J., 1896 or 9-1983  Search this
Staub, John F., 1892-  Search this
Extent:
1 Linear foot ((on 6 microfilm reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1936-1978
Scope and Contents:
The papers of Jerry Bywaters measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1936 to 1978. The papers document Bywaters' career as a painter and art historian through a resume, interviews, and other professional activity material; artist files consisting of interviews, resumes, clippings, and photographs of works for various artists; and exhibition announcements, catalogs, and other printed material.

Professional activity consists of a resume, an interview with Maria Redelsperger, two interviews which are mostly an account of Bywaters' life than actual interviews, and photographs of Bywaters and his artwork.

Artist files consist of files on various artists Bywaters researched during his career. Materials include, resumes, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, interviews, and photographs of the artists or some of their works. Also included are two oral interviews with architect John Staub and Nina Cullinan who was associated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Bywaters did not conduct these interviews.

Printed material consists of exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, and and the article, "Art Museums: Repositories, or Creative Centers?" written by Bywaters.
REELS 1512-1513: Correspondence, ca. 1950-1979, with artists, museum personnel, writers, and others; biographical data; a 20 p. transcript of an interview of Bywaters by Marla Redelsperger, October 3, 1975; a 2 part "Autobiographical Sketch With Slides of Works" delivered June 18, 1975, in Dallas; a monograph by Bywaters, ART MUSEUMS: REPOSITORIES OR CREATIVE CENTERS; exhibition catalogs of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; printed material about Bywaters; a personal photograph and photos of his works. Among the correspondents are Ivan Le Lorraine Albright, Alfred Barr, Mrs. George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, John Canaday, Jose Cisneros, René d'Harnacourt, J. Frank Dobie, Lloyd Goodrich, Carl Hertzog, Peter Hurd, Fiske Kimball, Tom Lea, A. Hyatt Mayor, Ben Nicholson, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andrew Wyeth, and William Zorach.
REELS 1648-1649: Files on 55 Texas artists, containing biographical material, photographs, and catalogs. The files were the result of Bywaters' solicitation of information as director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and as a field worker for the Archives of American Art's Texas Documentation Pilot Project. Artists include: Jose Arpa, Henri Bert Bartscht, Keveau Bassett, John Biggers, Son Bradley, Milesio Casas, Cecil Long Casebier, Pat Colville, Ben L. Culwell, George Dahl, Otis Dozier, Edward G. Eisenlohr, Philip Hohn Evett, Xavier Gonzales, Wilfred Higgons, Dorothy Hood, DeForrest Judd, Chapman Kelly, Edmund D. Kinzinger, Tom Lea, Amy Freeman Lee, William Lester, Jim Love, Keith McIntyre, David McManaway, Octavio Medellin, Perry Nichols, Eleanor Onderdonk, Julian Onderdonk, Robert J. Onderdonk, Robert Preusser, Stephen T. Rascoe, Frank Reaugh, William Reily, Herbert Rogalla, E. M. Schiwetz, Lawrence Scholder, Vera Simons, Everett Spruce, Tom Stell, Robert Tiemann, Allie Tennant, Chester Toney, Olin H. Travis, Charles Unlauf, Wilbert Verhelst, Donald Vogel, Donald Weismann, Ralph White, Charles T. Williams, Bill Wiman, Dan Wingren, and Roger Winter.
REELS 3752-3753: Transcripts of oral history interviews with art patron Nina Cullinan (17 p.; reel 3752), and architect John F. Staub (31 p.; reel 3753), both conducted by Susan Bodin October 23, 1975. [Original cassette tapes are with the collection: Cullinan (1); Staub (2).
UNMICROFILMED: Three photographs relating to Bywaters' book Seventy-Five Years of Art in Dallas," 1978. One taken by Rogers, ca. 1918, is annotated "early art patron, Dallas," is of a woman inspecting possible purchases. Two taken by C.E. Arnold show the Dallas Fine Arts Building (destroyed in 1957) exterior, and an interior view, 1920, showing the Dallas Art Association permanent collection.
Biographical / Historical:
Jerry Bywaters (1906-1989) was an American artist, university professor, museum director, art critic and a historian of the Texas region. Based in Dallas, Bywaters worked to elevate the quality of Texas art, attracting national recognition to the art of the region. Bywaters was born in Paris, Texas in 1906, and he studied English at Southern Methodist University. In 1927 he began studying art While traveling through Europe, and he went on to study at Old Lyme Art Colony in Connecticut and at the Art Students League in New York City. Bywaters became known for producing landscapes, still lifes and portrait paintings, as well as lithographic prints and murals. In addition, Bywaters worked as an art and art history professor at Southern Methodist University, and he served as director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts from 1943 to 1964. Bywaters died in 1989.
Provenance:
Donated 1979 by Jerry Bywaters except for the correspondence on reel 1512, which he lent for microfilming. Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Three photographs were inadvertently not microfilmed.
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:
Artists -- Texas  Search this
Museum directors -- Texas -- Dallas  Search this
Painters -- Texas -- Dallas  Search this
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Art patrons -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this
Architects -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Function:
Art museums -- Texas
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.bywajerr
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cee440f0-66f6-4bdd-a2bd-152e31f2b7aa
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-bywajerr

The Art of Tom Lea / compiled by Kathleen G. Hjerter ; with an introduction by William Weber Johnson

Author:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Hjerter, Kathleen G  Search this
Subject:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 255 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 x 31 cm
Type:
Biography
In art
Place:
United States
Southwest, New
Date:
1989
C1989
Topic:
Artists  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.L431 H67 1989
N40.1.L431H67 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_382113

The wonderful country, a novel; with drawings by the author

Author:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Physical description:
387 p. illus. 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1952
C1952
Call number:
N40.1.L431x A1w 1952
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_477763

Battle stations : a grizzly from the Coral Sea, Peleliu landing / Tom Lea ; illustrations by the author ; introduction by Al Lowman

Author:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Subject:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 75 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Personal narratives
Biography
Place:
Palau
United States
Date:
1988
1944
C1988
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
War correspondents  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.L431x A1 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_461240

Tom Lea : an oral history / edited by Rebecca Craver and Adair Margo

Author:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Craver, Rebecca McDowell  Search this
Margo, Adair  Search this
Subject:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Physical description:
x, 185 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Biography
In art
Place:
United States
Southwest, New
Date:
1995
20th century
Topic:
Artists  Search this
Authors, American  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.L431 A1o 1995
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_484762

PWAP reports by Gustave Baumann

Creator:
Public Works of Art Project (N.M.)  Search this
Names:
Baumann, Gustave, 1881-1971  Search this
Bisttram, Emil, 1895-1976  Search this
Lea, Tom, 1907-  Search this
Lockwood, Ward  Search this
Rush, Olive, 1873-1966  Search this
Shuster, Will  Search this
Extent:
1 Microfilm reel
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Microfilm reels
Date:
1934
Scope and Contents:
Reports of work in the 13th region (New Mexico), written by the supervisor, Gustave Baumann. Included are detailed personal and professional comment on numerous artists in the Santa Fe, Taos, and Albuquerque projects, among them Emil Bisttram, Tom Lea, Ward Lockwood, Olive Rush, and Will Shuster; a work journal and commentary on various artists and their projects; and commentary on the physical situation, psychological climate and supervisory problems associated with the projects.
Biographical / Historical:
The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), the first of the New Deal art programs, was established under the Department of the Treasury in December 1933 to assist unemployed artists by enabling them to work on the decoration of non-federal public buildings. Although it lasted only until the following summer, it engaged nearly 4,000 artists in all parts of the country and served as an important precedent for subsequent federal art programs, such as the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1964 by Gustave Baumann.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Topic:
Federal aid to public welfare  Search this
New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Art and state -- United States  Search this
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New Mexico  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.publwonm
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9192381b1-e4e3-4f30-bb67-b5c510538bf1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-publwonm

The Lead Steer, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
University of Texas at Austin Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art 1 University Station D1303 Austin Texas 78712
Date:
1941
Topic:
Landscape--Plain  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Equestrian  Search this
Occupation--Other--Cowboy  Search this
Animal--Cattle  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000008
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457746

Portrait of Private Wylie Potter, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Subject:
Potter, Wilie  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Paintings-Illustration
Owner/Location:
United States Army DAMH-HSM Washington District of Columbia 20314-0200
Topic:
Portrait male--Waist length  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
Object--Weapon--Gun  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000011
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457749

A Time and Place, Argentia Bay, Newfoundland, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Paintings-Illustration
Owner/Location:
United States Army DAMH-HSM Washington District of Columbia 20314-0200
Date:
1941
Topic:
Landscape--Canada--Newfoundland  Search this
Landscape--Coast  Search this
Landscape--Weather--Snow  Search this
Architecture--Boat  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000013
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457751

Death of the Wasp, Final Rendering, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Paintings-Illustration
Owner/Location:
United States Army DAMH-HSM Washington District of Columbia 20314-0200
Date:
1942
Topic:
Waterscape--Boat  Search this
Disaster--Shipwreck  Search this
Disaster--Fire  Search this
State of Being--Evil--War  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000018
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457756

That 2,000 Yard Stare, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Paintings-Illustration
Owner/Location:
United States Army DAMH-HSM Washington District of Columbia 20314-0200
Date:
1944
Topic:
Figure male--Bust  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
Architecture exterior--Military--Battlefield  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000022
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457769

Encierro, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Pastel on paper
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1946
Topic:
Cityscape--Street  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Animal--Cattle  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000025
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457772

Sun Down, Moon Up, Bullocks beneath the Coolibahs, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1973
Topic:
Landscape--Time--Evening  Search this
Landscape--Time--Sunset  Search this
Landscape--Celestial--Moon  Search this
Landscape--Tree  Search this
Animal--Cattle  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000052
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457799

Woodlands Study: Hunter River Valley, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1973
Topic:
Landscape--Mountain  Search this
Architecture--Detail--Fence  Search this
Animal--Horse  Search this
Study  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000053
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457800

Wild Bull by a Boab Tree: Mount House Station, W.A. (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1973
Topic:
Landscape--Tree--Boab Tree  Search this
Animal--Cattle  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000056
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457803

Marrakech, Morocco, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Casein paint
Culture:
Moroccan  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Wells Fargo El Paso Texas
Date:
1947
Topic:
Landscape--Morocco--Marrakech  Search this
Figure male  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Architecture exterior--Civic--Tower  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000061
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457808

A Castle in Spain, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Topic:
Landscape--Spain  Search this
Landscape--Town  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--Castle  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000066
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457813

O Pass of the North, Now the Old Giants Are Gone We Little Men Live Where Heroes Once Walked the Inviolate Earth, Mural, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Mexican  Search this
Spanish  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Paintings-Mural
Owner/Location:
Administerd by United States General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Washington District of Columbia 20405
Located United States Courthouse El Paso Texas
Date:
1938
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Equestrian  Search this
Occupation--Hunter--Trapper  Search this
Occupation--Other--Cowboy  Search this
Occupation--Other--Pioneer  Search this
Occupation--Religion--Clergy  Search this
Occupation--Industry--Mining  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000078
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457825

Lenador, (painting)

Painter:
Lea, Tom 1907-2001  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
New Mexico Museum of Art 107 West Palace Avenue Santa Fe New Mexico 87504
Date:
1934
Topic:
Landscape  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Animal--Donkey  Search this
Occupation--Industry--Lumber  Search this
Control number:
IAP 79000002
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_457740

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