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Creator:

Weir family  Search this

Subject:

Weir, John F. (John Ferguson)  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden  Search this

Weir, Robert Walter  Search this

Perry, Edith Weir  Search this

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)  Search this

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

Type:

Drawings

Citation:

Weir family papers, 1809-circa 1961, bulk 1830-1920. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women painters  Search this

Hudson River school of landscape painting  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13415

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209196

AAA_collcode_weirweir

Theme:

Diaries

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209196

Creator:

Frieseke, Frederick C. (Frederick Carl), 1874-1939  Search this

Subject:

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)  Search this

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

Corcoran Gallery of Art  Search this

Citation:

Frederick Carl Frieseke papers, 1982, 1996, circa 1870s-1943. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7728

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209892

AAA_collcode_friefred

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209892

Creator:

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

Subject:

Peale, Rubens  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese  Search this

Palmer, Erastus Dow  Search this

Church, Frederic Edwin  Search this

Colman, Samuel  Search this

Whittredge, Worthington  Search this

Beard, W. H. (William Holbrook)  Search this

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)  Search this

White, Stanford  Search this

Tanner, Henry Ossawa  Search this

Inman, Henry  Search this

Harding, Chester  Search this

Hassam, Childe  Search this

French, Daniel Chester  Search this

Greenough, Horatio  Search this

Copley, John Singleton  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson  Search this

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr  Search this

Neagle, John  Search this

Boughton, George Henry  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt  Search this

Inness, George  Search this

Carey, Mathew  Search this

Bierstadt, Albert  Search this

Cropsey, Jasper Francis  Search this

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Citation:

Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. artists' letters collection, 1794-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Art Collectors  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5972

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)228068

AAA_collcode_mcgumary

Theme:

Art Collectors

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_228068

Creator:

Gerlach, Margarett, 1897-1980  Search this

Subject:

Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis  Search this

Gerlach, Gustave  Search this

Konti, Isidore  Search this

Weinman, Adolph A. (Adolph Alexander)  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling  Search this

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)  Search this

Pan-American Exposition (1901: Buffalo, N.Y.)  Search this

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Location of meeting: Saint Louis, Mo.). Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1904 :.)  Search this

Citation:

Photographs of Karl Francis Theodore Bitter and Gustave Gerlach, circa 1892-circa 1915. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)21661

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)398169

AAA_collcode_gerlmarg

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_398169

Creator:

Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930  Search this

Subject:

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)  Search this

Citation:

William Ordway Partridge papers, 1879-1920. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8330

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)398174

AAA_collcode_partwill

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_398174

Creator:

Weir family  Search this

Names:

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)  Search this

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

Perry, Edith Weir, 1875-  Search this

Weir, John F. (John Ferguson), 1841-1926  Search this

Weir, Julian Alden, 1852-1919  Search this

Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889  Search this

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Date:

1809-circa 1961

bulk 1830-1920

Summary:

The papers of the prominent New York and Connecticut Weir family of artists measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1809-circa 1961, with the bulk of the material dating from 1830-1920. The papers are a collection of correspondence and photographs that constitute a small but vivid record of the influence and relationships of this family of Hudson River School, landscape, and miniature painters. Correspondence consists primarily of letters to painter John Ferguson Weir when he was director of the Yale School of Fine Arts, with scattered letters to his daughter Edith Weir (Perry), and a small amount of correspondence of Robert Weir, his daughter Carrie M. Mansfield, son-in-law Lewis William Mansfield, and Julia Bayard. Letters to John F. Weir are from many late-19th century artists, as well as actors, poets, lawyers, scholars, and clergymen, often concerning arrangements for visiting lectures at the school. Photographs are of Robert Walter Weir, Susan Bayard Weir, Julian Alden Weir, and artwork.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of the prominent New York and Connecticut Weir family of artists measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1809-circa 1961, with the bulk of the material dating from 1830-1920. The papers are a collection of correspondence and photographs that constitute a small but vivid record of the influence and relationships of this family of Hudson River School, landscape, and miniature painters. Correspondence consists primarily of letters to painter John Ferguson Weir when he was director of the Yale School of Fine Arts, with scattered letters to his daughter Edith Weir (Perry), and a small amount of correspondence of Robert Weir, his daughter Carrie M. Mansfield, son-in-law Lewis William Mansfield, and Julia Bayard. Letters to John F. Weir are from many late-19th century artists, as well as actors, poets, lawyers, scholars, and clergymen, often concerning arrangements for visiting lectures at the school. Photographs are of Robert Walter Weir, Susan Bayard Weir, Julian Alden Weir, and artwork.

There are approximately 275 letters to John Ferguson Weir, some of which enclose sketches, photographs, and printed writings. The letters of Hudson River School artists including Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Cole, Sanford Robinson Gifford, Jervis McEntee, and Worthington Whittredge, capture a sense of the intense ties those artists felt to the landscape and to each other. Often the correspondents mention their fellow artists in their letters in personal as well as professional terms, writing of family, friendships, visits to each other's homes, practical arrangements for delivering, retrieving, and exhibiting artwork, and their shared artistic aspirations, successes, and disappointments.

Many of the letters are responses from lawyers, scholars, clergymen, writers, and educators in reply to Weir's requests to speak at the Yale School of Fine Arts. Taken together the letters, which often go beyond routine matters to extend to more personal affairs, reveal the warm esteem in which Weir was held, not only in his capacity as director of the school but as an artist and a friend. The letters, such as those from Laura Hills, Lucia Fairchild Fuller, Adele Herter, and Candace and Dora Wheeler, also document the Weir family's friendships with and encouragement of women artists, at a time of limited support for women in the arts. Also of note are letters from actors Edwin Booth and Joseph Jefferson, who were both friends of John F. Weir.

Letters of Robert Weir and extended Bayard and Mansfield family members relate primarily to family affairs. Photographs of Julian Alden Weir, Robert W. Weir, and Susan Bayard Weir include professional portraits and candid family shots, as well as photographs of two sketches of Julian Alden Weir and two miscellaneous photos of artwork.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of the collection, the Weir family papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

The New York and Connecticut Weir family of artists included painter and West Point professor Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889), his sons John Ferguson Weir (1841-1926) and Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), and granddaughter Edith Weir (Perry) (1875-1955).

Julian Alden Weir was a renowned American Impressionist painter and a founding member of "The Ten," a loosely allied group of American artists dissatisfied with some of the established professional art organizations of the time who exhibited their work as a unified group. He also taught at the Women's Art School of the Cooper Union in New York.

John Ferguson Weir became acquainted with many of the rising young artists of his day when he took a room in the Tenth Street Studio in his early twenties and developed proficiency in landscape and still life painting. Like his brother, he then studied art abroad and returned to become director and later dean of the School of Fine Arts at Yale University from 1869-1913.

John Ferguson Weir married Mary Hannah French in 1866. Their daughter, Edith Weir Perry, was a noted miniature painter who studied under Lucy Fairchild Fuller.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the microfilm (Reels 70-71, 125-126, 577) for the Julian Alden Weir papers, 1869-1966, including correspondence (mostly typed transcripts); scrapbooks; photographs; sketches; notebooks and scrapbooks and clippings compiled by Dorothy Weir Young in preparation for her book, The Life and Letters of J. Alden Weir (1960, Yale University Press).

Additional Weir family records are held by the Yale University Archives. The records form part of the material previously lent to the Archives of American Art for microfilming by Reverend DeWolf Perry, and described above as separated materials.

Separated Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming by Reverend DeWolf Perry. Included on reels 529-531 are correspondence of John Ferguson Weir, much of it with his brother Julian Alden Weir, with his future wife which he wrote while serving in the Civil War, and with artists; 77 letters, 1823-1881, of Robert W. Weir with members of the Congress and War Dept. regarding commissions, and with artists and others, including Horatio Greenough, William Page, Thomas Cole, William Cullen Bryant, and George P. Morris; a pocket diary of John F. Weir, 1860, with occasional poems and sketches; 2 sketchbooks, and 71 drawings, watercolors, and oils by John F. Weir; 3 sketchbooks and 165 original drawings, lithographs, watercolors and oils by Robert Weir; 4 portraits of John F. by others; sheet music with words and lithograph on the cover by Robert; 81 photographs of John and Robert, family, and work; exhibition material of Robert; a list of John F. Weir's paintings with prices; drafts of Robert W. Weir, Artist by Irene Weir (1947); and a typescript of a biography of John F. Weir by his daughter, Edith Weir (Perry); genealogical material; and clippings. Reel 533 includes a typescript of "The Story of My Life: The Inner Life of a Human Soul," by Mary French Weir, ca. 1920 (94 p.), and a typescript of a biography of her mother, Clara Miller-French, ca. 1920 (28 p.). Reel 565 contains family correspondence, 1866-1927, of Mary French Weir; an excerpt from the French family genealogy; and an obituary of Mary French Weir written by her daughter Edith Weir Perry. Reel 936 contains a sketchbook, 1826, by Robert Weir, of figures, statues, and buildings in Rome done while a student. The drawings are in pencil, ink wash, and pen and ink. (111 p.); reel 949 contains three sketchbooks, 1869-1902, by John F. Weir, done in watercolor, pencil and ink wash. (69 p.), of landscapes, figures, and heads of individuals in Italy, Switzerland, Dordricht, Holland, and France.

Loaned materials were returned to the donor and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Photographs were given to the Archives of American Art in 2019 by Mary and John McGuigan, Jr. Letters to John Ferguson Weir were donated by Harold O. Love in 1961. Material on reels 529-531, 533, 565, 936 and 949 was lent for microfilming 1973-1975 by Rev. DeWolf Perry, grandson of John F. Weir. He also donated two photographs in 1975. The donor and date of acquisition of the manuscript draft of Julian Alden Weir's biography are unknown.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' 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.

Occupation:

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

Miniature painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Women painters  Search this

Hudson River school of landscape painting  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Citation:

Weir family papers, 1809-circa 1961. 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.weirweir

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Weir family papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ccba1ad3-1d32-4462-b119-2f2587caf3c0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-weirweir

Creator:

Frieseke, Frederick C. (Frederick Carl), 1874-1939  Search this

Names:

Corcoran Gallery of Art  Search this

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)  Search this

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

Extent:

0.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1870s-1943

1982

1996

Summary:

The papers of Impressionist painter Frederick Carl Frieseke measure 0.3 and date from circa 1870s-1943, 1982, and 1996. This small collection contains scattered documentation of Frieseke's life through several biographical items, printed material, photographs of Frieseke and his family, and miscellany.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Impressionist painter Frederick Carl Frieseke measure 0.3 and date from circa 1870s-1943, 1982, and 1996. This small collection contains scattered documentation of Frieseke's life through several biographical items, printed material, photographs of Frieseke and his family, and miscellany.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of the collection the Frederick Carl Frieseke papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Impressionist painter Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) lived in New York and Paris before becoming a leading figure of the second generation of Americans at Giverny, France. Frieseke studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League, New York City. He moved to France in 1898 where he lived until his death in 1939.

Separated Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm (reels N737 and 2885) of a notebook kept by Frieseke containing a pencil sketch, addresses, expenses, and price lists of paintings; a transcript of the notebook made by his grandson, Nicholas Kilmer; writings and reminiscences decorated with sketches by Frieseke; and price lists. Loaned materials were returned to the donor after microfilming and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

The papers were donated in 2019 by Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr., art historians and collectors in Milford, Pennsylvania. Material on reels N737 and 2885 were lent for microfilming in 1968 and 1983 by Mrs. Kenton Kilmer (Frances Friseke) and her son Nicholas Kilmer, Frieseke's daughter and grandson.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' 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.

Occupation:

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

Painters -- France  Search this

Citation:

Frederick Carl Frieseke papers, circa 1870s-1943, 1982, and 1996. 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.friefred

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Frederick Carl Frieseke papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw927c88fb7-4127-4029-8c92-4bfcd3bca439

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-friefred

Creator:

Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930  Search this

Names:

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)  Search this

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

Extent:

0.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1879-1920

1957

Summary:

The papers of sculptor, author, and poet, William Ordway Partridge, who was active in New York City and Washington, D.C., measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1879-1920, and 1957. This small collection consists primarily of letters to Partridge from artists, political figures, art historians, and authors; drafts and typescripts of Partridge's poems; and two clippings about Partridge's sculpture.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of sculptor, author, and poet, William Ordway Partridge, who was active in New York City and Washington, D.C., measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1879-1920, and 1957. This small collection consists primarily of letters to Partridge from artists, political figures, art historians, and authors; drafts and typescripts of Partridge's poems; and two clippings about Partridge's sculpture.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of the collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Parisian-born sculptor, author, and poet, William Ordway Partridge (1861-1930) was known for his sculptures of famous writers, artists, political figures, and poets.

Partridge attended Adelphi Academy and Columbia College in New York and then traveled abroad to study in Florence, Rome, and Paris. He exhibited at the Paris Salon in his early twenties before returning to New York to focus on sculpture, lecturing, poetry reading, and writing and publishing his own poetry and articles on art. In addition to busts of writers and artists and many distinguished New York figures, he executed a large bronze of Alexander Hamilton in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 1965 by Mrs. Jacob B. Shohan, and in 2019 by Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr., art historians and collectors in Milford, Pennsylvania.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' 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.

Occupation:

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

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

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

Sculptors -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Citation:

William Ordway Partridge papers, 1879-1920, 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.partwill

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William Ordway Partridge papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d09e0da1-7b07-4db4-a440-70ae18025fb3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-partwill

Creator:

Gerlach, Margarett  Search this

Names:

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this

Pan-American Exposition (1901: Buffalo, N.Y.)  Search this

Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915  Search this

Calder, Alexander Stirling, 1870-1945  Search this

Gerlach, Gustave, b. 1866  Search this

Konti, Isidore, 1862-1938  Search this

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)  Search this

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

Weinman, Adolph A. (Adolph Alexander), 1870-1952  Search this

Extent:

0.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1892-circa 1915

Summary:

The photographs and papers of sculptor Karl Francis Theodore Bitter and his pupil and colleague Gustave Gerlach measure 0.8 linear feet and date from circa 1892-circa 1915. The collection documents the work and studio practice of Bitter and Gerlach primarily through photographs and a photograph album, in addition to paper records including a proposal and lists of work completed for two international expositions, news clippings, and two drawings by Bitter on his personal stationary.

Scope and Contents:

The photographs and papers of sculptor Karl Francis Theodore Bitter and his pupil and colleague Gustave Gerlach measure 0.8 linear feet and date from circa 1892-circa 1915. The collection documents the work and studio practice of Bitter and Gerlach primarily through photographs and a photograph album, in addition to paper records including a proposal and lists of work completed for two international expositions, news clippings, and two drawings by Bitter on his personal stationary.

Papers include lists of artwork for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, and the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Photographs number approximately 250 and document the studio practice and work of Karl Bitter and Gustave Gerlach during Gerlach's tenure in Bitter's studio. Photos include images of Bitter, Gerlach, Isidore Konti, Joseph Sibbel, and other sculptors and studio assistants, and depict important works in progress such as Bitter's Alexander Hamilton and monumental sculpture for the 1901, 1904, and 1915 expositions, including Bitter's Standard Bearer (1901) and Adolph Weinman's Destiny of the Red Man (1904).

As a child Gerlach's daughter, Margarett, evidently spent time watching her father at work. She compiled this collection of photographs and papers and provided historical context in notes on the versos of some of the items.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as two series.

Series 1: Papers, circa 1892-circa 1915 (7 folders; Box 1)

Series 2: Photographs, circa 1895-circa 1915 (0.7 linear feet Boxes 1-2, OVs 3-4)

Biographical / Historical:

Austrian born sculptor Karl Bitter (1867-1915) was active in New York City, New York. He exhibited his works at worldwide expositions and examples of his sculpture and memorials can be found throughout the United States. Sculptor Gustave Gerlach (b. 1866) was a pupil and colleague of Bitter's and was also active in New York City.

Karl Theodore Francis Bitter was born in Vienna, Austria, where he trained as a sculptor. While serving in the Austrian military in 1889, Bitter immigrated to the United States and applied for citizenship. Ultimately, Bitter settled in New York City and worked as an assistant in a home decorating firm while establishing his reputation as a sculptor. After working as a sculptor at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and as director at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, in 1901, Bitter was named head of the sculpture programs at both the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, California. Bitter was awarded the silver medal of the Paris Exposition, 1900; the gold medal of the Pan-American Exposition, 1901; and the gold medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.

Bitter offered work to sculptor Gustave Gerlach after seeing some of his sculpture. Gerlach subsequently assisted Bitter at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition as superintendent of sculpture, and at the 1904 and 1915 expositions. Following Bitter's sudden death in 1915, Gerlach proposed the execution of a memorial fountain for him in Weehawken, New Jersey, based on an original design by Bitter. However, due to anti-German sentiment in the United States at that time, Gerlach was unable to proceed with the memorial and ultimately returned the money he had raised for the fountain.

Bitter and Gerlach worked with many prominent sculptors of the day, including Isidore Konti, Adolph Weinman, and Alexander Stirling Calder who was named acting-chief of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. Bitter and Calder both employed the services of renowned model Audrey Munson.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the Karl Theodore Francis Bitter Papers, 1887-circa 1977.

Provenance:

The papers were donated in 2019 by Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr., art historians and collectors in Milford, Pennsylvania, who purchased the collection at auction. The collection was originally complied by Gustave's daughter, Margarett.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' 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.

Citation:

Photographs of Karl Francis Theodore Bitter and Gustave Gerlach, circa 1892-circa 1915. 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.gerlmarg

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Photographs of Karl Francis Theodore Bitter and Gustave Gerlach

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b3c4b532-de8e-46c4-a5c9-cc0ec3be06f5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gerlmarg

Creator:

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

Names:

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Beard, W. H. (William Holbrook), 1824-1900  Search this

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902  Search this

Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905  Search this

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839  Search this

Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900  Search this

Colman, Samuel, 1832-1920  Search this

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815  Search this

Cropsey, Jasper Francis, 1823-1900  Search this

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888  Search this

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931  Search this

Greenough, Horatio, 1805-1852  Search this

Harding, Chester, 1792-1866  Search this

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935  Search this

Inman, Henry, 1801-1846  Search this

Inness, George, 1825-1894  Search this

McGuigan, John F., Jr. (John Fuller)  Search this

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872  Search this

Neagle, John, 1796-1865  Search this

Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904  Search this

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860  Search this

Peale, Rubens, 1784-1865  Search this

Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937  Search this

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921  Search this

White, Stanford, 1853-1906  Search this

Whittredge, Worthington, 1820-1910  Search this

Extent:

0.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1794-1938

Summary:

The collection of artists' letters compiled by Mary and John McGuigan Jr. measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1794-1938. The collection is comprised of a group of letters, writings, and signed documents to and from a variety of artists, art administrators, art critics, historians, and art-related organizations assembled from multiple sources. It also includes associated printed material with some documents and a few photographs, including carte de visites and cabinet cards.

Scope and Contents:

The collection of artists' letters compiled by Mary and John McGuigan Jr. measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1794-1938. The collection is comprised of a group of letters, writings, and signed documents to and from a variety of artists, art administrators, art critics, historians, and art-related organizations assembled from multiple sources. It also includes associated printed material with some documents and a few photographs, including carte de visites and cabinet cards.

Item descriptions included in the container listing were provided by Mary and John McGuigan and illuminate the wide range of artists and types of material represented in the collection. While some of the letters document routine transactions such as responses to requests for information, and transmittals of autographs, others document specific artist commissions and projects, exhibition and financial arrangements, business relationships, family events, and travels. The collection includes documentation of portrait painters, including Chester Harding and Rembrandt Peale; nineteenth century landscape artists and artists of the Hudson River School including Albert Bierstadt, George Henry Boughton, Samuel Colman, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and George Inness; sculptors including Daniel Chester French whose letters include sixty-three letters to Charles Dupuy, the caretaker of French's summer home in Massachusetts; publishers such as Mathew Carey, in letters from John Neagle; and the activities of arts institutions such as the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

In addition to those mentioned above, letters and signed documents are from Washington Allston, William Holbrook Beard, Eugene Benson, William Tilden Blodgett, Jr., James Renwick Brevoort, Frederic Edwin Church, James Claghorn, John Singleton Copley, Kenyon Cox, F.O.C. Darley, Joseph DeCamp, Frank Duveneck, John Mackie Falconer, Horatio Greenough, Childe Hassam, Ignaz Michael Marcel Gaugengigl, George Healy, George Hollingsworth, William Morris Hunt, Daniel Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington, Henry Inman, Hugh Bolton Jones, Thomas Dow Jones, Louis Ashton Knight, Charles Robert Leslie, Will Low, Frederick William MacMonnies, Frank Blackwell Mayer, Samuel F. B. Morse, Erastus Dow Palmer, Rubens Peale, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Tobias (Toby) Edward Rosenthal, John Singer Sargent, George Henry Smillie, Marie Spartali Stillman, William James Stillman, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Charles Yardley Turner, Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk, William Walcutt, Henry Antonio Wenzler, Benjamin West, Stanford White, Worthington Whittredge, and others.

The collection also includes a friendship album belonging to William Tilden Blodgett, Jr., with poems, sketches, and botanical watercolors, eight photographs including carte de visites and cabinet cards with images of George Hollingsworth, Thomas Dow Jones, Louis Ashton Knight, Henry Antonio Wenzler, and William Walcutt, and two photographs of a model used by Francis Blackwell Mayer when painting The Burning of the Peggy Stewart.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 1 series.

Biographical / Historical:

Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. are art historians and collectors in Milford, Pennsylvania.

Provenance:

John F. McGuigan Jr. and Mary K. McGuigan purchased these letters and generously donated them to the Archives of American Art between 2000 and 2019. The McGuigans have purchased and donated additional archival materials to the Archives, including a portion of the Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers. In 2017 the McGuigans donated an addition to the Sylvester Rosa Koehler papers, including sixty-nine letters from A. Barry, Truman Howe Bartlett, William Merritt Chase, Timothy Cole, Edward Henry Clement, Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Robert Swain Gifford, George Inness, Anna Lea Merritt, Stephen Parrish, John Sartain, Francis Hopkinson Smith, and Frederic Porter Vinton.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' 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.

Occupation:

Arts administrators  Search this

Art critics  Search this

Artists  Search this

Historians  Search this

Citation:

Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. artists' letters collection, 1794-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.mcgumary

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Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. artists' letters collection

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw912b5c5be-6a69-4cb5-b8c2-6456e7226128

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mcgumary

Author:

Stanley-Price, Nicholas  Search this

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

McGuigan, John F. Jr (John Fuller)  Search this

Contributor:

De Rosa, Pier Andrea  Search this

Nordhoff, Claudia  Search this

Sørmoen, Oddbjørn 1957-  Search this

Issuing body:

Cimitero degli stranieri acattolici al Testaccio  Search this

Host institution:

Casa di Goethe  Search this

Subject:

Cimitero degli stranieri acattolici al Testaccio History  Search this

Physical description:

136 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 22 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Exhibition catalogs

History

Place:

Italy

Rome

Date:

2016

Topic:

Cemeteries  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1090328

Author:

McGuigan, John F. Jr (John Fuller)  Search this

McGuigan, Mary K.  Search this

Artist:

Chapman, J. G (John Gadsby) 1808-1889  Search this

Subject:

Chapman, J. G (John Gadsby) 1808-1889  Search this

Chapman, J. G (John Gadsby) 1808-1889  Search this

Physical description:

viii, 182 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Type:

Biography

Catalogs

In art

Place:

United States

Italy

Date:

2015

Topic:

Artists  Search this

Call number:

N40.1.C463 M3 2015

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1090323