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Creator:

Angarola, Anthony, 1893-1929  Search this

Type:

Drawings

Scrapbooks

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Modernism (Art) -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9872

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212374

AAA_collcode_angaanth

Theme:

Art Movements and Schools

Lives of American Artists

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212374

Creator:

Angarola, Anthony, 1893-1929  Search this

Extent:

1.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Scrapbooks

Date:

circa 1910-1988

bulk 1920-1929

Summary:

The papers of Chicago-based painter Anthony Angarola measure 1.5 linear feet and date from circa 1910 to 1988, with the bulk of the material from 1920 to 1929. The collection includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, personal business records, printed material, and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Chicago-based painter Anthony Angarola measure 1.5 linear feet and date from circa 1910 to 1988, with the bulk of the material from 1920 to 1929. The collection includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, personal business records, printed material, and photographs.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 6 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1915-circa 1929 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1, OV 3)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1916-1988 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1910-1929, 1988 (6 folders; Box 1)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1923-1937 (5 folders; Box 1)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1911-1986 (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, OV 3)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1920-circa 1929 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2)

Biographical / Historical:

Anthony Angarola (1893-1929) was a Chicago-based painter. He studied painting and graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1917. He also studied at the Minneapolis School of Fine Art, and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Carnegie Institute. He taught at the Art Institute of Chicago, Kansas City Art Institute and the St. Paul School of Art. Angarola was one of a group of Chicago artists advocating modernism in the 1920s.

Provenance:

The Anthony Angarola papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Anthony Angarola's son, Richard Anthony Angarola, and his children, Ondine, Richard M.J. and Anthony Francis Angarola in 1988.

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 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 -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Modernism (Art) -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Anthony Angarola papers, circa 1910-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.angaanth

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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ead_collection:sova-aaa-angaanth

Creator:

Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012  Search this

Names:

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

Martha Jackson Gallery  Search this

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

New York University  Search this

Baber, Alice  Search this

Bluhm, Norman, 1921-1999  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Dusanne, Zoe, -1977  Search this

Erma, Thomas, 1939-1964  Search this

Gilot, Francoise, 1921-  Search this

Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-  Search this

Jenkins, Esther Ebenhoe  Search this

Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984  Search this

Prantl, Karl  Search this

Prince, Frank  Search this

Extent:

11.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Travel diaries

Manuscripts

Sketches

Watercolors

Prints

Collages

Visitors' books

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Place:

China -- Description and Travel

Date:

circa 1915-2010

Summary:

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

Scope and Contents:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 7 series:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Biographical / Historical:

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

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

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

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

Related Materials:

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

Provenance:

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

Restrictions:

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

Rights:

The Paul Jenkins papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. They may be used for research, study, and scholarship. Authorization to quote or reproduce for the purposes of publication requires written permission from Suzanne Jenkins.

Occupation:

Dramatists -- France -- Paris  Search this

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

Topic:

Abstract expressionism  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Medals -- Design  Search this

Painters -- France -- Paris  Search this

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

Genre/Form:

Travel diaries

Manuscripts

Sketches

Watercolors

Prints

Collages

Visitors' books

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Citation:

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

Identifier:

AAA.jenkpaul2

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-jenkpaul2

Creator:

Steiner, Charles K.  Search this

Names:

Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926  Search this

Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917  Search this

Kainen, Jacob  Search this

Moore, Bruce, 1905-1980  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Extent:

13 Items

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

2007-2011

Scope and Contents:

Seven letters from Arthur J. Hall Smith to Charles K. Steiner and two letters from Steiner to Smith while Steiner was the director of the Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, and Smith was living in Paris, France. They write about various artists including Jacob Kainen, Mary Cassatt, Edward Degas, Bruce Moore, and Mark Tobey among others and works of art. Included with the April 16, 2007 letter to Steiner are two photographs of Smith and two slides of his works of art.

Biographical / Historical:

Charles K. Steiner is an artist and museum consultant in Fort Smith, Arkansas and former museum director. Arthur J. Hall Smith (1929-2013) was a painter.

Provenance:

Donated 2014 by Charles Steiner, who was friend's with artist Arthur J. Hall.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Painters -- United States  Search this

Arts administrators -- Arkansas  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.steichar

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-steichar

Creator:

Smith, Houghton Cranford, 1887-1983  Search this

Names:

Académie Julian  Search this

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

Butler Institute of American Art  Search this

Cape Cod School of Art  Search this

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art  Search this

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

Pratt Institute. Art School -- Students  Search this

University of Kansas -- Faculty  Search this

Lhote, André, 1885-1962  Search this

Ozenfant, Amédée, 1886-1966  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Homer, b. 1880  Search this

Smith, Laura Gilbert Williams  Search this

Webster, E. Ambrose (Edwin Ambrose), 1869-1935  Search this

Extent:

2.2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Postcards

Notebooks

Notes

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Place:

Chile -- description and travel

Paris (France) -- description and travel

Provincetown (Mass.) -- Description and Travel

Date:

1890-1991

Summary:

The papers of painter Houghton Cranford Smith measure 2.2 linear feet and date from 1890-1991. They consist of eight scrapbooks compiled by his widow containing correspondence with family and friends, biographical materials, sketches, school work, extensive clippings, exhibition catalogs, travel documents and numerous photographs of family and friends.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of painter Houghton Cranford Smith measure 2.2 linear feet and date from 1890-1991. They consist of eight scrapbooks compiled by his widow containing correspondence with family and friends, biographical materials, sketches, school work, extensive clippings, exhibition catalogs, travel documents and numerous photographs of family and friends.

Biographical materials include photographs of Smith, of his artwork and of friends and family in Provincetown and New Mexico, school documents from the Foebel Academy, the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and the Art Students' League, autographed menus, correspondence, including postcards and letters to family and friends sent from Bermuda and Jamaica, customs declarations, exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, a passport to Chile, newsletters, and Smith's teaching contract from the University of Kansas. Additionally, there are significant photographs and letters documenting Smith's art studies with E. Ambrose Webster at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

The collection also includes Smith's correspondence from France and South America. A significant portion of the collection includes papers from his time in France from 1913-1914, where he studied at the Parisian art school Academie Julian. These include a log from a tandem bicycle trip with classmate Harold P. Browne, an invitation to the Bal Randolphe, a Browne Art Class brochure and a narrative entitled "A Party of Fugitives from France," which describes Smith's forced fleeing from France after the French mobilization in 1914. There are also papers describing his South American travels which include notes and correspondence about Argentina, Uruguay and his time in Chile, which spans five years.

Materials documenting Smith's return to France and studies at the Academie Ozenfant from 1926 to 1933 include Smith's passport, ship passenger lists and other travel documents, correspondence with family, French identification letters, exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings and his Academie Ozenfant list of classes and student card. Of particular note are correspondence from and a picture of Sir Walter Kitchener, governor of Bermuda, and letters from wife Elena Peralta to her parents-in-law. Topics covered in the correspondence of this scrapbook include sons Houghton Jr. and Gerrit and the birth of daughter Florence, financial difficulties, art teachers Amadee Ozenfant and Andree L'hote and the family's travels to Bermuda, New Mexico and New York City.

Materials from later in Smith's life include correspondence from Smith to second wife Laura Gilbert Williams, exhibition catalogs and registers, photographs of artwork, newspaper clippings of reviews received for Smith's exhibited paintings and congratulatory letters from family and friends on Smith's successful exhibits and feature article in The American Artist. Additionally, there is significant correspondence with the Passedoit Gallery, Homer Saint-Gaudens of the Carnegie Institute regarding the exhibition and purchase of Smith's artwork and Smith's gifted painting to the Butler Institute of American Art. Additionally, there are several biographical newspaper articles and a biographical sketch written by his wife Laura after his death.

Of note is the artist's original handwritten notes and final published version of his reminiscence "The Provincetown I Remember," notes about painting with various colors and color charts, related assignments from Smith's Color Theory Class, a signed copy of the book Color by E. Ambrose Webster, Smith's former art teacher, pencil sketches, a class notebook about lettering and an address book.

Arrangement:

As requested by the donor, the original arrangement has been maintained, but the collection has been rehoused for preservation purposes. The collection is arranged as 4 series.

Series 1: Scrapbooks, 1890-1991 (Boxes 1-2; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Writings, 1963-1991 (Box 2; 2 folders)

Series 3: Printed Material, 1916-1991 (Box 2, OV 4; 6 folders)

Series 4: Miscellany, circa 1920s-1977 (Box 2, OV 3; 7 folders)

Biographical Note:

Painter Houghton Cranford Smith (1887-1983) traveled extensively and painted throughout his life. He lived and studied art in France, South America, New York City and Provincetown. He had three children, Houghton Jr., Gerrit and Florence with his first wife, Elena Peralta. He held the position of Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas department of Drawing and Painting from 1921-1925.

Smith became widely recognized for his artwork in the 1940s. He married his second wife, Laura Gilbert Williams, in 1941. He has exhibited at many venues including the Passedoit Gallery, Corcoran Gallery, Richmond Museum, Columbia Art Museum, Walker Memorial Gallery, Art Institute of Kansas City and the Provincetown Art Association. For six consecutive years he was represented at Carnegie Institute's annual invitation exhibition.

Provenance:

Florence Cranford Smith Shepard donated her father's papers in 1993-1994.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Houghton Cranford Smith papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Topic:

Color in art  Search this

Color guides  Search this

Art, American -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Art teachers -- Kansas  Search this

Art students -- France -- Paris  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Postcards

Notebooks

Notes

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Citation:

Houghton Cranford Smith papers, 1890-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for a portion of the processing was provided by the Laura Cranford Smith Art Trust.

Identifier:

AAA.smithoug

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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ead_collection:sova-aaa-smithoug

Creator:

Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943  Search this

Extent:

1 Volume ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Date:

1882-1886

Scope and Contents:

A journal, including clippings and drawings, kept by Smith as an art student in Paris, an itinerant portrait painter in the mid-west, and as an art teacher in Kansas City.

Biographical / Historical:

Portrait painter, art instructor.

Provenance:

Lent for micofilming 1963 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilding, West Hartford, Ct., whose relationship, if any, to Smith is unclear.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

Portrait painters  Search this

Art teachers  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.smitelme

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-smitelme

Creator:

Smith, Gladys Nelson, 1890-1980  Search this

Names:

Nelson, Josephine  Search this

Extent:

1.4 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Date:

1891-1989

Scope and Contents:

Papers compiled and annotated by Smith's younger sister, Josephine Nelson, as part of her research for her memoir, "My Sister Gladys," in GLADYS NELSON SMITH (Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1984).

Included are correspondence between Gladys Nelson Smith and her sisters Josephine and Lorraine Nelson; letters from her dealers, Marie Witwer in Kansas, 1921-1937, the Turner Art Galleries in Denver, 1929-1952, and the Thurber Galleries in Chicago, 1924-1927; a letter from the Art League of Washington with a membership card attached; exhibition catalogs; clippings; a notebook on watercolor painting and frames, with pencil sketches of frames; photographs of braided rugs and wood burning art by Smith; notes about her paintings, The Tippler and Time Out; sales receipts; a diary of a trip to Europe, 1930-1931;

photographs of Smith, her family, friends and homes; poems and short stories by Smith, some based on her experiences as a painter; three books with sketches on the end pages by Smith; and miscellany. Also included are Josephine Nelson's writings about Smith and the Nelson Nelson family genealogy and an unbound autobiography of Smith's father, Joseph Kibler Nelson, Recollections of My Early Life.

ADDITION: Snapshots of Gladys Nelson Smith's paintings; a list of Smith's paintings arranged by owner; and printed material about Smith.

Biographical / Historical:

Painter; Washington, D.C.

Provenance:

Donated 1989 and 1992 by Josephine Nelson.

Restrictions:

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

Occupation:

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

Topic:

Women painters -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Painting, American  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Identifier:

AAA.smitglad

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-smitglad

Creator:

Shimomura, Roger, 1939-  Search this

Names:

Chin, Frank, 1940-  Search this

Day, Akiko  Search this

Hughes, Jonathan R. T.  Search this

Miller, Wayne  Search this

Extent:

2.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Scripts (documents)

Date:

1965-1990

Summary:

The papers of painter, printmaker, performance artist, and teacher Roger Shimomura measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1965 to 1990. Found within the papers are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, notes, printed material, one scrapbook, and photographs.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of painter, printmaker, performance artist, and teacher Roger Shimomura measure 2.6 linear feet and date from 1965 to 1990. Found within the papers are biographical materials, correspondence, writings, notes, printed material, one scrapbook, and photographs.

Biographical materials include a photograph of Shimomura and a resume. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence files about exhibitions, grants, performances, lectures, and the Japanese-American redress movement. Correspondence is with friends, colleagues, galleries, and with universities and colleges. Correspondents include Frank Chin, Akiko Day, Jonathan R. T. Hughes, and Wayne Miller. Writings and notes include Shimomura's artist's statement, scripts to four plays, and one folder of miscellaneous notes. The papers also include clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs and miscellaneous printed material. A scrapbook contains clippings of articles that document Shimomura's career. Photographs are of artwork by other artists.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 6 series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1989-1990 (Box 1; 1 folder)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1969-1990 (Boxes 1-3; 2.3 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, 1984, 1987-1989 (Box 3; 5 folders)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1975-1990 (Box 4; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Scrapbook, 1975-1989 (Box 4; 1 folder)

Series 6: Photographs, circa 1970s (Box 4; 1 folder)

Biographical Note:

Roger Shimomura (b. 1939) is a Japanese-American painter, printmaker, performance artist, and teacher who has worked primarily in Kansas since 1969.

Roger Shimomura was born in 1939 in Seattle, Washington. He was a third generation Japanese-American and received his B.A. in Graphic Design from the University of Washington in 1961, and a M.F.A. in Painting from Syracuse University in 1969. Shimomura spent two childhood years in one of 10 concentration camps for Japanese-Americans during WWII, and later served as an officer in the United States Army from 1962 to 1965. He was active in the Japanese-American redress movement in the 1970s. Since the 1970s, Shimomura's work has combined American popular imagery with the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition.

He has had over 125 solo exhibitions of paintings and prints, as well as presented his experimental theater pieces at such venues as the Franklin Furnace, New York City, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Shimomura has been a visiting artist and lectured on his work at more than 200 universities, art schools, and museums across the country. Shimomura began teaching at the University of Kansas' Department of Art in 1969 and worked there until his retirement in 2004. At that time he started the Shimomura Faculty Research Support Fund, an endowment to foster faculty research in the Department of Art. Throughout his career, Shimomura has had numerous exhibitions and experimental theater pieces on a national level. In 1999, the Seattle Urban League designated a scholarship in his name that has been awarded annually to a Seattle resident pursuing a career in art. In 2002, the College Art Association presented him with the "Artist Award for Most Distinguished Body of Work," for his 4 year, 12-museum national tour of the painting exhibition, "An American Diary." Shimomura continues to live and work in Kansas.

Provenance:

Roger Shimomura donated his papers in 1990, as part of the Archives of American Art's Northwest Asian-American project in Seattle.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Robert Shimomura papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Painters -- Kansas -- Lawrence  Search this

Topic:

Performance artists -- Kansas -- Lawrence  Search this

Performance art -- United States  Search this

Printmakers -- Kansas -- Lawrence  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Japanese American painting  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Japanese Americans  Search this

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- Kansas -- Lawrence  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Scripts (documents)

Citation:

Roger Shimomura papers, 1965-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.shimroge

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

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ead_collection:sova-aaa-shimroge

Creator:

Riverón, Enrique  Search this

Names:

Wichita State University -- Faculty  Search this

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975  Search this

Bermúdez, Cundo, 1914-  Search this

Cantinflas, 1911-1993  Search this

Carreño, Mario  Search this

Carreño, Mario -- Photographs  Search this

Cugat, Xavier, 1900- -- Photographs  Search this

De Diego, Julio, 1900-  Search this

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936  Search this

Gattorno, Antonio  Search this

Gómez Sicre, José  Search this

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967  Search this

Kiki, 1901-1953  Search this

Lozano Castro, Alfredo  Search this

Milland, Ray -- Photographs  Search this

Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 -- Photographs  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949 -- Photographs  Search this

Peláez, Amelia, 1897-1968 -- Photographs  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Pidgeon, Walter, 1897-  Search this

Prohias, Antonio  Search this

Rebajes, Pauline  Search this

Reed, Alma M. -- Photographs  Search this

Russell, Rosalind -- Photographs  Search this

Salinas, Baruj  Search this

Sicre, Juan José -- Photographs  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro -- Photographs  Search this

Tamayo, Rufino, 1899- -- Photographs  Search this

Waguermert, Luis Gomez -- Photographs  Search this

Yunkers, Adja, 1900-  Search this

Extent:

3.3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Date:

1918-1990s

Summary:

The papers of Enrique Riverón measure 3.3 linear feet and date from 1918-1990s. The collection contains correspondence, writings, diary entries, scrapbooks, printed material, and photographs documenting Riverón's career as an illustrator, cartoonist, painter and sculptor in the United States and Cuba and, to a lesser extent, Riverón's teaching career at Wichita University in Kansas.

Scope and Content Note:

The Enrique Riverón papers measure 3.3 linear feet, date from 1918-1990s and document Riverón's career as an illustrator, cartoonist, painter and sculptor in the United States and Cuba and, to a lesser extent, his teaching career at Wichita University in Kansas. The collection includes correspondence, the majority of which concerns Riverón's exhibitions; writings, primarily Riverón's recollections of his trips to Paris and Madrid and his memories of people he met in Latin America, Europe, and the United States; printed material documenting exhibitions and Riverón's work for magazines such as Cine-Mudial and Bally-Hoo; and photographs.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into eight series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1929-1960 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1918-1991 (box 1, 0.6 ft.)

Series 3: Writings, 1923-1980s, undated (box 1, 0.2 ft.)

Series 4: Scrapbooks, 1920s-1990s, undated (boxes 1, 3, and 4, 0.7 ft.)

Series 5: Artwork, 1958-1983, undated (boxes 1 and 5, 0.4 ft.)

Series 6: Printed Material, circa 1930-1992 (boxes 2 and 5, 0.7 ft.)

Series 7: Photographs, 1918-1992, undated (boxes 2, 5 and 6, 0.6 ft.)

Series 8: Miscellany, 1927-1989, undated (box 6, 7 folders)

Biographical Note:

Painter, sculptor, cartoonist, and illustrator Enrique Riverón was born in 1902 in Cienfuegos, Cuba and belonged to the first generation of Cuban modernists, experimenting with Cubism and pursuing abstraction from very early on in his career. During his early twenties Riverón traveled to France, Italy, Belgium, and Spain to study under scholarships and attend the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid. In 1926 Riverón's first major one-man exhibition took place at the Association Paris Amerique Latine where the catalog introduction was written by noted Mexican writer Alfonso Reyes.

In 1927 Riverón returned to Havana and had a one-man show of his European work at the Asociación de Pintores y Escultores, as well as several other shows in Havana and New York. He moved to the United States in 1930 and became a United States citizen in 1943.

In addition to being known for his naturalistic drawings of street life in Paris and Cuba, Riverón began working with collage in the 1930s and was, for a number of years, a cartoonist for newspapers in Havana and other publications such as The New Yorker and Cine Mundial which was published in New York and widely circulated in Latin America. He also worked in Hollywood for a time as an illustrator for Walt Disney Pictures.

From 1940 on, Riverón focused on painting and sculpture. He moved to Miami from Wichita, Kansas, in 1964. Enrique Riverón died in 1998.

Related Material:

The Archives of American Art also has a collection of Enrique Riverón letters to Mario Carreño, 1981-1990, in which Riverón writes of their mutual friends, his memories of Cuba, health issues, politics, pricing paintings, collages, and his longings for Paris and New York.

Provenance:

The Enrique Riverón papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Patricia Riverón Lee, daughter of Riverón, in 1996.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment.

Rights:

The Enrique Riverón papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Cartoonists  Search this

Topic:

Artists -- Florida -- Miami  Search this

Illustrators  Search this

Cuban American art  Search this

Artists -- Cuba  Search this

Expatriate artists -- Florida -- Miami  Search this

Cuban American artists  Search this

Magazine illustration  Search this

Caricatures and cartoons  Search this

Sculptors -- Florida -- Miami  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Citation:

Enrique Riverón papers, 1918-1990s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.riveenri

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Enrique Riverón papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-riveenri

Interviewee:

Richert, Clark, 1941-  Search this

Interviewer:

Auther, Elissa, 1966-  Search this

Creator:

Stoddard-Fleischman History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists project  Search this

Names:

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design  Search this

Stoddard-Fleischman History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists project  Search this

University of Kansas -- Students  Search this

Bernofsky, Gene  Search this

Brown, Joan, 1938-1990  Search this

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008  Search this

DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989  Search this

Fleming, Dean  Search this

Fleming, Linda  Search this

Fudge, John  Search this

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

Kallweit, Richard  Search this

Kaprow, Allan  Search this

McClure, Michael  Search this

Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Sands, Nick  Search this

Extent:

4 Items (Sound recording: 4 sound files (2 hr., 55 min.), digital, wav)

52 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2013 August 20-21

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Clark Richert conducted 2013 August 20- 21, by Elissa Auther, for the Archives of American Art's, Stoddard-Fleischman Fund for the History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, Colorado.

Richert speaks of deciding to become an artist; his influences; studying art at the University of Kansas; the Wichita Vortex; Droppings: working with geometric art; Drop City; geodesic domes; The Ultimate Painting; Zome Toy; Criss-Cross; using computers in art; being a teacher; the Armory Group; and A.R.E.A. Richert also recalls Bruce Conner, Richard Kallweit, Joan Brown, Gene Bernofsky, Buckminster Fuller, Michael McClure, Alan Kaprow, Nick Sands, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Jay Defeo, Dean Fleming, Linda Fleming, John Fudge, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Clark Richert (1941- ) is a painter in Denver, Colorado and is head of the painting and drawing department at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Elissa Auther (1966- ) is associate professor of contemporary art in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

General:

Originally recorded as 4 sound files. Duration is 2 hr., 55 min.

Provenance:

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

Restrictions:

For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Painters -- Colorado -- Denver -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Arts administrators -- Colorado -- Denver -- Interviews  Search this

Art teachers -- Colorado -- Denver -- Interviews  Search this

Art and computers  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Geodesic domes  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Stoddard-Fleischman Fund for the History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists.

Identifier:

AAA.richer13

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-richer13

Interviewee:

Richert, Clark, 1941-  Search this

Interviewer:

Auther, Elissa, 1966-  Search this

Subject:

Bernofsky, Gene  Search this

Brown, Joan  Search this

Conner, Bruce  Search this

DeFeo, Jay  Search this

Fleming, Dean  Search this

Fleming, Linda  Search this

Fudge, John  Search this

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster)  Search this

Kallweit, Richard  Search this

Kaprow, Allan  Search this

McClure, Michael  Search this

Rauschenberg, Robert  Search this

Rothko, Mark  Search this

Sands, Nick  Search this

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design  Search this

Stoddard-Fleischman History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists project  Search this

University of Kansas  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Topic:

Arts administrators -- Colorado -- Denver -- Interviews  Search this

Art teachers -- Colorado -- Denver -- Interviews  Search this

Art and computers  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Geodesic domes  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)16129

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)363610

AAA_collcode_richer13

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_363610

Interviewee:

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul, 1933-  Search this

Subject:

Craven, Thomas  Search this

Ingram, Rex  Search this

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton  Search this

Pollock, Jackson  Search this

Reed, Alma M.  Search this

Robinson, Boardman  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred  Search this

Weichsel, John  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century  Search this

Regionalism in art  Search this

Synchromism (Art)  Search this

Muralists -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12796

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212013

AAA_collcode_benton73

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212013

Creator:

Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13495

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210648

AAA_collcode_smitelme

Theme:

Diaries

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210648

Creator:

Shimomura, Roger, 1939-  Search this

Subject:

Miller, Wayne  Search this

Chin, Frank  Search this

Hughes, Jonathan R. T.  Search this

Day, Akiko  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Scripts (documents)

Topic:

Performance artists -- Kansas -- Lawrence  Search this

Performance art -- United States  Search this

Printmakers -- Kansas -- Lawrence  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Japanese American painting  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Japanese Americans  Search this

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- Kansas -- Lawrence  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10269

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213417

AAA_collcode_shimroge

Theme:

Asian American

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213417

Creator:

Smith, Houghton Cranford, 1887-1983  Search this

Subject:

Lhote, André  Search this

Ozenfant, Amédée  Search this

Saint-Gaudens, Homer  Search this

Smith, Laura Gilbert Williams  Search this

Webster, E. Ambrose (Edwin Ambrose)  Search this

University of Kansas  Search this

Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art  Search this

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

Académie Julian  Search this

Butler Institute of American Art  Search this

Cape Cod School of Art  Search this

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

Pratt Institute. Art School  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Postcards

Notebooks

Notes

Sketches

Scrapbooks

Place:

Chile -- description and travel

Paris (France) -- description and travel

Provincetown (Mass.) -- description and travel

Topic:

Color in art  Search this

Color guides  Search this

Art, American -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Art teachers -- Kansas  Search this

Art students -- France -- Paris  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6424

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215521

AAA_collcode_smithoug

Theme:

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215521

Creator:

Riverón, Enrique, 1902-1998  Search this

Subject:

Hughes, Langston  Search this

Yunkers, Adja  Search this

Sicre, Juan José  Search this

Salinas, Baruj  Search this

Russell, Rosalind  Search this

Waguermert, Luis Gomez  Search this

Neruda, Pablo  Search this

Peláez, Amelia  Search this

Pidgeon, Walter  Search this

Prohias, Antonio  Search this

Rebajes, Pauline  Search this

De Diego, Julio  Search this

García Lorca, Federico  Search this

Carreño, Mario  Search this

Gattorno, Antonio  Search this

Tamayo, Rufino  Search this

Gómez Sicre, José  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Reed, Alma M.  Search this

Kiki  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente  Search this

Lozano Castro, Alfredo  Search this

Milland, Ray  Search this

Bermúdez, Cundo  Search this

Baker, Josephine  Search this

Cantinflas  Search this

Cugat, Xavier  Search this

Carreño, Mario  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Wichita State University  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Topic:

Artists -- Florida -- Miami  Search this

Illustrators  Search this

Cuban American art  Search this

Artists -- Cuba  Search this

Expatriate artists -- Florida -- Miami  Search this

Cuban American artists  Search this

Magazine illustration  Search this

Caricatures and cartoons  Search this

Sculptors -- Florida -- Miami  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5433

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216020

AAA_collcode_riveenri

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

American Art and Artists in a Global Context

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216020

Creator:

Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946  Search this

Subject:

Curry, Kathleen  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Video recordings

Photographs

Sketches

Interviews

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art -- Technique  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Regionalism in art  Search this

Muralists -- Wisconsin  Search this

Illustrators -- Wisconsin  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9459

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211657

AAA_collcode_currjohn

Theme:

Art Movements and Schools

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211657

Creator:

Bengston, Billy Al, 1934-  Search this

Subject:

Ruscha, Edward  Search this

Plagens, Peter  Search this

Motherwell, Robert  Search this

Flavin, Dan  Search this

Diebenkorn, Richard  Search this

Chamberlain, John  Search this

Goode, Joe  Search this

Lichtenstein, Roy  Search this

Andre, Carl  Search this

Alexander, Peter  Search this

Altoon, John  Search this

Martha Jackson Gallery  Search this

James Corcoran Gallery  Search this

Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

John Berggruen Gallery (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Photographs

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Art galleries, Commercial  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art -- Economic aspects  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10220

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213296

AAA_collcode_bengbill

Theme:

The Art Market

Lives of American Artists

Audio - Visual

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213296

Creator:

Bloch, Albert, 1882-1961  Search this

Subject:

Kandinsky, Wassily  Search this

Fehl, Philipp P.  Search this

Bloch, Anna  Search this

Penney, James  Search this

Marc, Franz  Search this

Klinker, Emmy  Search this

Klee, Paul  Search this

Sudlow, Robert  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Sketches

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Expressionism (Art) -- Germany  Search this

Der Blaue Reiter (Art)  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)16245

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)370481

AAA_collcode_blocalbe

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_370481

Creator:

Moffett, Ross  Search this

Names:

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

Federal Art Project (U.S.)  Search this

Provincetown Art Association  Search this

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this

Del Deo, Josephine Couch  Search this

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Portraits  Search this

Moffett, Dorothy Lake Gregory, 1893-1975  Search this

Moffett, Ross (Art in narrow streets)  Search this

Rehn, Frank Knox Morton, 1848-1914  Search this

Extent:

7.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Sketches

Sketchbooks

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.)

Florida -- Pictorial works

Provincetown (Mass.)

Date:

circa 1870-1992

Summary:

This collection measures 7.7 linear feet, dates from circa 1870 to 1992, and documents the life and career of painter Ross Moffett and, to a lesser extent, the life and career of his wife, painter, lithographer, etcher, and illustrator, Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, artwork including sketchbooks, and printed material including published writings, newspaper clippings, press releases, and exhibition catalogs.

Scope and Content Note:

The Ross and Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett papers measure 7.7 linear feet and date from circa 1870 to 1992. Because Dorothy Moffett's papers were received separately they are filed together in Series 13. Series 1-12 deal primarily with the life and career of Ross Moffett. The collection documents Ross Moffett's participation in the Provincetown community as an artist and resident through correspondence, photographs, sketchbooks and printed material, including published writings, news clippings, press releases, and exhibition catalogs. The papers of Dorothy Moffett include family letters, photographs, a journal and original artwork providing scattered documentation of her life and career as an a printmaker and illustrator.

General correspondence primarily focuses on news and financial affairs of the Moffett family farm in Iowa. Also included are letters from Provincetown artist, Edwin Dickinson, and a small amount of correspondence with other artists, collectors and dealers.

Files documenting specific projects that Ross Moffett was involved with are arranged separately and include correspondence, printed material and photographs. Project files have been established for the following projects: the publication of Art in Narrow Streets, the Eisenhower mural, the Cape Cod National Seashore Park and the renovation of the Center Methodist Church.

The series of printed material, 1918-1992, relates to Ross Moffett's career as an artist and his general interest in art. Photographs primarily focus on scenes of Provincetown and include photographs of works of art by Provincetown artists. Also included are photographs of artwork by Moffett arranged chronologically, Moffett's studio in Provincetown, and installations at the Provincetown Art Association Galleries.

Artwork found in Series 10 and 11 includes drawings by Ross Moffett and 85 annotated sketchbooks, including four by Dorothy Moffett.

The collection also houses research notes and files written by Josephine Couch Del Deo in preparation of a biography of Ross Moffett. These annotations provide useful additional information about Moffett's life.

Papers of Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett include Gregory family letters, Dorothy's correspondence with her father, and letters from other family and friends. Also found are drawings, lithographs and etchings by Dorothy and photographs of her family and friends.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into thirteen series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1888-1965 (box 1; 1 folder)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1915-1972 (box 1; 0.6 linear ft)

Series 3: Financial Material, 1933-1971 (box 1; 2 folders)

Series 4: Notebook/Notes, undated (box 1; 2 folders)

Series 5: Projects, 1880-1969, undated (boxes 1-2; 1.2 linear ft.)

Series 6: Subject File, 1960-1968 (box 2; 1 folder)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1916-1992, undated (boxes 2-4, 7; 1.5 linear ft.)

Series 8: Photographs, circa 1900-1975, undated (box 4; 15 folders)

Series 9: Slides of Art Association, Iowa Farmland and the Chrysler Museum, circa 1960, undated (box 4; 1 folder)

Series 10: Drawings, circa 1929-1934 (box 5; 1 folder)

Series 11: Sketchbooks, 1913-1969 (boxes 5-8; 2.5 linear ft.)

Series 12: Annotations/Item Descriptions by Josephine Couch Del Deo, undated (box 6; 2 folders)

Series 13: Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett Papers, circa 1870-1975 (boxes 9-11; 0.7 linear ft.)

Biographical Note:

Ross Moffett (1888-1971) was an important figure in the development of modernism in American Art after World War I. His paintings primarily depict the life and landscapes of the Provincetown, Massachusetts area. Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett is perhaps best known as a printmaker and illustrator of children's books and magazines.

Born in Iowa in 1888, Moffett trained at the Art Institute in Chicago and studied with Charles Hawthorne during the summer of 1913, in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Moffett then studied at the Art Students League and returned to Provincetown in 1915, to establish himself as an artist. He was one of the founders of the Provincetown Art Association and a leading figure in the art colony for many years. In 1920, Moffett married artist Dorothy Lake Gregory in Brooklyn, New York. Dorothy studied at the Pratt Institute and with Robert Henri and George Bellows in New York, and then went to Provincetown to study with Hawthorne as well.

During the 1920's and 1930's, Ross Moffett's success increased steadily and he had his first one-man show at the Frank Rehn Gallery in New York and also at The Art Institute of Chicago in 1928. He served on several exhibition juries around the country during this time. Between 1936 and 1938, Moffett painted four murals in two Massachusetts post offices for the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Moffett received full membership to the National Academy of Design in 1942.

While Moffett's painting slowed somewhat during World War II he continued his involvement in the arts by maintaining the Provincetown Art Association. He taught briefly at the University of Miami in Ohio from 1932 to 1933, and returned to Provincetown to pursue painting full-time. In the 1950's, Moffett became interested in archaeology and even delivered a few lectures on the subject. During this time he continued to paint and his art reflected his preoccupation with the science of archaeology. In 1954, Moffett was one of two artists selected by the National Academy of Design to paint murals depicting President Dwight D. Eisenhower's life for the Eisenhower Memorial Museum in Abilene, Kansas. Moffett was chosen to portray Eisenhower's civilian life.

In 1960, Moffett became active in the movement to establish the 1400 acres known as the Province Lands as part of the Cape Cod National Seashore Park. After the park was established Moffett wrote and published a history of the first thirty-three years of the Provincetown Art Association in a book titled Art in Narrow Streets, 1964. He continued to serve as a juror for the Provincetown Art Association and was artist-in-residence for the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center in 1970.

Dorothy Moffett also pursued a successful career in art, and publishers such as Rand McNally used her illustrations for youth magazines and childrens books, such as the classic Green Fairy Book. Her work was exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum, the National Academy, and the Brooklyn Museum, and her Alice in Wonderland series of lithographs was purchased for the permanent collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Though best known as a printmaker, Moffett also worked in oil.

Ross Moffett died of cancer on March 13, 1971.

Related Material:

Related resources in the Archives of American Art include a sound recording of a transcribed interview with Ross Moffett by Dorothy Seckler, August 27, 1962; and a sound recording of an untranscribed interview with Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett by Robert F. Brown, September 22, 1972.

Separated Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel D80) including 150 letters relating to art organizations, museums, and government art projects, news clippings, records of the Provincetown Art Association, and the Emergency Committee for the Protection of Province Lands, and miscellaneous publications. Lent materials were returned to Ross Moffett and are now housed at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. This material is not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Ross Moffett initally lent the Archives of American Art material for microfilming in 1962. The remainder of the collection was donated in 1974 by his widow, Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett (died 1975), via Ross Moffett's biographer, Josephine Del Deo, who turned the papers over in installments. Archaeological material and artifacts received with the papers were donated to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Patrons must use microfilm copy.

Rights:

A portion of the Ross and Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Occupation:

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Landscape painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Topic:

Illustrators  Search this

Muralists -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Women artists -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Art students -- New York N.Y. -- Photographs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Sketches

Sketchbooks

Slides (photographs)

Citation:

Ross and Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett papers, circa 1870-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.moffross

See more items in:

Ross and Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-moffross