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Joseph Stella; an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art

Author:
Baur, John I. H (John Ireland Howe),) 1909-1987  Search this
Author:
Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this
Subject:
Stella, Joseph 1877-1946  Search this
Physical description:
63 pages illustrations (part color) 20 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1963
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.S816 B3j
N40.1.S816B3j
N6537.S73A4 1963
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_9628

Arnold Mesches the greatest show on earth

Title:
The greatest show on earth
Artist:
Mesches, Arnold 1923-  Search this
Writer of essay:
Oliver-Smith, Kerry  Search this
Issuing body:
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Subject:
Mesches, Arnold 1923-  Search this
Physical description:
6 unnumbered pages color illustrations 22 x 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Artist files
Date:
2005
20th century
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Call number:
ND237.M435 A4 2005
AAF--Mesches, Arnold
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1001566

Ronnie Landfield after the rain

Title:
After the rain
Artist:
Landfield, Ronnie 1947-  Search this
Writer of added commentary:
Marvel, Kenneth R.,  Search this
Host institution:
LewAllen Contemporary (Gallery)  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Physical description:
1 folded sheet (6 unnumbered pages) color illustrations 28 x 64 cm folded to 28 x 22 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Artist files
Place:
United States
Date:
2013
Topic:
Painting, Abstract  Search this
Art, Abstract  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Call number:
AAF--Landfield, Ronnie
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1015577

A good day for painting the art of Bernard Chaet

Title:
Art of Bernard Chaet
Artist:
Chaet, Bernard  Search this
Issuing body:
Eli Marsh Gallery  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Subject:
Chaet, Bernard  Search this
Physical description:
16 unnumbered pages color illustrations 22 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Artist files
Date:
2006
20th century
21st century
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Call number:
ND237.C392 A4 2006
AAF--Chaet, Bernard
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_783917

22 realists by James K. Monte, associate curator

Author:
Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this
Monte, James K  Search this
Physical description:
63 pages illus 22 x 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1970
20th century
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Realism in art  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Réalisme (Art)  Search this
realism (artistic form of expression)  Search this
Call number:
ND212.5.R4 W62
ND212.5.R4W62
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7939

Romaine Brooks thief of souls [By] Adelyn D. Breeskin

Author:
Brooks, Romaine  Search this
Author:
Breeskin, Adelyn Dohme 1896-1986  Search this
National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)  Search this
Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this
Subject:
Brooks, Romaine  Search this
Physical description:
143 pages illustrations (some color), portrait 27 cm
Type:
Biography
Exhibitions
Catalogs
Biographies
Catalogues
Exhibition catalogues
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
1971
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Painters  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Peintres  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.B875 B8
N6537.B87 B83
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7981

Tobey

Author:
Tobey, Mark  Search this
Author:
Galerie Beyeler  Search this
Subject:
Tobey, Mark  Search this
Physical description:
[43] pages illustrations (part color), color plates 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1970
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Northwest school of artists  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.T62 G15
N40.1.T62G15
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8236

Selected paintings from the Michener Collection [Exhibition] November 2, 1969-January 5, 1970

Author:
University of Texas Art Museum  Search this
Subject:
Michener, James A (James Albert) 1907-1997 Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (unpaged) illustrations (1 color) 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1970
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Art--Private collections  Search this
Call number:
ND212 .T35
ND212.T35
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8452

Lyrical abstraction

Author:
Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this
Subject:
Aldrich, Larry Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
46 pages illus 19 x 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
1971
Topic:
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Expressionnisme abstrait  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Art--Private collections  Search this
Call number:
ND212.5.A25 W6
ND212.5.A25W6
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8455

The structure of color by Marcia Tucker

Author:
Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this
Tucker, Marcia  Search this
Physical description:
31 pages 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1971
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Color in art  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Couleur dans l'art  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
ND212 .W62
ND212.W62
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8566

Emma Abbott

Depicted:
Abbott, Emma  Search this
Maker:
Graphic Company  Search this
Artist:
Gast, John  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
image: 20 in x 15 in; 50.8 cm x 38.1 cm
Object Name:
lithograph
Object Type:
Lithograph
Place made:
United States: New York, New York City
Date made:
n.d.
Subject:
Adornment  Search this
Theater  Search this
Commemorated:
Opera  Search this
Credit Line:
Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
ID Number:
DL.60.3044
Catalog number:
60.3044
Accession number:
228146
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Advertising
Art
Peters Prints
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2db2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_325316

Painting, American Brig off Cape Ann, 1845

Maker:
unknown  Search this
Physical Description:
oil on canvas (overall material)
Measurements:
with frame: 17 1/4 in x 22 1/4 in; 43.815 cm x 56.515 cm
Object Name:
painting
painting, oil
Date made:
20th century
Subject:
Maritime  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
ID Number:
2005.0279.004
Accession number:
2005.0279
Catalog number:
2005.0279.004
See more items in:
Work and Industry: Maritime
Cigna Maritime Collection
Transportation
Art
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-aefe-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1295909
Online Media:

Norman Carton papers

Creator:
Carton, Norman, 1908-1980  Search this
Names:
D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968  Search this
De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this
Ferren, John, 1905-1970  Search this
Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994  Search this
Hultberg, John, 1922-2005  Search this
Kootz, Samuel Melvin, 1898-1982  Search this
Parsons, Betty  Search this
Resnick, Milton, 1917-2004  Search this
Extent:
0.8 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1949-1980
Scope and Contents:
Correspondence; writings and notes; financial data; sketchbooks; photographs; exhibition catalogs and clippings.
UNMICROFILMED: Correspondence with galleries and others; writings and notes; consignment and sales statements and other financial records from the Gres Gallery and the Martha Jackson Gallery, 1955-1961; a guest book from exhibitions sponsored by the Rainbow Art League of New York, 1973-1975; 3 sketchbooks, containing watercolor sketches and ink, charcoal, pencil, and crayon drawings; exhibition announcements and catalogs; clippings, and other printed materials; and photographs of Carton, Willem de Kooning, Rene d'Haroncourt, John Ferren, Clement Greenberg, John Hultberg, Martha Jackson, Samuel M. Kootz, Betty Parsons, Milton Resnick, works of art by Carton, and gallery installations.
REEL 2787: Fifteen exhibition catalogs, twelve clippings, a resume, and a photograph of Carton in his studio with a model.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter and instructor; New York, N.Y.
Provenance:
Donated 1978 and 1984 by Mr. & Mrs. Norman Carton.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Painters  Search this
Topic:
Painting, American -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Function:
Art museums -- United States
Identifier:
AAA.cartnorm
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw983bbdf28-3e8d-4ac6-8d65-3d6eb3110837
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-cartnorm

Agnes Pelton : desert transcendentalist / editor, Gilbert Vicario

Title:
Desert transcendentalist
Contributor:
Vicario, Gilbert  Search this
Author:
Doss, Erika 1956-  Search this
Zakian, Michael 1957-  Search this
Armstrong, Elizabeth 1952-  Search this
Aberth, Susan L.,  Search this
Zebro, Rachel Sadvary  Search this
Sponsoring body:
Phoenix Art Museum  Search this
Host institution:
New Mexico Museum of Art  Search this
Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this
Palm Springs Art Museum  Search this
Publisher:
Hirmer Verlag  Search this
Physical description:
219 pages, 55 plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Illustrated works
Essays
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
California
Date:
2019
20th century
Topic:
Deserts in art  Search this
Painting, Abstract  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Modernism (Art)  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1109591

David Park : a retrospective / Janet Bishop

Artist:
Park, David 1911-1960  Search this
Author:
Bishop, Janet C.  Search this
McDowell, Tara  Search this
Keller, Corey  Search this
Chang, Sara Wessen  Search this
Hallman, Lee  Search this
Host institution:
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth  Search this
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts  Search this
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art  Search this
Publisher:
University of California Press  Search this
Physical description:
219 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Essays
Portraits
Illustrated works
Place:
California
San Francisco
United States
Date:
2019
20th century
Topic:
Figurative expressionism  Search this
Figurative painting, American  Search this
Male artists  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1109975

Max Bohm papers

Creator:
Bohm, Max, 1868-1923  Search this
Names:
Beachcombers (Organization)  Search this
Salmagundi Club  Search this
Bohm, Zella Newcomb  Search this
Hunt, Clyde du Vernet  Search this
Locke, Esther Bohm, d. 1913  Search this
Longyear, Mary Beecher, 1851-1931  Search this
Macbeth, Robert W. (Robert Walker), 1884-1940  Search this
Macbeth, William, 1851-1917  Search this
Extent:
5.6 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Motion pictures (visual works)
Sketchbooks
Sketches
Paintings
Photographs
Drawings
Diaries
Place:
France -- description and travel
Date:
1873-1970
bulk 1880-1959
Summary:
The papers of painter Max Bohm measure 5.6 linear feet and date from 1873-1970, with the bulk of the material dating from 1880-1959. Biographical material includes a file concerning the Provincetown artist's club The Beachcombers. Also found is detailed family correspondence, as well as general correspondence that includes exchanges with patron Mary Beecher Longyear and dealer William Macbeth. The papers contain scattered business records; five diaries written by Bohm's wife Zella; other notes and writings; art work including fifteen sketchbooks, loose drawings, and oil paintings; printed material; and photographs of Bohm, his family, and colleagues including artists attending a Salmagundi dinner. There is also a motion picture film Six Foot Art, in Which Max Bohm, Member of the National Academy Tells How He Does It.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of painter Max Bohm measure 5.6 linear feet and date from 1873-1970, with the bulk of the material dating from 1880-1959. Biographical material includes a file concerning the Provincetown artist's club The Beachcombers. Also found within the papers is detailed family correspondence, as well as general correspondence that includes exchanges with patron Mary Beecher Longyear and dealer William Macbeth. Also found are scattered business records; five diaries written by Bohm's wife Zella; other notes and writings; art work including sketchbooks, loose drawings, and oil paintings; printed material; and photographs of Bohm, his family, and colleagues including artists attending a Salmagundi dinner. There is also a motion picture film Six Foot Art, in Which Max Bohm, Member of the National Academy Tells How He Does It.

Family correspondence consists of letters exchanged between various Bohm family members during their long periods of separation. Decades of almost daily exchanges of letters offer detailed descriptions of Bohm's activities in pursuit of notoriety as an artist including his frequent travels in Europe and the United States, attendance of art-related and other cultural events, and his thoughts about art, philosophy, and his strong opposition to German aggression in World War I. The often affectionate letters from Bohm's wife Zella describe her concerns over finances and raising the children during Bohm's frequent absences, but also include descriptions of their summers in coastal France.

Professional correspondence consists of scattered letters discussing art-related business with colleagues including Bohm's longtime patron and Christian Science advocate, Mary Beecher Longyear, and Macbeth Gallery owners Robert and William Macbeth.

Scattered business records include price lists for art work, banking records, and miscellaneous receipts.

Five diaries and loose diary pages written by Bohm's wife Zella contain detailed descriptions of daily activities and her observations and thoughts, some drawings, notes, and financial notations. Some of the diaries contain annotations by her daughter, Esther.

Notes and writings include notebooks containing original short stories and miscellaneous sketches by Bohm, lists of art work, miscellaneous notes including several written by Esther Bohm, and miscellaneous writings by and about Bohm including his typescript "An Artist's Philosophy."

Art work consists of fifteen sketchbooks, miscellaneous drawings including a self-portrait, and oil paintings on board and on unstretched canvases including Bohm's studies of works by Titian and Van Dyke, and a painting of a young Esther Bohm looking at the sea. Works by others include a batik design on silk by Zella Bohm, a watercolor by Bohm's aunt, Anna Stuhr Weitz, and an oil portrait of Zella by her granddaughter.

Printed material primarily consists of clippings generated by Bohm's participation in the Paris Salons, in addition to several exhibition announcements and catalogs for Bohm and for others, and reproductions of art work by Bohm and others. There are also 2 copies of a silent, black and white Pathé newsreel titled Six Foot Art, in Which Max Bohm, Member of the National Academy Tells How He Does It on 16mm and 35mm film reels.

Photographs are of Bohm and his family, colleagues including Clyde du Vernet Hunt in his studio and a Salmagundi Club "Get Together" dinner, views of the town of Etaples, France, and of works of art by Bohm and others.
Arrangement:
The papers have been organized into 8 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1898-1970 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1, OV 8)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1880-1955 (3.3 linear feet; Boxes 1-4, 7)

Series 3: Business Records, 1910-1930 (0.2 linear feet; Box 4)

Series 4: Diaries, 1887-1916 (0.2 linear feet; Box 4)

Series 5: Notes and Writings, 1882-circa 1970 (0.2 linear feet; Boxes 4, 7)

Series 6: Art Work, 1873-1951 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 4-5, 7, OVs 8-10)

Series 7: Printed Material and Motion Picture Film, 1886-1957 (0.8 linear feet; Boxes 5-7, FC 11-12)

Series 8: Photographs, 1886-1959 (0.2 linear feet; Boxes 6-7)
Biographical / Historical:
Max Bohm was born on January 21, 1868, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Henry and Emilie Bohm.

Bohm began his study of art in 1887 when he accompanied his aunt, Anna Stuhr, on the first of several voyages to France. He studied in artist communities in Brittany and in Paris at the Académie Julian with Boulanger, Lefebvre, and Benjamin Constant. He also traveled to Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany.

In 1895, Bohm attended an open school of painting in Etaples on the coast of France, and during the winter months he taught painting at a school in London, England. His painting En Mer was awarded the Gold Medal by the Paris Salon of 1897.

While teaching in Etaples in 1898, Bohm married one of his pupils, Zella Newcomb, an art teacher from Carlton College in Minnesota. In 1900, the Bohms traveled to Italy for several months before returning to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Bohm established a studio. After trying to find affordable studio and living space in New York City, Bohm moved his family back to France in 1902. Bohm established a studio in Paris for two years and during the summer months his wife and children moved to the less expensive and cooler coastal towns of France. Bohm continued to display his work in the annual Paris Salons.

From 1905 until the summer of 1908, the Bohm family lived primarily in England. In 1909, Bohm entered and won the Cleveland Court House mural competition, prompting the family to return to the United States for several months. They returned to Paris the following year, where Bohm established a studio and worked on the Cleveland Court House mural. Again, Bohm's wife and children would live in French coastal towns, while Bohm was on extended visits to Paris, London, or the United States.

Sometime around 1911, Bohm became acquainted with Mrs. Mary Beecher Longyear, a wealthy follower of Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science. Over the next decade, Mrs. Longyear commissioned many works by Bohm and supported his career. In May of 1912 Bohm's mural, First New England Town Meeting, was installed in the new Cleveland Court House and arrangements were made with Macbeth Galleries to exhibit Bohm's work. Late in 1913, Bohm became involved with the Pan-Pacific International Exposition where his painting Promenade won the Gold Medal in 1915.

During World War I, the Bohm family fled France and temporarily settled in Tuckahoe, New York, and Bohm made frequent visits to his patron, Mrs. Longyear, in Boston. In 1916, the Knoedler Gallery exhibited Bohm's murals for Mrs. Longyear's music room. Also during this time, the family enjoyed spending summers in Provincetown, where Bohm joined The Beachcombers, an organization of artists.

In 1919, the Bohms built a house in Bronxville, New York, for easy access to New York City, while simultaneously purchasing a cottage in Provincetown. While the house was being constructed, Zella and the children became boarders in the home of painter Spencer Nichols, who also lived in Bronxville. During this year, Max Bohm, Jr., entered Harvard University while Mrs. Longyear continued to provide commissions for Max Bohm's art work.

Between 1922 and 1923, Bohm had exhibitions in Greenwich, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., and at the Grand Central Galleries, with his painting En Mer being exhibited at the National Academy of Design.

Max Bohm died on September 19, 1923 in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Separated Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reels 420-421) including biographical material, scattered letters, notes and writings, drawings, clippings, exhibition catalogs, booklets, a scrapbooks, and photographs of Bohm, his family, colleagues, and residences. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

The original Six Foot Art film was also transferred to 16mm and 35mm film reels in the 1970s, but is not in the collection.
Provenance:
Kathryn Esther Locke and Elizabeth Schwarz, the artist's daughters, lent the material on microfilm reels 420-421 and donated papers in 1972.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this
Topic:
World War, 1914-1918  Search this
Art -- Philosophy  Search this
Christian Scientists  Search this
Painting, American -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this
Genre/Form:
Motion pictures (visual works)
Sketchbooks
Sketches
Paintings
Photographs
Drawings
Diaries
Citation:
Max Bohm papers, 1873-1970, bulk 1880-1959. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.bohmmax
See more items in:
Max Bohm papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a9971cac-441d-463e-81f7-e2902adf468f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-bohmmax
Online Media:

Elizabeth Loder research material on Daniel Putnam Brinley

Creator:
Loder, Elizabeth M., 1912-  Search this
Names:
Brinley, Kathrine Sanger  Search this
Brinley, Putnam  Search this
Extent:
2.4 Linear feet
1 Item (1 rolled doc.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1919-1990
Scope and Contents:
Research and exhibition files, containing corespondence, photographs, notes, printed material, and 2 charts by Loder, recording exhibitions and events Brinley participated in and listing artists with whom he exhibited more than 5 times; writings by Loder on Brinley, including a 90 p. illustrated monograph, "D. Putnam Brinley : Impressionist and mural painter"; "Edited Papers of Daniel Putnam Brinley," 1879-1918; "On the Home Front with Kathrine Brinley, 1918-1919," and "Brinley's Foyer Work, France, 1918-1919."
Biographical / Historical:
Elizabeth Loder, Yarmouth, Maine, is the niece of Daniel Putnam Brinley through his wife Kathrine Gordon Brinley, known for her literary work. Loder had originally intended to write a biography combining both their lives, but found it necessary to first chronicle the work of her uncle.
Provenance:
Donated 1978, 1991 and 1992 by Elizabeth Loder. [Loder also donated Brinley's papers - cataloged separately under Brinley.]
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:
Landscape painters  Search this
Painters  Search this
Topic:
Painting, American -- History -- Sources  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.lodeeliz
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91261b10e-8cd8-4e33-a8b4-57a029b7eff2
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-lodeeliz

Joseph Stella papers

Creator:
Stella, Joseph, 1877-1946  Search this
Names:
United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this
Extent:
2.8 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1900-1970
Summary:
The papers of artist Joseph Stella measure 2.8 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to 1970. The papers shed light on his life and career through biographical materials, mixed personal and professional corresponence, writings by Stella and others, printed materials, and photographic materials.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of artist Joseph Stella measure 2.8 linear feet and date from circa 1900 to 1970. The papers shed light on his life and career through biographical materials, personal and professional corresponence, writings by Stella and others, printed materials, and photographic materials.

Biographical materials include address books and loose addresses for contacts in the U.S. and abroad, calling cards, business cards, inventories of Stella's artwork, financial papers, drawings and artwork by children and others, several oversized sketches by Stella, papers from the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors Inc., a ration book from World War II, one contract from the Cooperative Gallery, and other miscellaneous personal papers. Correspondence includes mostly letters received by Stella from art organizations, museums, dealers, family members, and colleagues including the Museum of Modern Art, Artists for Victory, ACA Gallery, M. Knoedler & Co., the Whitney Museum, Andrew Bondi, Marie Dumoulard, Katherine Dreier, August Mosca, and Charmion von Wiegand. An invitation to a lecture on Joseph Stella by Phyllis Ackerman is also present. Writings in Italian and English include an autobiography by Stella, essays about his life and work, poems, loose notes about his paintings and materials, and three notebooks. Writings about Stella by others, drafts of letters (especially in Italian), and some sketches are also present. Printed materials consist of newspaper clippings mostly concerning Stella's career, exhibition invitations and catalogs, printed reproductions of Stella's artwork, reference material, and more. Photographic materials include portraits of Stella, photos from his studio and travels, and the artist with friends and family; images of his artwork; and several photos from exhibitions.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as five series.

Series 1: Biographical Materials, circa 1915-1970 (Boxes 1, 4, OV 5; .3 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1921-1960 (Box 1; .8 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1920s-1940s (Box 2; .5 linear feet)

Series 4: Printed Materials, 1896, 1912-1963 (Boxes 2-4, OV 5)

Series 5: Photographic Materials, circa 1900-1960 (Boxes 3-4, OV 5; .5 linear feet)
Biographical / Historical:
Joseph Stella (1877-1946) was a New York City Painter and draughtsman who immigrated from Muro Lucano Italy in 1896. He received a traditional education while in Italy. At the suggestion of his brother, a medical doctor, Stella studied medicine for two years before leaving that path for his art. His primary subjects to draw and paint during this time were immigrants, laborers, and others he saw in the streets of New York City. Giotto, Masaccio, and Andrea Mantegna were his primary influences at the time. In circa 1899, Stella began taking classes at the Art Students League of New York, studying under William Merritt Chase. He received a scholarship for a year's tuition and began exhibiting his artwork shortly after. In 1902, Stella was sent to Pittsburgh by the periodical The Survey to paint scenes of that city. Illustrating for periodicals became his primary source of income during this period. In 1909, Stella moved to Italy to study glazing, and in 1911, he moved to Paris, where he encountered Fauvism, Cubism, and Futurism for the first time. During these few years in Europe, he befriended Marcel Gromaire, Jules Pascin, Umberto Boccioni, Gino Severini, and Amedeo Modigliani. Stella returned from Europe in 1912 and had three paintings exhibited in the 1913 Armory Show. Several years later, his subject matter shifted towards New York architecture, and he created some of his most well-known works including Brooklyn Bridge (1919-20) and New York Interpreted (1922). Bourgeois Gallery exhibited Stella's work from the late teens until the artist went to Dudensing Galleries in 1925. The following year, he moved to Naples and returned to the U.S. in 1934. In 1936, Stella had a solo exhibition at Cooperative Gallery in Newark, New Jersey; and the gallery exhibited his work for the rest of his life. There was a retrospective of Stella's work at The Newark Museum in 1936 and solo shows at Associated American Artists (1941) and Knoedler Galleries (1942). Other galleries who exhibited Stella's work include Valentine Gallery, New York, Galerie Sloden, Paris, Galerie Jeune Peinture, Paris, and Zabriskie Gallery, New York. From 1935 to 1937, he worked for the Works Progress Administration in the easel division. Stella served on the exhibition committee of Societe Anonyme, was a director of the Salons of America, and a member of the Federation of Painters and Sculptors Inc. He died of heart failure in 1946.
Separated Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming on reel 5137 (frames 1-63) including 29 loose sketches and a 16-page sketchbook by Joseph Stella. The materials were returned to Alan Pensler after microfilming, and are not described in the collection container inventory.
Provenance:
The Joseph Stella papers were donated in three installments. Stella's nephew, Sergio Stella, donated records in 1971 and 1986. Alan Pensler, a Washington, D.C. art dealer who acquired the papers from a woman who purchased the home and its contents of Dr. Giovanni Stella, Stella's brother, donated records in 1996.
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:
Draftsmen (artists) -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Italian American artists  Search this
Citation:
Joseph Stella papers, circa 1900-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.steljose
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d19f6f14-d66b-42eb-b54a-4ffabe80fc62
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-steljose

Hans Hofmann watercolours

Author:
Hofmann, Hans 1880-1966  Search this
Author:
Waddington Galleries  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Physical description:
8 unnumbered pages color illustrations 21 x 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Artist files
Date:
1973
Topic:
Watercolor painting, American  Search this
Aquarelle américaine  Search this
Call number:
AAF--Hofmann, Hans
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_734512

American paintings from Newport, from the Redwood Library and other collections

Author:
Delaware Art Center  Search this
Redwood Library and Athenaeum  Search this
Wichita Art Museum  Search this
Physical description:
76 p illustrations, ports 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1969
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
ND205 .A67
ND205.A67
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_6825

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