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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

Threnody [Cleve Gray]

Author:
Gray, Cleve  Search this
Publisher:
Neuberger Museum of Art  Search this
Host institution:
Purchase College, State University of New York  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries Art and Artist Files Collection  Search this
Subject:
Gray, Cleve Threnody  Search this
Physical description:
1 folded sheet ([4] pages) color illustrations 18 x 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Artist files
Date:
1975
20th century
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Call number:
AAF--Gray, Cleve
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_995810

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
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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
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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

Planar painting : constructs, 1975-1980 : Stuart Diamond, Sam Gilliam, Charles Hinman, Ralph Humphrey, Eliot Lable, Elizabeth Munro-Smith, Betty Parsons, Barbara Schwartz, Frank Stella : [exhibition] October 18-November 15, 1980, Alternative Museum, New York / Corinne Robins, curator

Author:
Robins, Corinne  Search this
Alternative Museum (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
[26] p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1980
C1980
20th century
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Painters  Search this
Call number:
ND212 .R613 1980
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_527208

Frank Harmon Myers papers

Creator:
Myers, Frank Harmon, 1899-1956  Search this
Names:
Bunker, John  Search this
Myers, Ella Price  Search this
Extent:
2.2 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1891-1976
bulk 1908-1960
Summary:
The papers of painter Frank Harmon Myers measure 2.2 linear feet and date from 1891 to 1976, with the bulk of the records dating from 1908 to 1963. The records shed light on the artist's career in Ohio and California through biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, artwork, printed materials, and photographic materials.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of painter Frank Harmon Myers measure 2.2 linear feet and date from 1891 to 1976, with the bulk of the records dating from 1908 to 1963. The records shed light on the artist's career in Ohio and California through biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, artwork, printed materials, and photographic materials.

Biographical materials include Myers' resume, letters that confirm some of the courses he studied and taught, one membership list and meeting minutes of the Carmel Art Association, notes from a Myers art lecture on Sante Fe, one sales ledger, and drafts and notes of "And The Glory," a biography on Myers written by his wife, Ella Price Myers. Correspondence is a mixture of personal and professional letters, shedding light on Myers' freidnships, personal and professional relationship with his wife, and his travels. Correspondents include artists Sheldon Dixie and Albert Berne, poet and advertiser John Bunker, Myers' nephew Sheldon, and his son Frank. The series also includes a map that of the United States on which Myers traced his sketching trips, 1926 to 1950, a cartoon by Herman Wessel, and clippings related to John Weis. Printed materials include newspaper and magazine clippings concerning Myers' artwork, career, and exhibitions, a series of advertisements illustrated by Myers, two lithographs of his artwork, and some exhibition ephemera. Artwork consists of childhood drawings by Myers of Native Americans, holiday themes, and portraits; later sketches, mostly in charcoal and pencil, include figure and portrait studies, city scenes, and several still lifes; one 1916 landscape painting by Myers, cloth with a linoleum block design, paint samples from Myers' studio, and small sketches and doodles drawn on scraps of paper. Photographic materials depict Myers' artwork, portraits of the artist, his family and friends, and his home in Pacific Grove.

A fair amount of the collection's files include notes with contextual information written by Ella Price Myers.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as five series.

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1891-1976 (Box 1; .2 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1921-1973 (Box 1-2; 1 linear feet)

Series 3: Printed Materials, 1924-1963 (Box 2, OV 3; .5 linear feet)

Series 4: Artwork, circa 1908-1956 (Box 2, OV 4; .6 linear feet)

Series 5: Photographical Materials, 1910-1962 (Box 2; 4 folders)
Biographical / Historical:
Frank Harmon Myers (1899-1956) was an impressionist painter and art educator who lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Pacific Grove, California. Myers was born in Cleves, Ohio, and moved to Cincinnati around 1907. His interest in art took off prior to his teenage years, illustrating a series of body-length portraits of Native Americans, several landscapes, and art with holiday themes. Myers studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati under Frank Duveneck, H. H. Wessel, and John Ellsworth Weiss; took a summer course at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Daniel Garber, Hugh Henry Breckenridge, and Joseph Thurman Pearson Jr.; and the School of Fine Arts at Fontainebleau, France, under Jean Despujols and Gourguet. Myers began showing his art at the Closson Galleries circa 1920 and taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati from 1921 to circa 1941. In 1932, Myers spent a year on sabbatical in Sante Fe, New Mexico, painting animals, people, ranches and farms, villages, and landscapes. He and his wife, Ella Price Myers, moved to Pacific Grove, California, in 1940 so that Myers could pursue painting full-time. His work was frequently exhibited at the Carmel Art Association from this point onwards, with additional solo shows at Pebble Beach Galleries, San Jose State College, M. H. De Young Museum, Crocker Art Gallery, and others. Myers paintings were featured in group exhibitions at The Salon, Paris, Harlow Galleries, New York, St. Louis City Museum, Missouri, Alright Museum, New York, and more. Myers served as president of the Carmel Art Association in 1953.
Separated Materials:
The Archives of American Art also holds one scrapbook of Frank Myers publicity, circa 1925-1945, lent for microfilming on reel D42. Loaned materials were returned to Ella Price Myers and are not described in the collection container inventory.
Provenance:
The collection was donated by Ella Price Myers, Myers' widow, from 1960 to 1974. An addition was donated in 1994 by Myers' daughter-in-law Patricia Clarke Myers, ex-wife of Myers' only son Frank P. Myers.
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:
Educators -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this
Landscape painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this
Painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this
Painters -- California -- Monterey  Search this
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Impressionism (Art) -- United States  Search this
Citation:
Frank Harmon Myers papers, 1891-1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.myerfran
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Frank Harmon Myers papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9077c2193-4a6b-4502-a980-af9b71db1d43
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-myerfran

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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Joseph Stella papers
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

Lamar Dodd; a retrospective exhibition [presented by] the High Museum of Art in collaboration with the Georgia Museum of Art, the University of Georgia, Athens

Author:
Dodd, Lamar  Search this
Author:
Georgia Museum of Art  Search this
High Museum of Art  Search this
Subject:
Dodd, Lamar  Search this
Physical description:
134 p 93 plates (part color), port 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1970
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.D632 H6
ND237.D57 A49X
N40.1.D632H6
ND237.D57A49X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_6870

Robert Indiana graphics An introd. by Richard-Raymond Alasko. Poem by Michael Patrick O'Connor with commentary by the artist. An exhibition organized by the Department of Art of Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana. June 12 to July 6, 1969

Author:
Indiana, Robert 1928-2018  Search this
Author:
Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, Ind.) Department of Art  Search this
Subject:
Indiana, Robert 1928-  Search this
Physical description:
47 p illustrations (part color), port 23 x 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1969
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Grafik  Search this
Call number:
NE2237.5.I5 A54X
N40.1.I39S146 1969
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_6907

Philip Guston [Catalogue of paintings and drawings] October 1970

Author:
Guston, Philip 1913-1980  Search this
Author:
Marlborough Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Guston, Philip 1913-1980  Search this
Physical description:
44 p illustrations (part color), port 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1970
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Drawing, American  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Dessin américain  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.G98 M3
ND237.G8 A55X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_6946

The American sense of reality

Author:
Philbrook Art Center  Search this
Physical description:
56 p illus 20 x 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
United States
Date:
1969
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:
ND205 .P54
ND205.P54
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7267

Forty masterworks of American art [Exhibition held] Oct. 28 through Nov. 14, 1970

Author:
Hirschl & Adler Galleries  Search this
Physical description:
57 p illustrations (part color), portraits (part color) 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1970
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
ND205 .H66f
ND205.H66f
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7341

Great American paintings from the Boston and Metropolitan Museums by Thomas N. Maytham

Author:
Maytham, Thomas N  Search this
Author:
City Art Museum of St. Louis  Search this
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)  Search this
Seattle Art Museum  Search this
Physical description:
163 p illustrations (part color) 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1971
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
ND205 .M33 1971X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7423

New York school, the first generation paintings of the 1940s and 1950s Foreword by Maurice Tuchman

Author:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art  Search this
Tuchman, Maurice  Search this
Physical description:
228 p illustrations (part color) 22 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
United States
New York (State)
New York
États-Unis
New York (État)
Date:
1971
Topic:
New York school of art  Search this
Painters  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Painting  Search this
École de New York (Art)  Search this
Peintres  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Peinture  Search this
Call number:
ND235.N5 L87 1971
ND235.N5L87 1971
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7502

American sports and sportsmen; paintings of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries [Catalog]

Author:
Kennedy Galleries  Search this
Physical description:
48 pages (chiefly illustrations) 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1968
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Sports in art  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Sports dans l'art  Search this
Call number:
ND205 .K4X
ND205.K4X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7557

Americans at home and abroad, 1870-1920 a loan exhibition for the benefit of the American Association of Museums

Author:
American Association of Museums  Search this
Meredith Long Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
58 p illustrations (part color) 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Catalogues d'exposition
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1971
19th century
20th century
20e siècle
19e siècle
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
ND210 .A512
ND210.A512
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7639

Four views [Exhibition] September 19-November 15, 1970

Author:
New Jersey State Museum  Search this
Physical description:
[24] p illus 22 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1970
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Call number:
ND212 .N3685X
ND212.N3685X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7873

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