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Canuck Yankee Lumberjack at Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Artist:
Marsden Hartley, American, b. Lewiston, Maine, 1877–1943  Search this
Medium:
Oil on fiberboard
Dimensions:
40 1/8 x 30 in. (101.9 x 76 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1940-1941
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.2384
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School:
Early American Modernism
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py244bc570c-8e4c-4a3b-bd4d-a6c9d8bde5ca
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hmsg_66.2384

Research material on George Catlin

Creator:
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Names:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872 -- Portraits  Search this
Extent:
0.4 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
[ca. 1863-1987]
Scope and Contents:
Photographs, photogravures and copy prints of images of George Catlin collected by National Museum of American Art curator William Truettner.
Included are: two photographs of Catlin, one at age 72, by Bernheim, Brussels, Belgium, 1886, and one taken between 1863 and 1865, by Cornelisse, Brussels, Belgium, and a copyprint, possibly of Catlin, taken in London, 1870. Copyprints and photogravure's of art works depicting Catlin include Catlin's self-portrait painted in 1824, a miniature of Catlin painted by W.H. Watkins in 1841, a portrait of Catlin from POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, 1891, after Watkins' 1841 miniature, a woodcut of Catlin by W.J. Linton, London, 1845, a watercolor of Catlin, possibly by Catlin, ca. 1851, and a half-length portrait of Catlin painted by William H. Fisk, 1849. Also included are photographs of Catlin's palette, and two letters regarding the photographs, 1987.
Biographical / Historical:
Portrait painter, miniature painter, ethnographer; Pennsylvania Best known for his paintings of the American Indian. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Provenance:
Transferred from the National Museum of American Art by curator William Truettner, 1992. Truettner collected these images from various sources for his research on Catlin.
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  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.truewill
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw970e26f01-da71-4259-a429-b51056e99363
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-truewill

For museum audiences: The Morning of a new day?

Author:
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Editor:
Henderson, Amy E.  Search this
Kaeppler, Adrienne L.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
1997
Citation:
Truettner, William H. 1997. "For museum audiences: The Morning of a new day?" In Exhibiting dilemmas : issues of representation at the Smithsonian. Henderson, Amy E. and Kaeppler, Adrienne L., editors. 28–46. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Identifier:
167539
ISBN:
9781560986904
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_167539

Research material on George Catlin, [ca. 1863-1987]

Creator:
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Subject:
Catlin, George  Search this
Citation:
Research material on George Catlin, [ca. 1863-1987]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10940
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214718
AAA_collcode_truewill
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214718

The Voyage of Life: Youth, (painting)

Painter:
Cole, Thomas 1801-1848  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art 310 Genesee Street Utica New York 13502
Date:
1840
Topic:
Allegory--Life--Youth  Search this
Landscape--River  Search this
Landscape--Imaginary  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Control number:
IAP 38320029
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_50446

View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm - The Oxbow, (painting)

Title:
Oxbow (the Connecticut River Near Northampton), (painting)
Painter:
Cole, Thomas 1801-1848  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 08.228
Date:
1836
Topic:
Landscape--River--Connecticut River  Search this
Landscape--Massachusetts--Northampton  Search this
Landscape--Weather--Storm  Search this
Control number:
IAP 36120192
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_41981

The Pilgrim of the Cross on his Journey, (painting)

Painter:
Cole, Thomas 1801-1848  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Unlocated
Date:
1846-1847
Topic:
Landscape  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8E620006
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_448462

President Reagan and William Truettner

Author:
Nielsen, Kim  Search this
Subject:
Reagan, Ronald  Search this
Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this
Truettner, William H  Search this
National Collection of Fine Arts  Search this
National Museum of American Art (U.S.)  Search this
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
United States President  Search this
George Catlin: The Artist and the American Indian (Exhibition) (1981: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Event
Date:
1981
Topic:
Celebrities and Dignitaries  Search this
Art objects  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Standard number:
81-8750-17 or 81-8750.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8654

John Steuart Curry the cowboy within Frank N. Owings Jr., Elizabeth G. Seaton ; with William H. Truettner

Author:
Owings, Frank N., Jr  Search this
Seaton, Elizabeth Gaede  Search this
Truettner, William H.,  Search this
Author:
Curry, John Steuart 1897-1946  Search this
Publisher:
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art  Search this
Physical description:
80 pages illustrations (some color), portraits, map 23 x 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Exhibition, pictorial works
Date:
2019
Topic:
Cowboys in art  Search this
Cowboys--Pictorial works  Search this
Cowboys dans l'art  Search this
Cowboys  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.C979 M34 2019
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1114583

View near Catskill, (painting)

Title:
View near the Village of Catskill, (painting)
Painter:
Cole, Thomas 1801-1848  Search this
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco M. H. de Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park San Francisco California 94118 Accession Number: 1993.35.7
Date:
1827
Topic:
Landscape--Mountain--Catskill Mountains  Search this
Landscape--New York  Search this
Landscape--River  Search this
Animal--Sheep  Search this
Control number:
IAP 83410033
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_205720

River in the Catskills, (painting)

Painter:
Cole, Thomas 1801-1848  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 47.1201
Date:
1843
Topic:
Landscape--Mountain--Catskill Mountains  Search this
Landscape--New York  Search this
Landscape--River  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Control number:
IAP 20490249
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_264040

Leroy Ireland letter to William H. Truettner

Creator:
Ireland, Leroy, 1889-1970  Search this
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Subject:
Inness, George  Search this
Ireland, Leroy  Search this
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Type:
Correspondence
Date:
1970 Jan. 13
Citation:
Leroy Ireland. Leroy Ireland letter to William H. Truettner, 1970 Jan. 13. Leroy Ireland research material on George Inness, 1916-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)15480
See more items in:
Leroy Ireland research material on George Inness, 1916-2007, bulk 1960-1971
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_15480
Online Media:

Remembering Roger Stein (1932-2010)

Author:
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2010
Citation:
Truettner, William H. 2010. "Remembering Roger Stein (1932-2010)." American Art, 24, (2) 100–102. https://doi.org/10.1086/656462.
Identifier:
92641
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1086/656462
ISSN:
1073-9300
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_92641

Painting Indians and Building Empires in North America, 1710-1840

Author:
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2010
Citation:
Truettner, William H. 2010. Painting Indians and Building Empires in North America, 1710-1840. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Identifier:
92642
ISBN:
9780520266315
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_92642

Thomas Moran at Acoma

Author:
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2009
Citation:
Truettner, William H. 2009. "Thomas Moran at Acoma." In Art at Colby: Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Colby College Museum of Art. 180. Waterville, Maine: Colby College Museum of Art.
Identifier:
80179
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_80179

Museums and Historical Amnesia

Author:
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Editor:
Sherman, Daniel J.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2008
Citation:
Truettner, William H. 2008. "Museums and Historical Amnesia." In Museums and difference. Sherman, Daniel J., editor. 354–374. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Identifier:
71448
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_71448

Looking at Art with Lane Faison

Author:
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2007
Citation:
Truettner, William H. 2007. "Looking at Art with Lane Faison." American Art, 21 109–111.
Identifier:
71449
ISSN:
1073-9300
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_71449

Old West Meets New Art History: Some Reasons Why the Dust Hasn't Settled

Author:
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2007
Citation:
Truettner, William H. 2007. "Old West Meets New Art History: Some Reasons Why the Dust Hasn't Settled." In Redrawing Boundaries : perspectives on Western American art. 28–43. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Identifier:
71450
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_71450

'A Strange Mixture: The Art and Politics of Painting Pueblo Indians' by Sascha T. Scott

Author:
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2017
Citation:
Truettner, William H. 2017. [Book review] ""A Strange Mixture: The Art and Politics of Painting Pueblo Indians" by Sascha T. Scott." CAA Reviews, 200. https://doi.org/10.3202/caa.reviews.2017.200.
Identifier:
144849
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3202/caa.reviews.2017.200
ISSN:
1543-950X
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_144849

Picture the Murder of Jane McCrea: A Critical Moment in Transatlantic Romanticisim

Author:
Truettner, William H.  Search this
Editor:
Hemingway, Andrew  Search this
Wallach, Allan  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2015
Citation:
Truettner, William H. 2015. "Picture the Murder of Jane McCrea: A Critical Moment in Transatlantic Romanticisim." In Transatlantic Romanticism: British and American Art and Literature, 1790-1860. Hemingway, Andrew and Wallach, Allan, editors. 229–258. Amherst: University of Massachusetts.
Identifier:
135522
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_135522

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