Correspondence, articles, clippings, and gallery literature.
Among the correspondents are Charles Avery Aiken, Grace Albee, Ernfred Anderson, John Taylor Arms, Ralph H. Avery, William J. Aylward, Merrill A. Bailey, Vernon Howe Bailey, George Biddle, Louis Bouche, Fiske Boyd, J. Paul Bransom, Charles Burchfield, Clarence H. Carter, Asa Cheffetz, Eliot C. Clark, Howard N. Cook,Dean Cornwell, James H. Daugherty, E. Hubert Deines, Fritz Eichenberg, Ralph Fabri, Robert Fawcett, James D. Havens, Wilmot Emerton Heitland, Peter Helck, J. Lars Hoftrup, Philip Kappel, Rockwell Kent, Julius J. Lankes, Clare Leighton, Warren B. Mack, Roy M. Mason, Leo Meissner, John C. Menihan, Henry C. Pitz, Ogden Pleissner, Grant T. Reynard, William S. Rice, Norman Rockwell, Sven Birger Sandzen, Alice P. Schafer, Eric Sloane, Charles W. Smith, James Swann, Donald Teague, Nora S. Unwin, Robert Von Neumann, Lynd Ward, Herbert O. Waters, Aldren A. Watson, Stow Wengenroth, Frederic Whitaker, Esther Williams, Edward A. Wilson, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Illustrator, educator, lithographer, engraver, painter and writer; studied at Rochester Institute of Technology and was active in New York State. Former editor of AMERICAN ARTIST.
Related Materials:
Additional Norman Kent papers pertaining to American Artist also located at: George Arent Research Library Syracuse University.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1965 by Norman Kent.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
A scrapbook of lecture notes and student exercises for the 1902-1903 class on design taught by Edna Boies at the Veltin School for Girls, Manhattan. This scrapbook provides unusual documentation of the kind of instruction and course work found in an art class at the turn of the century. The chronologically arranged lecture notes are composed of directions, information and inspirational quotes. Topics covered include Japanese prints, the elements of good design, the Parthenon, Giotto, and the early Renaissance. Assignments and class exercises include the designing of a class pin, good composition using mass and line, designing vases, covered bowls, jewelry and lamps. Included in the scrapbook are Boies' own exercise samples, tracings of exercises produced by students, critiques of class work, poems, an introductory essay on Japanese prints, and clippings from THE OWL, a student newspaper, reviewing a lecture series delivered by Royal Cortissoz during the school year.
Biographical / Historical:
Block printmaker. Born in Hudson, Michigan in 1872, Edna Boies studied a general art course at the Art Academy of Cincinnati from 1895 to 1899, then woodblock print making at the Pratt Institute, New York, under Arthur Wesley Dow. For the academic year of 1902-03, Boies taught composition and design at the Veltin School for Girls, Manhattan. Boies married art educator James Roy Hopkins in 1904. The two artists travelled around the world, spending time in Japan, where Edna Hopkins further studied Ukiyo-e woodblock print making. The couple settled in Paris in 1905, returning to the United States at the start of World War I. From 1914 to 1920, Edna Hopkins was involved with the Provincetown Printers. She lived in Paris from 1920 to 1923. She abandoned print making in 1923, perhaps due to arthritis, having established a reputation as a woodblock printer and teacher. Her work was influenced by Ukiyo-e prints, B.J.O. Nordfeldt and the Provincetown Printers, and European Post-Impressionism.
Provenance:
Donor Mary Ryan acquired this scrapbook, along with other materials by Hopkins, in France in the mid-1980s. Hopkins had left the materials with a friend before she returned to the United States in 1923. They were discovered by a French dealer in 1984. See Mary Ryan Gallery 1989 exhibition catalog on Edna Boies Hopkins.
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.
19 photographs, undated and 1904-1969, of Tod Lindenmuth and others including his wife, Elisabeth Boardman Warren, and Ross Moffett; 31 photographs, undated and 1913-1976, of Lindenmuth's oil paintings, blockprints, and collages; works of art, undated and 1920-1979, including 1 color and 3 pencil sketches and 1 blockprint; and 2 pages of reproductions of Lindenmuth's blockprints from THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT, May, 1930, pages 44-45.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, graphic artist, block printer; Provincetown and Rockport, Mass. and St. Augustine, Fla. He was active in the Provincetown Art Association. His wife Elisabeth Warren Lindenmuth was a painter, engraver and children's books illustrator.
Provenance:
Handwritten notes appearing throughout the collection were provided by the lender, Ann L. Fisk, daughter of Tod Lindenmuth. The dates written on the backs of the photographs and sketches are approximate.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Scrapbook of letters, clippings, artworks, reproductions, and a catalog from the Federal Art Project, "Printmaking: A New Tradition"; 4 sketchbooks; 16 loose sketches and an etching; reproductions; 2 photographs of Sanger at work; and source material for his artwork.
Biographical / Historical:
Wood engraver, woodcutter, printmaker, illustrator, draftsman, and painter; New York, N.Y. and Marlow Heights, Maryland.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1981 by Isaac Sanger.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Topic:
Printing -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
A resume; photographs; and printed material, including announcements and catalogs, reviews, and a book, NICHOLAS SPERAKIS - WOODCUTS (New York: Smyrna Press).
Biographical / Historical:
Woodcut artist, painter, and draftsman; New York, N.Y.
Provenance:
Donated 1981 by Nicholas Sperakis.
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 -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Woodcutters (printmakers) -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
A loose leaf diary, 1960-1962, containing about 100 entries, mostly undated or from the first few months of each year, and painting lists for each year; a letter, 1960; 2 exhibition catalogs for Amen's woodcuts, 1960 and 1964; and 3 uninscribed greeting cards, copyrighted by the Artists Studio Publication, which feature Amen's color woodcuts.
Diary contains entries on his current work, including etchings, monotypes, paintings, woodcuts, etc., and refers to them by title. He often expresses his attitude toward his work, especially his experiments with new materials and techniques such as spray paint, masonite, air brush, and Duco dripping. He refers to sales, exhibits, galleries, juries, customers, and his reactions to the work of other artists seen in museums and galleries. He expresses his concern that control of the Print Council is going into the hands of "a few Eastern and mainly New York curators;" records his negative impression of Fritz Eichenberg, and writes of having to destroy some of his works to make room for his new ones. Included are a summary of what he calls his 1961 successes, and lists of hundreds of his works with occasional notes about their condition.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, printmaker.
Provenance:
Collection was lent to AAA in April 1965, subsequently given in July 1965.
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.
Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold), 1856-1933 Search this
Extent:
3 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sketchbooks
Date:
[undated] and 1932-1991
Scope and Contents:
Biographical material, correspondence, writings, files, art work, and printed material.
Included are curricula vitae; correspondence with family members, artists, and friends including Lauren Gunn, Allen Lewis, Catherine Sears, Lynd Ward and others, and relating to publication of her cousin Francis Knapp's experiences with the Tlingit of Alaska; correspondence of her sister Alice Winchester, after Inman's death, about donating her work and the Alaska material; Christmas cards from artist friends; notes on Inman's reactions to each work shown at an exhibition at the American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1932-1933, and on printmaking materials; a sketchbook; 2 prints, one possibly not by Inman;
artists' files on Grace Albee, John Taylor Arms, Bernard Brussel-Smith, Asa Cheffetz, Thomas Nason, Susie Thompson, Lynd Ward, Stow Wengenroth, Andrew Wyeth and others, containing exhibition information and printed material; files for magazine articles or illustrations by Inman on wood engraver Alexander Anderson, the Society of Graphic Artists, the Print Collector, and the Woodcut Society; and printed material including catalogs, clippings, illustrations, bookplates by Norman Kent, and Inman's 50th Reunion Book from Smith College.
Biographical / Historical:
Printmaker, author, illustrator, Conn. Studied wood engraving with Allen Lewis.
Provenance:
Donated 1991 by Alice Winchester, Inman's sister.
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.
Two letters from Rupprecht in Munich, one to "Herr Booth" regarding a stained glass window at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the other to an unidentified woman regarding wood block prints.
Biographical / Historical:
Wood engraver, stained glass artist.
Provenance:
Donated by Mrs. William D. Vogel, apparently the daughter of Ralph Harmon Booth, a founder of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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.
