2 notebooks, "Landscape Painting, Volumes 1 and 2," from classes with George Demont Otis.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter; Larkspur, Calif.
Provenance:
Donated 1977 by Walter Rivers.
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.
6 letters and one 12-page draft for "Preface to Otis Reminiscences," all of which concern a projected biography of Otis.
Biographical / Historical:
Painter, writer; Palo Alto, Calif. Otis was a painter and teacher, Kentfield, Calif.
Provenance:
Donated 1976 by George D. Roberts.
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.
Correspondence; photographs; writings; printed material; miscellaneous papers regarding Otis and his work collected by his niece, Grace J. Hartley.
REEL 266: Correspondence, biographical material, poetry, notes on Southwest Indians, lists of paintings, photographs of Otis and his work, sketchbooks, clippings, catalogs, announcements, and miscellaneous papers.
REEL 2813: Seven photographs of Otis' works; clippings; a biographical sketch, 1948; letters, 1973-1974; and exhibition announcements, 1974.
Landscape painter and teacher; San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, California. Specialized in paintings of Indians.
Provenance:
Material on reel 266 lent for microfilming by Otis' neice Grace Hartley in 1971; she donated additonal material in 1974.
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.
The scattered papers of painter Vera Michels date from circa 1920 to 1976 and measure 0.2 linear feet. Found are sketches and a drawing by Michels, three notebooks kept by Michels during George Otis's landscape painting class, and photographs of works of art by Michels.
Scope and Contents:
The scattered papers of painter Vera Michels date from circa 1920 to 1976 and measure 0.2 linear feet. Found are three sketches by Michels, three notebooks kept by Michels during George Otis's landscape painting class, and photographs of works of art by Michels.
Arrangement:
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
Biographical / Historical:
Vera Michels (1894-1990) was a painter in Greenbrae, California. She studied under George Demont Otis.
Provenance:
Vera Michels donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in 1976.
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:
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