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Maker:

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

conte crayon (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 26 cm x 37 cm; 10 1/4 in x 14 9/16 in

Object Name:

drawing

Object Type:

Drawings

Subject:

Fishing  Search this

Credit Line:

Estate of Gifford Beal through Katherine Degn, Kraushaar Galleries

ID Number:

2012.3036.69

Nonaccession number:

2012.3036

Catalog number:

2012.3036.69

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-8347-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1823861

Maker:

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Physical Description:

watercolor (overall material)

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 26 cm x 37 cm; 10 1/4 in x 14 9/16 in

Object Name:

drawing

Object Type:

Drawings

Subject:

Fishing  Search this

Credit Line:

Estate of Gifford Beal through Katherine Degn, Kraushaar Galleries

ID Number:

2012.3036.70

Nonaccession number:

2012.3036

Catalog number:

2012.3036.70

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-c681-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1823862

Maker:

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Physical Description:

ink (overall material)

watercolor (overall material)

paper (overall material)

graphite (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 19 cm x 51 cm; 7 15/32 in x 20 3/32 in

Object Name:

drawing

Object Type:

Drawings

Subject:

Fishing  Search this

Credit Line:

Estate of Gifford Beal through Katherine Degn, Kraushaar Galleries

ID Number:

2012.3036.71

Nonaccession number:

2012.3036

Catalog number:

2012.3036.71

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-83cf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1823863

Maker:

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Physical Description:

conte crayon (overall material)

paper (overall material)

graphite (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 23.5 cm x 31 cm; 9 1/4 in x 12 7/32 in

Object Name:

drawing

Object Type:

Drawings

Subject:

Fishing  Search this

Credit Line:

Estate of Gifford Beal through Katherine Degn, Kraushaar Galleries

ID Number:

2012.3036.72

Nonaccession number:

2012.3036

Catalog number:

2012.3036.72

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-83d0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1823864

Maker:

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Physical Description:

ink (overall material)

paper (overall material)

conte crayon (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 30.5 cm x 46 cm; 12 in x 18 1/8 in

Object Name:

drawing

Object Type:

Drawings

Subject:

Fishing  Search this

Credit Line:

Estate of Gifford Beal through Katherine Degn, Kraushaar Galleries

ID Number:

2012.3036.73

Nonaccession number:

2012.3036

Catalog number:

2012.3036.73

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-c682-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1823865

Maker:

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Physical Description:

ink (overall material)

paper (overall material)

graphite (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 43 cm x 35.5 cm; 16 15/16 in x 13 31/32 in

Object Name:

drawing

Object Type:

Drawings

Subject:

Circus  Search this

Credit Line:

Estate of Gifford Beal through Katherine Degn, Kraushaar Galleries

ID Number:

2012.3036.74

Nonaccession number:

2012.3036

Catalog number:

2012.3036.74

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-83d1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1823866

Maker:

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Physical Description:

ink (overall material)

paper (overall material)

graphite (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 43 cm x 35.5 cm; 16 15/16 in x 13 31/32 in

Object Name:

drawing

Object Type:

Drawings

Subject:

Circus  Search this

Credit Line:

Estate of Gifford Beal through Katherine Degn, Kraushaar Galleries

ID Number:

2012.3036.75

Nonaccession number:

2012.3036

Catalog number:

2012.3036.75

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-c683-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1823867

Maker:

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Physical Description:

conte crayon (overall material)

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 16 cm x 18 cm; 6 5/16 in x 7 3/32 in

Object Name:

drawing

Object Type:

Drawings

Subject:

Landscape  Search this

Credit Line:

Estate of Gifford Beal through Katherine Degn, Kraushaar Galleries

ID Number:

2012.3036.76

Nonaccession number:

2012.3036

Catalog number:

2012.3036.76

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-c684-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1823868

Maker:

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Physical Description:

conte crayon (overall material)

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 22 cm x 28 cm; 8 21/32 in x 11 1/32 in

Object Name:

drawing

Object Type:

Drawings

Subject:

Fishing  Search this

Credit Line:

Estate of Gifford Beal through Katherine Degn, Kraushaar Galleries

ID Number:

2012.3036.77

Nonaccession number:

2012.3036

Catalog number:

2012.3036.77

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-83d2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1823869

Maker:

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 35.5 cm x 49 cm; 13 31/32 in x 19 9/32 in

Object Name:

drawing

Object Type:

Drawings

Subject:

Fishing  Search this

Credit Line:

Estate of Gifford Beal through Katherine Degn, Kraushaar Galleries

ID Number:

2012.3036.78

Nonaccession number:

2012.3036

Catalog number:

2012.3036.78

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-c0ea-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1823870

Maker:

Beal, Gifford  Search this

Physical Description:

conte crayon (overall material)

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 26 cm x 37 cm; 10 1/4 in x 14 9/16 in

Object Name:

drawing

Object Type:

Drawings

Subject:

Fishing  Search this

Credit Line:

Estate of Gifford Beal through Katherine Degn, Kraushaar Galleries

ID Number:

2012.3036.79

Nonaccession number:

2012.3036

Catalog number:

2012.3036.79

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-c685-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1823871

Creator:

Jacques Seligmann & Co.  Search this

Subject:

Hauke, Cesar M. de (Cesar Mange)  Search this

Glaenzer, Eugene  Search this

Haardt, Georges  Search this

Seligman, Germain  Search this

Seligmann, Arnold  Search this

Parker, Theresa D.  Search this

Waegen, Rolf Hans  Search this

Trevor, Clyfford  Search this

Seligmann, René  Search this

Seligmann, Jacques  Search this

De Hauke & Co., Inc.  Search this

Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this

Eugene Glaenzer & Co.  Search this

Germain Seligmann & Co.  Search this

Gersel  Search this

Type:

Gallery records

Citation:

Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Mackay, Clarence Hungerford, 1874-1938 -- Art collections  Search this

Schiff, Mortimer L. -- Art collections  Search this

Arenberg, duc d' -- Art collections  Search this

Liechtenstein, House of -- Art collections  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- Paris  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

La Fresnaye, Roger de, 1885-1925  Search this

Art, Renaissance  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Art treasures in war  Search this

Art, European  Search this

Theme:

Art Gallery Records  Search this

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9936

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212486

AAA_collcode_jacqself

Theme:

Art Gallery Records

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212486

Collection Creator:

Sanford, Marion  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1937-1965

Collection 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.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers, 1929-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Funding for the preservation of the Cornelia Chapin Home Movies was provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation.

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Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers

Marion Sanford and Cornelia Chapin papers / Series 2: Printed Material

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fdb4d607-91b1-4699-b9d6-7170029e71ce

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-sanfmari-ref27

Collection Creator:

Associated American Artists  Search this

Container:

Box 23, Folder 7

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

The collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C., facility.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Associated American Artists records, circa 1934-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Associated American Artists records / Series 2: Dealers, Galleries and Museums

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9100a715d-5c64-4626-ad3b-037a9cb8b9c6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-assoamea-ref1043

Creator:

Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956  Search this

Subject:

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen)  Search this

Kent, Rockwell  Search this

Beal, Maud Ramsdell  Search this

Cox, Edward  Search this

Bruce, Edward  Search this

Watson, Forbes  Search this

Wortman, Denys  Search this

Hancock, Walker Kirtland  Search this

Pennell, Joseph  Search this

Rowan, Edward Beatty  Search this

Federal Art Project  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Travel diaries

Love letters

Drawings

Prints

Diaries

Paintings

Photographs

Citation:

Gifford Beal sketches, sketchbooks, and papers, 1889-2001, bulk 1900-1954. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Drawing -- Technique  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Pennsylvania -- Allentown  Search this

Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10981

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214824

AAA_collcode_bealgiff

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214824

Creator:

Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project  Search this

Beal, Maud Ramsdell  Search this

Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943  Search this

Cox, Edward  Search this

Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928  Search this

Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998  Search this

Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971  Search this

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926  Search this

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960  Search this

Wortman, Denys, 1887-1958  Search this

Extent:

7.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Travel diaries

Love letters

Drawings

Prints

Diaries

Paintings

Photographs

Date:

1889-2001

bulk 1900-1954

Summary:

The papers of painter and muralist Gifford Beal measure 7.7 linear feet and date from 1889 to 2001. The bulk of the collection consists of artwork, in addition to correspondence, writings, printed matter, including one scrapbook, pictorial subject files, photographs, and two scrapbooks of photographs of works of art. Artwork is primarily in the form of sketches and seventy-eight sketchbooks in a wide variety of media. Among the loose sketches are twenty-eight oil paintings on wood board or panel, and fourteen large pastel drawings on canvas depicting dancing figures in a romantic style. Artwork by other artists in the collection include prints by Arthur B. Davies, Rockwell Kent, and Denys Wortman.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of painter and muralist Gifford Beal measure 7.7 linear feet and date from 1889 to 2001. The bulk of the collection consists of artwork, in addition to correspondence, writings, printed matter, including one scrapbook, pictorial subject files, photographs, and two scrapbooks of photographs of works of art. Artwork is primarily in the form of sketches and seventy-eight sketchbooks in a wide variety of media. Among the loose sketches are twenty-eight oil paintings on wood board or panel, and fourteen large pastel drawings on canvas depicting dancing figures in a romantic style. Artwork by other artists in the collection include prints by Arthur B. Davies, Rockwell Kent, and Denys Wortman.

Biographical materials include membership certificates, a marriage certificate, and a travel journal kept by Beal's wife, Maud Ramsdell Beal, on their honeymoon. Personal correspondence consists primarily of love letters between Beal and Maud Ramsdell Beal. Three folders of professional correspondence contain letters from Joseph Pennell (1925); Federal Art Project staff from the Treasury Department including Ed Rowan, Edward Bruce, and Forbes Watson (1938); Walker Hancock (1951); and a series of letters signed "Hyde," from Crow Island, Massachusetts, which may have been written by Edward Hyde Cox (1953-1954).

Also found among the papers are printed materials such as exhibition catalogs, clippings, and reproductions of artwork, both loose and in a scrapbook from the 1920s; subject files containing clippings, photographs, and other pictorial references to common subjects of Beal's artwork; a few personal photographs; and photographs of works of art. Notes and writings are found among Beal's sketchbooks, including one long autobiographical essay which may have been for a lecture, a few diary entries from 1942, and extensive notes on the color, form, and lighting of his sketching subjects. In addition to a scrapbook relating to Beal exhibitions, there are also two scrapbooks containing photographs of works of art.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 7 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1900-1909, 1942, 1953 (0.2 linear feet; Boxes 1 and 5, OV 10)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1906-1954 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Printed Materials, 1900-2001 (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 1, 5, OVs 11, 16)

Series 4: Subject Files, 1889-1953 (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, OV 10-12)

Series 5: Photographs, 1908-1950 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2, OV 10)

Series 6: Artwork, 1900-1951 (3.3 linear feet; Boxes 2-9; OV 10, 13-20 and rolled documents 21 and 22)

Series 7: Scrapbook, circa 1919-circa 1951 (1.1 linear ft; Boxes 7, 23)

Biographical Note:

Painter and muralist Gifford Beal was born in New York City in 1879, the youngest of six children. Beal began his art training at 13, when he accompanied his older brother, Reynolds Beal, to the Shinnecock School of Art for classes with William Merritt Chase. Gifford Beal continued to study with Chase for ten years at Shinnecock, the Tenth Street Studio building in New York City, and the New York School of Art. Beal attended college at Princeton University from 1896 to 1900, and from 1901 to 1903 he also took classes at the Art Students League with George Bridgman and Frank Vincent DuMond. In 1908, Beal married Maud Ramsdell of Newburgh, New York, where the Beal family also had an estate. They had two sons, William (b. 1914) and Gifford, Jr. (b. 1917).

Beal received all of his training in the United States at a time when European art training was the norm among his peers. Beal's earliest subject matter was taken from the familiar worlds of New York City and the Hudson River Valley, where he frequently spent his summers. Later work would depict other summer homes, including Provincetown, Rockport, and Gloucester, Massachusetts. Throughout his career he explored a variety of styles in his approach to these and other representational subjects such as garden parties, the circus, Central Park scenes, and coastal scenes in the Northeast and the Caribbean.

Beal exhibited at the National Academy of Design's annual exhibition almost continuously from 1901 to 1956, was a member of the Academy from 1914, and won at least seven awards given by the Academy over the course of his career. He won his first award in 1903 from the Worcester Art Museum. He exhibited regularly in major annual exhibitions and world expositions, including the Panama Pacific Exposition of 1915, where he won a gold medal.

Gifford and Reynolds Beal exhibited in a two-man show in 1907 at Clausen Galleries, and the two brothers were both eventually represented by Kraushaar Galleries, where Gifford Beal had his first one-man show in 1920. Beal served as president of the Art Students League from 1916 until 1930, the longest term of any president, and taught there in 1931 and 1932.

Beal was commissioned by the Section on Painting and Sculpture of the Works Progress Administration to paint ten murals for the Allentown, Pennsylvania post office in the late 1930s. The Allentown murals depicted American revolutionaries hiding the liberty bell at Allentown. In 1941, he completed two murals in the Department of the Interior building in Washington, DC: North Country, and Tropical Country, and he painted seven panels at Princeton University in 1943 depicting the life of the nineteenth-century engineer Joseph Henry. He was awarded an honorary Masters degree by Princeton in 1947.

Retrospective exhibitions were held at the Century Club, San Francisco Museum, Des Moines Art Center, and Butler Institute in the early 1950s. Upon his death in 1956, a memorial exhibition was held at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, where Beal became a member in 1943.

Provenance:

Papers were donated to the Archives by Gifford Beal's descendants in three separate accessions. Beal's sons, William and Gifford R. Beal, Jr., donated sketches and sketchbooks in 1992 and 1993. Richard and Lewis Goff, Margaret Beal Alexander, and Telka Beal donated additional sketches, sketchbooks, and materials from Beal's studio in 2000 through the Cape Ann Savings Bank, facilitated by Kraushaar Galleries.

Margaret Beal Alexander, Beal's granddaughter, also donated personal papers of her grandparents via Kraushaar Galleries in 2000. Additional sketchbooks and a poster illustrated by Beal were donated by Beal's Estate via Kraushaar Galleries in 2007. Two scrapbooks of photographs of works of art were donated by Beal's Estate via Kraushaar Galleries in 2015.

Restrictions:

The bulk of the collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website. Use of material not digitized requires an appointment.

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 -- New York (State)  Search this

Topic:

Drawing -- Technique  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Pennsylvania -- Allentown  Search this

Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Travel diaries

Love letters

Drawings

Prints

Diaries

Paintings

Photographs

Citation:

Gifford Beal sketches, sketchbooks, and papers, 1889-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.bealgiff

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98a8f006f-eed4-4440-a7f2-661e8073d4f6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bealgiff

Creator:

Fleischman, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1997  Search this

Names:

American Federation of Arts  Search this

Archives of American Art  Search this

Corcoran Gallery of Art  Search this

Detroit Institute of Arts  Search this

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum  Search this

Kennedy Galleries  Search this

Kraushaar Galleries  Search this

M. Knoedler & Co.  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Midtown Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Milwaukee Art Center  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)  Search this

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this

Philadelphia Museum of Art  Search this

United States Information Agency  Search this

University of Michigan. Museum of Art  Search this

Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this

Allston, Washington, 1779-1843  Search this

Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953  Search this

Bailey, Grace  Search this

Bailey, Truman E., 1902?-1959  Search this

Bohrod, Aaron  Search this

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967  Search this

Culver, Charles B. (Charles Beach), 1908-1967  Search this

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916  Search this

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973  Search this

Fleischman, Barbara  Search this

Gentle, Esther, 1900-  Search this

Krentzin, Earl, 1929-  Search this

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Pollack, Peter, 1909-1978  Search this

Rattner, Abraham  Search this

Richardson, Constance, 1905-  Search this

Richardson, Edgar Preston, 1902-1985  Search this

Ryder, Albert Pinkham, 1847-1917  Search this

Sellers, Charles Coleman, 1903-  Search this

Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972  Search this

Extent:

4.9 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Typescripts

Photographs

Date:

1837-1984

bulk 1935-1979

Summary:

The papers of art collectors, art patrons, and philanthropists Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman measure 4.9 linear feet and date from 1837 to 1984, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1935-1979. The papers are comprised mostly of correspondence with artists, museums, and arts organizations. Also found are scattered biographical materials, artists' autograph letters purchased by the Fleischmans, exhibition files, notes and writings, printed material, and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art collectors, art patrons, and philanthropists Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman measure 4.9 linear feet and date from 1837 to 1984, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1935-1979. The papers are comprised mostly of correspondence with artists, museums, and arts organizations. Also found are scattered biographical materials, artists' autograph letters purchased by the Fleischmans, exhibition files, notes and writings, printed material, and photographs.

One folder of biographical material includes a biographical account and a certificate of appreciation from the Common Council for the City of Detroit.

The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence documenting the Fleischman's art related activities and interests primarily during the 1950s and 1960s. Individual correspondents include Aaron Bohrod, Charles E. Burchfield, Charles B. Culver, Philip Evergood, Earl Krentzin, John Marin, Jr., Abraham Rattner and Esther Gentle, Peter Pollack, Edgar P. and Constance Richardson, Charles Coleman Sellers, and Franklin Watkins. One letter from Charles E. Burchfield includes four etching plates used to create the color print of Hot September Wind.

Arts organizations and galleries represented in the correspondence include the American Federation of Arts, the Archives of American Art, the Arts Commission of the City of Detroit, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Detroit Institute of Art, Kennedy Galleries, M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., Kraushaar Galleries, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Midtown Galleries, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the School of the Society of Arts and Crafts, the United States Information Agency, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Winterthur Museum.

Autograph letters purchased by the Fleischmans include letters written by artists Washington Allston (addressed to Thomas Sully), Albert Pinkham Ryder, and John Taylor Arms.

Exhibition files document the various exhibitions of art work from the Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman Collection at the University of Michigan Museum of Art; the Detroit Institute of Art; in Central and South America; in Greece, Israel and Russia; and at the Milwaukee Art Center. The files contain letters, notes, printed material, and photographs.

Three folders of notes and writings include "Introduction to Earl Krentzin Catalog" by Lawrence Fleischman and "Selection of Excerpts from the Soviet Press and Radio Attacking U. S. Culture" by unidentified authors.

Scattered printed material includes miscellaneous clippings and catalogs not connected with the Exhibition Files series. There is also a book John Marin: The Man and his Work by E. M. Benson that was autographed by Marin to the Fleischmans in 1953.

Photographs include portrait photographs of Lawrence Fleischman, photographs of Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman with colleagues, of art work from the Fleischman Collection, of Truman and Grace Bailey in their studio, and a copy photograph of Thomas Eakins as a boy.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 7 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1958 (Box 1; 1 folder)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1949-1984 (Boxes 1-4, 7; 3.8 linear feet)

Series 3: Autograph Letters, 1837-1942 (Box 4; 4 folders)

Series 4: Exhibition Files, 1953-1960 (Boxes 4-5, 7; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 5: Notes and Writings, 1957-1962 (Box 5; 3 folders)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1935-1969 (Box 5-6; 6 folders)

Series 7: Photographs, 1953-1965 (Box 6; 13 folders)

Biographical / Historical:

Lawrence Fleischman (1925-1997) of New York City was an American art collector, patron, philanthropist, and benefactor. He and his wife, Barbara Greenberg Fleischman, assembled an impressive collection of art and artifacts that they shared with the public as part of their philanthropic activities aimed at fostering a wider appreciation of the arts around the world.

Lawrence Fleischman was born on February 14, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Stella and Arthur Fleischman, the owner of a large carpet business. He attended the Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois, and studied engineering at Purdue University. In 1942, he interrupted his studies to volunteer for service in the U.S. Army during World War II. While serving in France, he met a doctor who further fostered Fleischman's ever growing interest in American art. Following the war, he graduated with a degree in physics from the University of Detroit. Fleischman met Barbara Greenberg in Detroit and they were married in 1948.

Beginning in the late 1940s, Fleischman established a fledgling television station, developed holdings in real estate, and began purchasing art work. Initially the Fleischmans collected undervalued 20th century American art and were friends with several artists, including John Marin, Charles Burchfield, Stuart Davis, and Ben Shahn. They also expanded the scope of their collection to include 19th century American works.

During the 1950s, Lawrence Fleischman realized how there were few American art historians and college departments, as well as a lack of primary source material. Fleischman worked with Edgar P. Richardson, then director of the Detroit Institute of Art, to raise funds and they founded the Archives of American Art at the Detroit Institute of Art in 1954. The Archives of American Art was, and still is, dedicated to the collection, preservation, and study of primary source records that document the history of the visual arts in the United States. Lawrence A. Fleischman is a founding Trustee of the AAA and served as the Chairman of the Board from 1958 to 1966. His wife, Barbara joined the Board of Trustees in 1997 and served as Chair from 2003 to 2007. She is a Trustee Emerita.

Lawrence Fleischman's business and philanthropic interests included the Arthur Fleischman Carpet Company, the Lee Plaza Hotel-Motel in Detroit, Art Adventurers, the Art School of the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit, the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Cultural Committee of the United States Information Agency, and the Art Commission of Detroit, which governed the Detroit Institute of Art. He also served as an officer of the Board for many of the arts-related organizations.

In 1996, the Fleischmans moved their family from Detroit to New York City, where Lawrence Fleischman became a partner in the Kennedy Galleries.

The Fleischmans philanthropic activities include generous support of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Cleveland Museum, the British Museum, the Vatican Museum, and lifelong support of the Archives of American Art.

Lawrence Fleischman died on January 31, 1997 in London, England. Barbara Fleischman lives in New York City and continues to be an active supporter of the visual arts.

Related Materials:

Among the Archives holdings are two oral history interviews with Lawrence A. Fleischman. The first was conducted by Paul Cummings in 1970 and the second conducted by Gail Stavitsky in 1994 . Both interviews have transcripts available.

Separated Materials:

The Archives of Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming, the majority of which was later donated, except for five letters on reel D197. These include one postcard from Constance Richardson, 1956; one letter from Constance Richardson, 1957; one letter from Franklin Watkins, 1955; one letter from Lawrence Fleischman to Wilbur H. Hunter, 1960; and one letter from Richard D. Tucker, 1960. This material remains with lender and is not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

The Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman papers were donated in several accretions by Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman from 1954 to 2007. Letters were also loaned for microfilming in 1965, but nearly all of them were subsequently donated.

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 -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Art patrons Michigan Detroit  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Philanthropists  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Typescripts

Photographs

Citation:

Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman Papers, 1837-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.fleilawr

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Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92905ad60-9c85-493f-90b7-272f1486ef69

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-fleilawr

Artist:

Maurice Prendergast, American, b. St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, 1858–1924  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor, opaque paint, oil, and crayon on paper

Dimensions:

13 7/8 X 19 15/16 IN. IRREG. (35.2 X 50.6 CM.)

Type:

Painting

Date:

(1907)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966

Accession Number:

66.4131

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School:

American Impressionism

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2106ee4ad-3709-4d3b-9e8e-c91f677f7cfd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.4131

Artist:

Karl Schrag, American, 1912–1995  Search this

Medium:

Opaque paint and charcoal on paperboard(?)

Dimensions:

Sight: 25 5/8 x 36 1/4 in. (70.2 x 92.0 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

(1972)

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Accession Number:

86.4137

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2083ff494-6e21-4234-927a-e53da2807118

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_86.4137

Creator:

Loran, Erle, 1905-1999  Search this

Names:

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco  Search this

Friends of Ethnic Art  Search this

San Francisco Art Institute  Search this

University of California, Berkeley -- Faculty  Search this

Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988  Search this

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this

Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979  Search this

Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994  Search this

Haley, John, 1905-1991  Search this

Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943  Search this

Hatfield, Dalzell, 1893-1963  Search this

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966  Search this

Levinson, Harry  Search this

Sabean, Samuel  Search this

Schaefer, Bertha, 1895-1971  Search this

Still, Clyfford, 1904-  Search this

Wilke, Ulfert, 1907-1987  Search this

Extent:

12.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Watercolors

Sketches

Photographs

Writings

Date:

1912-1999

Summary:

The papers of California painter, writer, and teacher Erle Loran measure 12.6 linear feet and date from 1912 to 1991. Found are biographical materials; two linear feet of personal and professional correspondence; personal business records; writings which include extensive drafts and notes for Loran's book Cezanne's Composition; over 400 items of artwork that include watercolors, drawings, charcoal, and pastel studies; printed materials; photographs of Loran, family, and friends, and artwork; and one audio recording of a lecture by Loran on Cezanne.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of California painter and teacher Erle Loran measure 12.6 linear feet and date from 1912 to 1991. Found are biographical materials; two linear feet of personal and professional correspondence; personal business records; writings which include extensive drafts and notes for Loran's book Cezanne's Composition; over 400 items of artwork that include watercolors, drawings, charcoal, and pastel studies; printed materials; photographs of Loran, family, and friends, and artwork; and one audio recording of a lecture by Loran on Cezanne.

Biographical materials include biographical sketches, curriculum vita, a will, notes and a notebook, and an appointment book for 1987. Also found is an anniversary invitation, a certificate from the University of California, and the Pepsi-Cola award for 1948.

Two linear feet of correspondence is with artists, critics, galleries, and universities. Correspondents inlcude Romare Bearden, Andrew Dasburg, Clement Greenberg, John Haley, Dalzell Hatfield, Hans Hofmann, Harry Levinson (president of Permanent Pigments), Sam Sabean, Bertha Schaefer, Clyfford Still, and Ulfert Wilke. There is also correspondence with the University of California.

Personal business records include exhibition files, price and consignment lists, teaching materials, University of California Press records, and records relating to the publication of his book on Cézanne. Some of these records also document Loran's involvement with the Fine Arts Museum, Friends of Ethnic Arts, and the San Francisco Art Institute. In addition, there are records related to Loran's role in a donation of forty-five paintings by Hans Hofmann to the University Art Center. Also found are materials related to Loran's activities as an art collector including sales receipts, auction catalogs, and photographs of artwork owned by Loran.

Writings by Loran include a complete manuscript version of Cézanne's Composition along with additional notes and drafts, and numerous other short essays on Cézanne's life and art. Loran's other writings include essays about Hans Hofmann, Marsden Hartley, symbology in abstract art, and contemporary art.

Loran's career as an artist is extensively documented by four linear feet of original artwork, mostly preliminary sketches. The work demonstrates a variety of techniques including watercolor, pastel, pencil, pen, gouache, and oil sketches. Content includes landscapes, portraits, fantasy scenes, urban scenes, and rural scenes.

Printed materials include extensive newsclippings from seven decades, exhibition announcements, and exhibition catalogs. Photographs are of Loran, his second wife Clyta, the Loran family, friends and colleagues, artwork, and source materials. Also found within the papers is an audio recording on cassette of a lecture by Loran on Cézanne.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 8 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1930s-1990s (Box 1; 0.25 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1912-1992 (Boxes 1-3; 2.0 linear feet)

Series 3: Personal Business Records, 1930s-1992 (Box 3; 0.25 linear feet)

Series 4: Writings, 1921-1999 (Boxes 3-4; 1.25 linear feet)

Series 5: Artwork, 1920s-1980s (Boxes 4-8, 13-14; 4.3 linear feet)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1925-1999 (Boxes 8-10, 14; 2.3 linear feet)

Series 7: Photographs, 1910s-1990s (Boxes 10-12, 14; 2.5 linear feet)

Series 8: Audio Recording, 1982 (Box 12; 1 folder)

Biographical Note:

California painter, writer, and teacher Erle Loran was born on October 2, 1905 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended the Minneapolis School of Art and graduated in 1926. That same year, Loran won the Paris Prize from the Chaloner Foundation which enabled him to study in France for the next three years. Here, he immersed himself into the world of Paul Cezanne. He lived for two years in Cézanne's studio, meeting many who knew Cezanne, including painter Emile Bernard, and art dealer Ambroise Vollard. This experience was critical to the development of Loran's artistic vision and his later writings and lectures about Cézanne.

In 1929, Loran returned to the United States, and published the article "Cézanne's Country" in The Arts in 1930. He then spent the early 1930s in Minnesota, after returning to Minneapolis to be treated for tuberculosis. There, Loran began to paint in a regionalist style, producing landscapes and scenes of life in rural Minnesota. In 1931, Loran was given his first one-man show at the Kraushaar Gallery in New York. During the depression, Loran began teaching art and was given painting commissions as part of the federal arts programs of the WPA.

Loran moved to California in 1937 and accepted a position as professor in the art department at the University of California, Berkeley. There he taught until retiring in 1973, serving as the department's chair in the 1950s. He established a program to invite east coast artists to teach at the university, and participants included Conrad Marca-Relli and Milton Resnick. Loran's students included Jay DeFeo, Richard Diebenkorn, and Sam Francis. In 1941 Loran began to write the synthesis of his research and interpretations about Cézanne's work, culminating in his pioneering book Cézanne's Composition published in 1943 by the University of California Press.

During this period Loran associated himself with modernist Hans Hofmann. Loran's early paintings were lyrical abstractions in primary colors; however, his style constantly changed with the times. Watercolor was Loran's medium of choice because it lent itself to his often-remote plein air locations, such as the ghost towns of California and Nevada. With John Haley and Worth Ryder he formed the "Berkeley Group," whose paintings consisted of scenes of the California and southwestern landscape painted in flat, open areas of color. During the war, painting in the open became increasingly difficult and Loran transitioned from plein-air painting to studio work. Shortly thereafter he began to focus his painting on abstraction.

Loran's artwork during the 1950s consisted primarily of abstractions based on natural forms like crystal and driftwood. In 1955, he spent six weeks studying with Hans Hofmann, whom he later called, along with Cézanne, a second "great father figure." In 1960, he was instrumental in securing a gift of forty-five paintings by Hans Hofmann for Berkeley's University Art Center. In the late 1960s, his work became a fusing of Op, Pop, and Hard Edge. From this he moved to figurative painting and later to geometric designs and symbols.

Loran continued to paint throughout the rest of his life in a variety of styles, including nudes, abstractions, and landscapes. Besides being an artist and a teacher, Loran was also a lifelong collector of ethnic art who specialized in African, Asian, Native American, and pre-Columbian tribal art. Many works from his collection are presently housed at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Loran died in 1999 in Berkeley, at the age of 93.

Related Material:

Found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Erle Loran conducted by Herschel Chipp, June 18, 1981, and a 1981 interview with Erle and Clyta Loran in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Interviews With Artists collection. Also found is a letter from Loran to Richard Wattenmaker, 1975.

Separated Material:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel 906) including photographs of artwork by Erle Loran and two clippings of reproductions of Loran's artwork. Lent materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Erle Loran lent the Archives of American Art materials for microfilming and donated papers in 1975. In 1999 Mrs. Ruth Schora-Loran, Loran's widow, donated additional material, including artworks.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment.

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:

Art teachers -- California -- Berkeley  Search this

Painters -- California -- Berkeley  Search this

Topic:

Art, Abstract  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- Berkeley  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Watercolors

Sketches

Photographs

Writings

Citation:

Erle Loran Papers, 1912-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Getty Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.loraerle

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Erle Loran papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw925cee8b4-a8f7-4f7f-b704-bf23331c4f25

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-loraerle