Selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Archives of American Art collection

Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-1975

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Curator of prints at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1941 to 1963; noted expert on print-making; founded in 1919 and directed the Weyhe Gallery in New York; contributed to and edited the Modern School Magazine in the second half of the 1910s. First wife: Florence King; child: Carola (born 1917). Second wife: Laura Canadè (married in 1946). Zigrosser died in 1975. From the description of Carl Zigrosser papers, circa 1891-1971. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record...

Philadelphia Museum of Art

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In 1921, the Pennsylvania Museum of Art (later renamed the Philadelphia Museum of Art) held a special loan exhibition of colonial silver, mostly American pieces, with some European ones. A catalog of the exhibit was published as Bulletin number 68 in June 1921. There are no clues as to who assembled this special volume. From the description of Bulletin - Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261233369 Art museum; Philadelphia, Pen...

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973

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Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) was a Cubist sculptor. From the description of Jacques Lipchitz letter to Sidney Shainwald, 1953 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477647 From the description of Jacques Lipchitz letter, 1953 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316804 Lithuanian born sculptor who worked in France and the United States. From the description of Letters to Ladislas Segy, ca. 1961-1962. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id...

Bartlett, Paul, 1881-1965

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Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Paul Bartlett papers, 1930-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384480 Biography Bartlett was born July 13, 1909 in Moberly, Missouri; attended Oberlin College, University of Arizona, and National University of Mexico; edited a literary annual, Workshop, the only issue of which was published in Ciudad Guzman, Mexico in 1942; wrote short stories and a novel, When the Owl...

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926

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Joseph Pennell was an American artist and educator, primarily known for his etchings and illustrations. Much of his early work consisted of city scenes, published in magazines. He later worked on a variety of projects, often illustrating books in collaboration with his wife, author Elizabeth Robins. After spending time in Europe, notably London, Pennell taught art, and the couple collaborated on a biography of James McNeill Whistler. From the description of Joseph Pennell letter to M...

Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942

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Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) was a painter and art instructor from Philadelphia, Pa. Studied in Europe and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she later taught. From the description of Cecilia Beaux papers, 1863-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81491295 Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) was a painter and art instructor from Philadelphia, Pa. Born in Philadelphia in May 1855; died in Sept. 1942. Beaux st...

Walker, Hudson D. (Hudson Dean), 1907-1976

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Hudson D. Walker (1907-1976) was an art adminstrator and collector from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Hudson Dean Walker, 1971 Sept. 1-1972 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397625 Collector and administrator; New York, N.Y.; d. 1976. From the description of Hudson D. Walker papers, 1920-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83753904 Hudson Dean Walker (1907-1976) was an art administrator and collector from New...

Roberts, George W., Mrs.

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De Creeft, José, 1884-1982

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Jose De Creeft, b. 1884, sculptor, educator of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Jose De Creeft, 1968 Oct. 1-1968 Oct. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397259 Sculptor, educator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Jose De Creeft interviews, 1968 Oct. 1-1968 Oct. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220185445 Jose De Creeft (1884-1982) was a sculptor and educator of New York, N.Y. From the description of O...

Milch Galleries

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Art gallery at 108 W. 57th St., New York, N.Y. From the description of Milch Galleries exhibition catalogs, [undated] and 1916-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553218 ...

Abbe, Robert, 1851-1928

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Robert Waldo Abbe, New York surgeon, was born on 1851 Apr. 13. He married Catherine Amory Palmer in 1891. Abbe died of anemia on 1928 Mar. 7. Abbe received an A.B. from the College of the City of New York, 1870, and an M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, 1874. From 1877 to 1884, Abbe was Attending Surgeon in the Outpatient Department of New York Hospital. He was also Surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital and the Cancer Hospital and Attending Surgeon at...

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916

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Realist painter Thomas Eakins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1844. He was encouraged by his parents to develop his talent in art, and in 1862 he entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Also during this period Eakins developed an interest in anatomy, revealed later in the realistically detailed Gross Clinic, painted in 1875. In 1866 he moved to Paris, where he studied painting with Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for three years, and briefly with sculptor Augustin-...

Mullikin, Mary Augusta, 1874-

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Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938

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Painters; New York, N.Y. Thomas studied with Boulanger and Lefebvre. Maria his wife studied with John La Farge in New York City and Couture in Paris. From the description of Thomas Wilmer Dewing and Dewing family papers, 1839-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220173772 Thomas (1851-1938) and Maria Dewing (1855-1927) were painters from New York, N.Y. Thomas studied with Boulanger and Lefebvre. Maria his wife studied with Jo...

Mechlin, Leila, 1874-1949

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Eakins, Susan Macdowell

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Painter; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lived 1851-1938. Full name Susan Hannah Macdowell Eakins. Married to painter, photographer Thomas Eakins. From the description of Susan Eakins letter, 1929 July 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122545833 ...

Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954

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American painter and illustrator. From the description of Photographs, [ca. 1930-1940] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155486635 Painter, illustrator, etcher; New York, N.Y. From the description of Reginald Marsh printed material, 1915-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84389391 Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) was a painter, illustrator, and etcher from New York, N.Y. Marsh was a lifelong free-lance illustrator for the New Yorker, Es...

Ingersoll, R. Sturgis (Robert Sturgis), 1891-

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Ingersoll was a lawyer, art collector, and President of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; McCarter a Philadelphia painter. From the description of R. Sturgis Ingersoll papers related to Henry McCarter, 1896-1944 (bulk 1930-1943). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455126 Ingersoll was a lawyer and President of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Lipchitz a sculptor. From the description of R. Sturgis Ingersoll selected correspondence with Jacques Lipchitz, 1959-1962. (U...

Valentin, Curt, 1902-1954

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Art dealer and gallery director; New York, N.Y. Valentin came to the U.S. from Germany in 1937. He worked at the Buchholz Gallery, which he took over and renamed the Curt Valentin Gallery. The gallery closed in 1955. From the description of Catalogs of exhibitions organized by Curt Valentin, 1929-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122514918 Curt Valentin was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1902. After completing his education, he became a...

Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985

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Russian-French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed (1) and greeting cards signed (2) : Marseilles and St. Paul, to John Rewald, 1941 Jan. 3, 1967 July 18 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870508 Marc Chagall was a Russian-born painter working chiefly in France whose works frequently featured themes from Russian-Jewish folklore and from the Bible. From the description of Marc Chagall letter to D. Vaughan, 1967 February 21. (Pennsyl...

Curran, Charles C. (Charles Courtney), 1861-1942

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American painter. From the description of Letter, 1906 March 24. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82374869 ...

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935

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American painter and etcher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, NY, to Mr. Schnell, of Harper and Brothers, 1890 Feb. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470640 Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. From the description of Childe Hassam letters, [undated] and 1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133251 Prominent and prolific American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. From the description...

Schnakenberg, H. E. 1892-1970.

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Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999

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Paul Cadmus was an "American artist who created paintings, drawings, and prints in a figurative, near-illustrational style during a career that spanned some 70 years. Cadmus decided upon a career in art when he was still a young boy and enrolled in art classes at New York City's National Academy of Design (now the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts) when he was 15. He studied there until 1926 and at the Art Students League for the following two years and then went to work at an adve...

Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953

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Etcher. From the description of John Taylor Arms papers, 1923-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122606 John Taylor Arms was an American artist, known for his architectural etchings. Born in Washington, D.C., he attended Princeton as a pre-law student, but transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study architecture. He moved to New York, and was working as an architectural draftsman when his wife bought him an etching kit as a Christmas gift, revealing...

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Philip Evergood interview, 1959 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78587895 Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Philip Evergood interview, 1968 Dec. 3 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84162936 Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Philip Evergood and his wife, Julia Evergood. From the description of Letters, 1937-1965, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania...

Force, Juliana, 1876-1948

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Director of the Whitney Museum of Art, 1931-ca. 1947. From the description of Whitney Museum of American Art, Juliana Force papers, 1916-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553066 ...

McCarter, Henry, 1864-1942

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Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956

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The vertical files of the Whitney Library originated with the Museum's founding in 1930 and include research materials on 20th century American art. Central to the collection are the files of the American Art Research Council, an agency administered by the Whitney Museum between 1942 and 1948, in cooperation with thirty museums and university art departments, to document and authenticate American art. The library now serves as a repository for the AARC records. The Council compiled records of th...

Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948

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American art critic. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [New York], 10 Apirl 1940 and 22 March 1942, to Harry [Harkness Flagler], 1940 Apr. 10 and 22 March 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564650 Royal Cortissoz (1869-1968), respected American art critic, was born in Brooklyn, NY. He trained as an architect, spending six years working at the firm of McKim, Mead, and White before embarking on his journalism career. Cortissoz served as the art...

Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968

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Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. From the description of Adolf Dehn letters, [ca. 1932-1987]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355167 Painter, lithographer (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Adolf Dehn interviews, 1963 Jan. 23-1964 Feb. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220179288 Artist; was a concientious objector in World War I, performed alternative service at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S.C., the bulk of this correspondence was written d...

Sloan, John, 1871-1951

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Illustrator, painter, etcher, teacher, writer, lithographer; lived in New York City and Santa Fe, N.M. From the description of John Sloan manuscript collection, 1871-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775599666 Painter, etcher, illustrator, teacher, writer, and lithographer; lived in New York City and Santa Fe, N.M.; John Sloan and Will Shuster, painter, graphic artist, illustrator, and sculptor, first met in the summer of 1920, their friendship lasted until Sloan's death ...

Sartain, William, 1843-1924

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Painter; Philadelphia, Pa. Came from a noted family of engravers and painters. From the description of William Sartain autobiographical sketch, 1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82921674 ...

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967

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Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) was a watercolorist and painter in West Seneca, N.Y. From the description of Charles Burchfield letter to Alan M. Pensler, 1966 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477543 From the description of Charles Burchfield letter to Alan M. Pensler, 1966 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821068 Painter; Gardenville, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Charles Burchfield, 1959 Aug. 19. (Unknown). Wo...

Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919

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Mural painter, illustrator, teacher, and writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Kenyon Cox letters, 1893-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122456081 American artist, author. From the description of Kenyon Cox papers, circa 1860-1922. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505719883 Kenyon Cox was an American artist, born in Ohio, who studied in Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Paris, 1877-1882. He moved to New York in 1...

Graham, John, 1887-1961

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Jack Mayer was an art dealer and owner of Gallery Mayer, New York, which handled the work of painter John Graham. Graham, born Ivan Gratsianovitch Dombrovski in Kiev, Russia in 1886 (baptised in 1881, hence the use of that year on many authoritative sources), came to N.Y. in 1920 and was a central figure among American avant-garde artists, especially from the late 1920s to 1940s. Graham was also a collector of African art which inspired an interest in primitivism in his work. Graham moved to Mex...

Haskell, Ernest, 1876-1925

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Painter, etcher, lithographer, illustrator, writer. Born in Connecticut; worked in art department of NEW YORK AMERICAN. Studied in Paris, returned to New York, created caricatures and posters. Famous for portrait of Joan and Jock Whitney. Settled in Maine. From the description of Ernest Haskell papers, 1892-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79271705 ...

Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952

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Kenneth Hayes Miller's correspondence with Carl Zigrosser concerned prints by Miller for sale at the Weyhe Gallery. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1919, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902258 Painter, instructor and etcher; New York, N.Y. Born Oneida, New York. Taught at William Merritt Chase's New York School of Art, 1900-1910, and Art Students League, 1912-1936. From the des...

Eilshemius, Louis M. (Louis Michel), 1864-1941

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Painter, poet and composer. From the description of Louis Eilshemuis letter and business card [manuscript], 1925 Aug 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174964755 Painter, mathematician, composer, writer. New York, New York. From the description of Louis M. Eilshemius letter to Mr. W.J.F., 1935 Mar. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80438534 Painter, draftsman, writer, composer; New York, New York. Born 1864. Died 1941. From th...