John Quinn papers 1901-1926

Russell, George William, 1867-1935

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George William Russell was born on April 10, 1867 in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland to Thomas and Marianne (Armstrong) Russell. The family moved to Dublin in 1878, and Russell attended Dr. Power’s School in Harrington Street and night classes at the Metropolitan School of Art, before entering Rathmines School, which he left in 1884. He would later recall experiencing visions and trances during his youth, experiences which would cement his life-long interest in the supernatural. Those visions als...

Gonne, Maud, 1866-1953

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Edith Maud Gonne was born on December 21, 1866 in Tongham, England, the eldest daughter of Captain Thomas Gonne and Edith Frith Gonne, née Cook. In 1882, she accompanied her father to Dublin where he died in 1886. Maud Gonne then briefly attempted to become an actress, before contracting tuberculosis and seeking treatment in France. There, she began a relationship with Lucien Millevoye, eventually having two children with him. During the 1890s, Gonne traveled extensively throughout England, Wale...

Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940

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Elizabeth Corbet Yeats (known by her family as “Lolly”) was born on March 11, 1868, in London, the third surviving child of John Butler Yeats and Susan Mary Pollexfen. In the 1880s she began writing and contributed to The Pleiades, an amateur magazine she created with friends. She completed training as a kindergarten teacher in 1892 and taught art for several years afterwards. She also published four popular painting manuals during this time. In 1900, Yeats and her family moved from London to Du...

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968

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Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (French:28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, conceptual art, and Dada, although he was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of...

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

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Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem, The Cantos (c. 1917–1962). Pound's contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with his role in developing Imagism, a movement stressing precision and economy of language. Working in London as foreign editor of several American l...

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924

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Joseph Conrad, a major British writer, was born in Poland and became a British subject in 1887. After a twenty year career at sea, he published his first novel, "Almayer's Folly" (1895), successfully launching his writing career. From the description of Letters-Manuscripts, 1908-1913. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122588887 Novelist and short story writer who was born Jozef Konrad Teodor Korzeniowski in Berdichev, Ukraine, and became a British citizen in...

Pascin, Jules, 1885-1930

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Jules Pascin, artist, was born on March 31, 1885 in Widden, Bulgaria as Julius Pincas. He moved to Paris in 1905 and changed his name. He became an American citizen in 1914 and lived in New York for the duration of World War I. He was married to Hermine David. He returned to Paris in 1920, shortly after it was reopened to civilian travel. He went back to the United States in 1927 to retain his American citizenship. He was well-known in America and in Europe for his sketches and paintings. He com...

Epstein, Jacob, 1880-1959

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Jacob Epstein was born on 10 November 1880 in New York. While working in a bronze foundry, he studied sculptural modelling at evening classes. In 1902, he went to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. He moved to London in 1905, where he settled permanently, becoming a British subject in 1911. Among his major works is a figure of Christ in bronze, made during the First World War, which was bought by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Epstein was knighted in 1954 and died in Lon...

Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949

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Lily Yeats was the sister of W.B. Yeats and of Jack Yeats, and the daughter of John Butler Yeats. She was an embroiderer and worked with William Morris. Later, she headed the embroidery division of Dun Emer Industries while her sister Elizabeth was in charge of the hand press. The press was later renamed the Cuala Press. From the description of Lily Yeats collection. [1907]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676808641 ...

Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William), 1857-1920

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Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891-1915

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Henri Gaudier, French sculptor, painter, and writer, who resided in London, was one of the earliest abstract sculptors and an exponent of the Vorticist movement. He adopted the name Brzeska after he met his companion, Sophie Brzeska. Gaudier was instrumental in introducing modern art to England in the early 20th century. Other Vorticists included Ford Madox Ford (Hueffer), Ezra Pound, and Wyndham Lewis. The Vorticists published only two issues of a magazine called BLAST. The second issue did not...

Harris, Frank, 1856-1931

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Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was an anarchist, feminist, author, editor, and lecturer on politics, literature and the arts. She was born in Lithuania and died in Canada. Her lectures and publications attracted attention throughout the U.S. and Europe. She was associated with the anarchist journal Mother Earth from 1906 to 1917 and was imprisoned for publicly advocating birth control in 1916 and pacifism in 1917. In 1919 she was deported to Russia but had to leave because of her criticism of the Bols...

Casement, Roger David, Sir, 1864-1916

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British public servant who was executed for treason and became a martyr in the revolt against British rule in Ireland. From the description of Collection of Casement manuscript and journal articles, 1911-1960. (Villanova University). WorldCat record id: 30925984 Irish nationalist leader. From the description of Sir Roger Casement papers, 1905-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867199 Civil servant and Irish nationalist. Case...

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

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W.B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865-1939), poet and dramatist, born in County Sligo, Ireland. From the description of W.B. Yeats collection, 1875-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863171 British poet. From the description of Letter : to William Weber, Brooklyn, New York : holograph, 12 May [no year]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18786005 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. From t...

Pach, Walter, 1883-1958

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Pach: Artist, critic, historian, writer, art consultant, curator; New York, N.Y. Instrumental in organizing the Armory Show, 1913. Winthrop: patron; New York, N.Y. His collection, left to Harvard University, included early American portraits, drawings by English and French artists, and Chinese sculpture. From the description of Walter Pach letter to Grenville Winthrop, 1933 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84852249 American artist and author. From the desc...

M. Knoedler & Co

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Founded in 1848 as the New York branch of the French firm Goupil & Cie before the creation of most museums in the United States, the Knoedler Gallery was able to play a central role as a conduit for the masterworks that established American collections. The firm's archive traces the development of the once provincial American art market into one of the world's leading art centers and the formation of the private art collections that would ultimately establish many of the nation's leading art mus...

Foster, Jeanne Robert, 1879-1970

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Jeanne R. Foster (1879-1970), creator of the collection, was an American poet, assistant editor of The Review of Reviews and American editor of Transatlantic Review. She met a significant group of writers, poets and artists through John Quinn who was a New York lawyer, collector of modern art and active patron of the arts. From the description of Foster-Murphy collection, 1900-1969. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122640093 From the guide to the Foster-Murphy ...

Goupil Gallery

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Joyce, James, 1882-1941

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James Augustus Aloysius Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, in Rathgar, a borough of Dublin, Ireland, the eldest of ten children who survived infancy. In 1888 he was enrolled at Clongowes Wood College, a Jesuit boarding school near Dublin, where he stayed until 1891. Thereafter he attended Belvedere College, and then University College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1902 with a major in Italian. While at UCD Joyce wrote a paper in defense of Henrik Ibsen's drama called Drama and Life, which was ...

Quinn, John, 1870-1924

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John Quinn (1870-1924) was a corporation lawyer in New York City who amassed an important private collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture as well as books and manuscripts of contemporary authors. In addition to promoting modern and avant-garde art in all forms, he particularly encouraged the work of members of the Irish Literary Revival, the artists of the Paris School, and English and American writers of his time. In 1923 he sold his manuscript and library holdings to subsidize his art ...

Roché, Henri-Pierre, 1879-1959

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Epithet: French author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x000107 French journalist; author; art collector, advisor, and dealer. From the description of Henri Pierre Roché Papers, 1886-1971. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 191957089 Henri Pierre Roché was born in Paris on May 28, 1879. His father died whe...

Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922

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Yeats was an Irish portrait painter and father of both W.B. and J.B. Yeats. He lived many years in London and spent his last 14 in New York City. From the description of John Butler Yeats collection, 1909-1978 (bulk 1911-1922). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 83320368 Irish barrister and artist, the father of the poet W.B. Yeats. From the description of John Butler Yeats collection, 1913-1954 (bulk 1913-1921). (Boston College). WorldCat record...

O'Grady, Standish, 1846-1928

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Epithet: Attorney General for Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x00019d Title: 2nd Viscount Guillamore 1840 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x00019e Irish writer and historian Standish J. O'Grady (1846–1928) has been described as "the founder of the Irish Literary Renaissance" ...

Symonds, Arthur, 1865-1945.

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Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946

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Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer, founder of the Photo-Secession Group, gallery owner, and editor and publisher of photography magazines, most notably, Camera Work. Frank Hermann was an American painter, who spent most of his career in Germany, where he associated with several avant-garde art groups. Childhood friends, Stieglitz and Herrmann were schoolmates, spent time together when Stieglitz was in Europe, and visited each other in the United States when Herrmann returned in 1919....

Cohalan, Daniel F.

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Huneker, James, 1857-1921

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Born in Philadelphia, Huneker studied piano in Philadelphia and Paris. After moving to New York in 1886, he continued to study piano, became a member of the piano faculty of the National Conservatory of Music, and had a successful career as an arts critic and essayist. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1919. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 80129954 American author and critic. From the description of Heroes and heroines o...

Farr, Florence, 1860-1917

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Stephens, James, 1882-1950

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Irish poet and story writer. From the description of What Thomas said in a pub [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814436 Epithet: of Add MS 33979 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x00017e James Stephens was an Irish poet, short story writer, and novelist. From the description of James Stephens collection of papers, 1908-1939 bulk (1911-1938...

Roualt, Georges, 1871-1958.

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Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957

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Irish artist and author. From the description of Jack Butler Yeats papers, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982120 Jack Butler Yeats was an Irish painter and illustrator. He was the younger brother of the poet, William Butler Yeats. From the description of Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, [1899-1955]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517346 From the guide to the Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, 1899-1955, (The New Yor...

Foster, Annie

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Duchamp-Villon, Raymond, 1876-1918

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Foster, Roger, 1857-1924

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American Art Association

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Auction house; New York, N.Y. Formed in 1883 by James F. Sutton, R. Austin Robertson and Thomas E. Kirby. The partnership was created to operate the American Art Gallery and to promote American art. The Association began conducting auctions in 1885, with Kirby as auctioneer. Robertson died in 1892 and Sutton became a special partner in 1895. Exhibited the work of American artists in its American Art Galleries at 6-8 E. 23rd St., N.Y. In 1912, Kirby's son Gustavus joined ...

Anderson Galleries, Inc.

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Art galleries at Park Avenue and 59th Street; New York, N.Y. From the description of Anderson Galleries exhibition catalogs, [undated] and 1918-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515469 ...

Coady, Robert, 1876-1921

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Carroll Galleries

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Walsh, Townsend

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Walsh graduated from Harvard in 1895. From the description of Themes in English 23, 1893-1894. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073932 From the description of Notes and theme for French 7, 1893-1894. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073931 From the description of Frederick Lemaitre et son temps : theme for French 1a, May 1, 1892. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073808 From the description of Themes in French 4, 1892-1893. (...

John, Augustus, 1878-1961

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The Welsh artist Augustus John was a successful painter and draftsman, and a well known bohemian figure. He was in great demand as a portraitist, although his works were often controversial. During WWI he was employed by the Canadian government as a war artist in France. John visited the United States as a guest of the Carnegie Institute in 1923. In 1942 King George VI awarded him the Order of Merit for services to art. From the description of Letters, 1917-ca. 1957. (Getty Research ...

Monahan, Michael, 1865-1933

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Michael Monahan was a poet and editor. Born in County Cork, Ireland, he moved to the United States and became a reporter and, later, editor. He wrote poetry and non-fiction, including works on Jean d'Arc and Heinrich Heine, and toured extensively as a lecturer. He founded the journals Papyrus and Phoenix. From the description of Michael Monahan correspondence with Geo. D. Barron, 1906-1907. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 61356032 ...

O'Donovan, Gerald

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Hyde, Douglas, 1868-1949.

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Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907

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Sculptor. From the description of Papers of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, circa 1848-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071553 Sculptor and artist. From the description of Augustus Saint-Gaudens papers, 1891-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981198 Sculptor, New York. From the description of Letter, 1893 April 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553768 American sculptor. From the description of Saint-Gaudens National...

Brâncuşi, Constantin, 1876-1957

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Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932

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Isabella Augusta Persse (1852-1932) married Sir William Henry Gregory (1817-1892). After her husband's death, Lady Gregory became an author and playwright. She also acted as manager of the Abbey Theatre from 1904-1912. From the description of Lady Gregory papers, 1879-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863298 Isabella Augusta Gregory, Lady Gregory (1852-1932), the Irish playwright and poet. For a fuller account of her life and achievements see the Dictionary of National...

Kennerley, Mitchell, 1878-1950

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Mitchell Kennerley served as the publisher for "Wine of the Puritans," "John Addington Symonds" and "The World of H. G. Wells." From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1909-1915. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 181337904 Mitchell Kennerley (1878-1950) was an American publisher and art dealer. He worked for various literary magazines and published several others. From 1916 to 1929 and 1937 to 1939 he was president of the Anderson G...

Gregg, Frederick James

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Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949

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Walt Kuhn (1877-1949) was a watercolorist, lithographer, and etcher from New York, N.Y. Kuhn was a central figure in the organization of the Armory Show, and artistic consultant to the Union Pacific Railroad. From the description of Walt Kuhn, Kuhn family papers, and Armory Show records, 1859-1978, bulk 1900-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82042078 Painter; New York, N.Y. Organizer of the 1913 Armory Show. Adele Weibel w...

O'Donnell, Frank J. Hugh

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Durand-Ruel Gallery

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Keogh, Martin

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Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957

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Wyndham Lewis was an artist, novelist, and critic, who was born in Canada but lived for many years in England. He was a leader of the Vorticist movement. From the guide to the Wyndham Lewis collection, 1877-1975, (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) English author and painter. From the description of Letters, 1921-1934. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233126882 Author and artist Wyndham Lewis was b...

Pissarro, Lucien, 1863-1944

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French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Toulon, to "Cher Ami", 1937 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872114 From the description of Printed invitations (2) : London, 1892 Aug. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874862 French-British painter. From the description of Autograph manuscript : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872116 ...

John, Gwen, 1876-1939

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