Ernest Blumenschein papers

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Ernest Blumenschein papers

1873-1964

The papers of southwest painter and illustrator Ernest Blumenschein measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1873-1964. The collection documents Blumenschein's artistic career, his relationship with his wife and daughter, his love of the American southwest, and his involvement in the art community of Taos, New Mexico. Found are biographical materials, personal and professional correspondence, scattered personal business records, writings, a large amount of juvenilia artwork, and photographs of artwork.

2.1 Linear feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 6630383

Archives of American Art

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Blumenschein, Mary Greene.

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Blumenschein, E. L. (Ernest Leonard), 1874-1960

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Painter and illustrator; Taos, N.M. From the description of Ernest Blumenschein papers, 1889-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220243434 Painter, illustator; Taos, N.M. From the description of Ernest L. Blumenschein letters and interview, 1945-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477503 From the description of Ernest L. Blumenschein letters and transcript, 1945-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515750 Blumenschein was a prominent New...

Salmagundi Club

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Art club at 47 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. From the description of Salmagundi Club exhibition catalogs, [ca. 1915]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553241 Founded in 1879 in Louisville, Kentucky, the Salmagundi club was an all-male social and literary club devoted to conversation and the exchange of ideas. The club's constitution restricted membership to 24, with new members nominated by club members and elected by secret ballot. Members rotated responsibility for hosting m...

Committee on Public Information.

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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...

Taos Society of Artists

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Art society; Taos, New Mexico. Founded 1914. From the description of Taos Society of Artists records, 1915-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577267 The Taos art colony began in 1898 when Ernest Blumenschein and Bert Philips arrived in Taos. Inspired by the setting, they decided to make Taos their home. Soon afterwards other artists arrived, impressed and duly influenced with the beauty of the natural setting of Taos, the climate, and the Indians. The Taos Society for A...

Glackens, William J., 1870-1938.

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Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946

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"These were written at periods when Mr. Tarkington and Susanah [his wife] were in Indianapolis and they wanted to have news from Kennebunkport, Maine. We had known him very shortly after we moved to Kennebunkport in about 1917, after the war. He was known as 'the gentleman from Indiana' and was a well known author at the time the first letter in this collection was written. . . . Mr. Tarkington had rented a house in Kennebunkport for many years but decided that he would like to design his own pl...

National Academy of Design (U.S.)

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Art society; New York, N.Y. Harry Watrous was elected president of the National Academy of Design in 1894. He served as Chairman, Executive Committee on Art for the State of New York for the International Exposition of 1904 (Louisiana Purchase Exposition). Charles M. Kurtz was editor of NAD's Academy Notes, and was Asst. Chief, Dept. of Fine Arts, for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. From the description of National Academy of Design letterbook, 1891-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat...

Blumenschein, Helen G. (Helen Greene)

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Helen Greene Blumenschein was the daughter of Ernest and Mary Greene Blumenschein. All three of the Blumenscheins were artists who lived primarily in Taos, New Mexico. From the description of Helen Greene Blumenschein papers, 1891-1988. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37497633 Helen Blumenschein was the wife of Ernest L. Blumenschein, who was a promienent twentieth century New Mexican artist. From the description of Helen G. Blumenschein photo...

Blumenschein, Mary Greene

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Meem, John Gaw, 1894-1983

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The original objective of the interview was a survey of the early development of the Santa Fe art colony and the personalities who made it famous. The interviewer is unidentified. Interviewees include renowned architect, John Gaw Meem; Will Shuster, painter and founder of Los Cinco Pintores, Santa Fe's first modernist art group; and Karl Larsson, Swedish immigrant, silversmith, and painter-teacher. From the description of Oral history interview with John Gaw Meem, Will Shuster, and K...

Samagundi Club

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Ufer, Walter, 1876-1936

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Blumenschein, Ernest

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Ernest Blumenschein was born on May 26th, 1874 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He moved to Dayton, Ohio at the age of four, the same year his mother died. His father was a professional musician and composer, who chiefly made his living as a conductor of large choruses. During high school he contributed illustrations to "Tomfoolery," a handwritten and hand drawn weekly humor magazine. Besides his artistic talents, Ernest Blumenschein was a skilled violin player, and was awarded a schola...

Sharp, Joseph Henry, 1859-1953

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American artist, who, after being commissioned by the California philanthropist Mrs. Phoebe Hearst to paint Plains Indians and scenes of Indian life, lived with his wife Addie Byram Sharp from 1902 to 1910 at Crow Agency, Montana, and travelled and painted throughout the West. From the description of Joseph Henry Sharp letters, 1903 Aug 21-1905 Jun 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150616 From the description of Joseph Henry Sharp letters, 1903 Aug 21-1905 Jun 16. (Unkno...

Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934

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Cass Gilbert was born on November 24, 1859, in Zanesville, Ohio, the son of General and Mrs. Samuel Augustus Gilbert. He received his education at MacAlester College, St. Paul, Minnesota and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge after working in a St. Paul architect's office. Following graduation, he traveled throughout Europe and upon his return, entered the office of McKim, Mead, and White, Architects in New York City. A year later, in 1882, he established his own off...

National Academy of Design

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