Max Bohm papers

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Max Bohm papers

1873-1970; bulk 1880-1959

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The papers of painter Max Bohm measure 5.4 linear feet and date from 1873-1970, with the bulk of the material dating from 1880-1959. Biographical material includes a file concerning the Provincetown artist's club The Beachcombers. Also found is detailed family correspondence, as well as general correspondence that includes exchanges with patron Mary Bucher Longyear and dealer William Macbeth. The papers contain scattered business records; five diaries written by Bohm's wife Zella; other notes and writings; art work including fifteen sketchbooks, loose drawings, and oil paintings; printed material; and photographs of Bohm, his family, and colleagues including artists attending a Salmagundi dinner. There is also a motion picture film . Six Foot Art, in Which Max Bohm, Member of the National Academy Tells How He Does It

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Beachcombers (Organization)

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Bohm, Zella Newcomb.

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Beachcombers (Organization)

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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...

Bohm, Zella Newcomb

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Bohm, Max, 1868-1923

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American painter. From the description of Receipt, 1898 Aug. 13. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82151837 Max Bohm (1868-1923) was a painter in Provincetown, Mass. Max Bohm was born on January 21, 1868, in Cleveland, Ohio. He began his study of art in 1887 and studied in artist communities in Brittany and in Paris at the Academie Julian with Boulanger, Lefebvre, and Benjamin Constant. He and his family spent the next several decades m...

Locke, Esther Bohm, -1913

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Macbeth, William, 1851-1917

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Art dealer, New York, N.Y. Operated Macbeth Gallery. From the description of William Macbeth papers, 1870-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82961575 ...

Beachcombers

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