William Anderson Coffin papers

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

William Anderson Coffin papers

1886-1924

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d3d0e7d8-2438-4166-8a9d-0ede449d88cd

The papers of New York painter and art critic William Anderson Coffin date from 1886 to 1924 and measure 1.6 linear feet. Found within the papers are scattered biographical materials and correspondence; project files for the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, the American Artist's Committee of One Hundred, and the exhibition of works by American Artists at the Luxembourg Museum in Paris; three additional scrapbooks; printed material; and photographs.Scattered biographical material includes membership cards and an autobiographical essay. Correspondence is with colleagues and related generally to receptions and events, including an invitation to the launch of the U. S. Battleship <emph render="italic">Arizona</emph>. There are one or two letters each from Frank W. Benson, Edwin Howland Blashfield, Royal Cortissoz, Walter Gay, and Whitney Warren.Three series of project files document Coffin's work for the Fine Arts Division of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, the American Artists' Committee of One Hundred that established a relief fund for families of French soldier-artists, and an exhibition of artwork by American Artists at the Luxembourg Museum in Paris. Files contain a variety of materials, such as letters, drafts of reports, meeting minutes, photographs, catalogs and brochures, and other materials. There are two oversized scrapbooks for the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition. The files for the Luxembourg Museum exhibition include a letter signed by Louis Bouché, Bernard Gussow, Alfred H. Maurer, Joseph Stella, and William Zorach protesting the exclusion of their work. Three additional scrapbooks contain clippings of articles written by Coffin when he was employed as an art critic for <emph render="italic">The New York Evening Post</emph>, <emph render="italic">Harper's Weekly</emph>, and <emph render="italic">The New York Sun</emph>. Printed material consists of miscellaneous clippings primarily about Coffin, programs from American Rights Committee exercises, a Dixie Club of New York concert, a Lotos Club concert, the Lafayette-Marne Anniversary exercises, and souvenir tickets to various art-related events including several Paris Salon Vernissage events sponsored by the Société des Artistes Francais.Photographs include an album of photographs of Coffin, various family members, and residences; a photograph of Coffin posing with an unidentified group of his colleagues; and photographs of family friends. Project files also contain photographs.

Archives of American Art

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6630433

Archives of American Art

Related Entities

There are 17 Entities related to this resource.

Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6815vhm (corporateBody)

Photos stored in Iconography Section. From the description of Pan-American Exposition records, 1899-1901. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155444124 ...

Coffin, William A. (William Anderson), 1855-1925

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w0983z (person)

Landscape painter, writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Anderson Coffin papers, 1900-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657037245 From the description of William Anderson Coffin papers, 1900-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122514958 American artist. From the description of William A. Coffin papers, 1915-1926. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780225 William Anderson Coffin (1855-1925) was a pa...

Stella, Joseph, 1877-1946

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68054fp (person)

Painter, draftsman; New York, N.Y. Born near Naples, Italy. Came to New York City in 1896. Studied at the Art Students League and at the New York School of Art from 1898-1908, and in Italy and France from 1909 to 1913, when he returned to New York. From the description of Joseph Stella papers, 1905-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82379655 ...

Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pr7xw3 (person)

Louis Bouché (1896-1969) was a painter, mural painter, and teacher from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Louis Bouché, 1963 Mar. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312024875 Louis Bouché (1896-1969) was a mural painter and interior designer in New York, N.Y. From the description of Louis Bouché papers, 1860-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821043 From the description of Louis Bouché papers, 1860-1997. (Unknow...

Cortissoz, Royal, 1869-1948

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69z97ch (person)

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...

Warren, Whitney, 1864-1943

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69g5qrw (person)

Whitney Warren was a New York architect. He studied in Paris at the Atliers of the Ecole des Beaux Arts and returned to NYC in 1896 to found the firm Warren &amp; Wetmore. Two of the firm's major works were the Grand Central Terminal and the Biltmore Hotel, both in New York City. Warren was also a co-founder of the Beaux Arts Institute of Design and served as director for many years. From the description of Whitney Warren papers, 1864-1943. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 6...

Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jm2cqq (person)

Born in New York City in 1848, Edwin Howland Blashfield became an artist who specialized in mural painting and advocated for public art. In 1867 Blashfield traveled to Paris where he studied with the figure painter Léon Bonnât. Blashfield's works were exhibited at the Paris Salon during 1875-1879, 1888-1889, and 1892-1893. On July 5, 1881, Blashfield married in Paris Evangeline Wilbour, and soon after took up permanent residence in New York City. He and his wife collaborated on many illustrate...

Exposition d'artistes de l'école Américaine (1919: Paris, France)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p99mx (corporateBody)

Lotos Club (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d25s4f (corporateBody)

Committee for the Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture (Paris, France)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qp4j1t (corporateBody)

Zorach, William, 1887-1966

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69p332s (person)

Sculptor, painter; interviewees are married. From the description of Reminiscences of Willam and Marguerite Zorach : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727160 William Zorach (1887-1966) was a sculptor and painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of William Zorach letter to Mr. Shipley, Feb. 8, 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821127 Artist. From the description of William Z...

Gussow, Bernard, 1881-1957.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67w7ftr (person)

American Rights Committee

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw4c4r (corporateBody)

American Artists' Committee of One Hundred.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc9m1b (corporateBody)

Musée d'histoire et d'art (Luxembourg)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw4rk4 (corporateBody)

Gay, Walter, 1856-1937

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61k037c (person)

Painter; Paris and Seine-et-Marne, France. Best known for studies of French interiors. From the description of Walter Gay papers, 1870-1980 (bulk 1889-1930). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333484 ...

Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v41fhf (person)