Victoria Hutson Huntley papers

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Victoria Hutson Huntley papers

1929-1999

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The papers of Victoria Hutson Huntley measure 1.3 linear feet and date from1929-1999. Biographical material, correspondence, writings, artwork, printed material and photographs chronicle professional activities and personal life of the lithographer, painter, and muralist.Biographical materials highlight Huntley's achievements. Her professional correspondence illustrates an active career; correspondents include Old Bergen Art Guild and Philadelphia Museum of Art.Autobiographical notes convey her passion for art, feelings about her health, and the hindrances faced by female artists. Her other writings include "An Artist's Experience in the Everglades" and "On Making a Lithograph," articles that reflect her personality, ideas, rationale and procedures for executing her work.Artwork consists of a mural design and 10 sketchbooks that also include notes. Printed material includes newspaper clippings and pamphlets that provide insight into the art world of the 1930s and 1940s as it chronicles Huntley's art endeavors and exhibitions. Books are <emph render="italic">Le Colophon Book Collector's Quarterly</emph> containing a reproduction of work by Huntley, and <emph render="italic">Victoria Hutson Huntley</emph>, an article she made into a volume as a gift for her mother.The majority of the photographs are of Huntley's artwork. They show her growth as an artist and the influences of the places she lived. Also found are some family photographs.

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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...

Old Bergen Art Guild.

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Huntley, Victoria Hutson, 1900-1971

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Painter, muralist, printmaker; New York, N.Y., Chatham, N.J.; b. 1900; d. 1971 After her first marriage to William K. Hutson, Huntley married Ralph Huntley and assumed his name as hers, professionally. In 1930, Huntley produced a series of lithographs depicting industrial and factory sites entitled, "Steam and Steel", which gained national attention. During the 1940s she produced a series of lithographs based on the birds and plants in and around the Florida Everglades. ...