Vose Galleries of Boston records

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Vose Galleries of Boston records

circa 1876-1996

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The records of Vose Galleries of Boston measure 26.6 linear feet and date from circa 1876, 1890s-1996 with the bulk of materials dating from 1920s-1930s. Nearly 90 percent of the collection documents the gallery's handling of American paintings and portraits through incoming and outgoing business correspondence with artists, clients, galleries, and museums, including considerable correspondence with portrait artist Alfred Jonniaux and clients regarding commissioned portraits. Other materials include client files; artists' biographies; records of sales, consignments, framing, restoration, and banking, mostly from the 1940s-1960s; and scattered exhibition catalogs, newspaper clippings, and postcards. Also found is a handwritten manuscript regarding the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, PA and a 1991 videotape about the Vose Galleries and its founding family.Correspondence of note is with artists Childe Hassam, Malvina Hoffman, Alfred Jonniaux, and John Singer Sargent; galleries Ehrich Galleries, Clapp & Graham Co., M. Knoedler & Co., Macbeth Galleries, Milch Galleries, Newhouse Galleries, Arthur U. Newton Galleries, Norton Galleries, and Howard Young Galleries; the estates of Anna Coleman Ladd and William E. Norton; and the family of Abbott H. Thayer.Researchers should note that the records do not comprehensively span the gallery's history or operations. The bulk of the collection is correspondence from Robert C. Vose's era running the Robert C. Vose Galleries in the 1920s-1930s and, lesser so, under Robert C. Vose, Jr.'s direction in the 1970s. There is little material in the collection which dates before the 1910s or the 1950s-1960s, other than correspondence regarding Alfred Jonniaux and some financial records. There is a handful of correspondence which covers the period of R.C. & N.M. Vose Gallery. Records loaned for microfilming should be consulted for materials outside of the bulk dates of this collection, especially for materials from the late 1800s-early 1900s.

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Hoffman, Malvina Cornell, 1885-1966

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Malvina Cornell Hoffman, the American sculptor known for her life-size bronzes figures, portraits, and dance sculptures, was born in New York City on June 15, 1885. She was the youngest child of Richard Hoffman, an English concert pianist and teacher, and Fidelia Marshall Lamson Hoffman, an amateur pianist from a socially prominent New York family. From the beginning of her life Hoffman was immersed in an artistic and intellectual milieu, surrounded not only by her parents' music, but by a large...

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921

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Painter; Dublin, New Hampshire. From the description of Abbott Handerson Thayer papers, 1861-1936 [microform]. 1962. (Defense Special Weapons Agency). WorldCat record id: 79732064 American painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dublin, N.H., to Mr. Clark, [no year] Jun. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571900 Artist Abbott Handerson Thayer was born in Boston and raised in rural New Hampshire, where he became an avid outdoorsman a...

Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939

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Portrait and architectural sculptor; Boston, Mass. Born Anna Coleman Watts in Philiadelphia, Pa. Raised in Paris and lived and studied in Rome for twelve years. Founded the Studio for Portrait Masks in the American Red Cross in Paris during WWI, where she collaborated with surgeons to fit disfigured soldiers with sculpted faces. From the description of Anna Coleman Ladd papers, ca. 1881-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84401699 Born ...

Robert C. Vose Galleries

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Art gallery at 320, 398, and 559 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. From the description of Robert C. Vose Galleries exhibition catalogs, [ca. 1900-1941]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404608 ...

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...

Norton, William E., 1843-1916

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E.L. Connally was the daughter of Joseph E. Brown. Elizabeth Grisham Brown was the wife of Judge Jeptha J. Norton; Nancy Frances Norton was Judge Norton's mother. From the description of Norton and Brown family letters, 1856-1914. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 163567268 Marine painter; Mass., London, and New York. From the description of William Edward Norton glass negatives, [ca. 1880]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502682 Willia...

Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia, Pa.

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The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 marked the 100th anniversary of American freedom. The celebration took place in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10 and attracted over eight million visitors. The exhibition spread across 450 acres of ground in Fairmont Park and consisted of over 200 buildings. Planning for the event began in 1870, and in 1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission to plan and run the exhibition. The following year saw the incorporation of the Centenni...

Vose, Robert Churchill, 1873-

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Art dealer; Boston, Mass. Died 1964. From the description of Robert C. Vose interview, 1961 Mar. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80064164 ...

Howard Young Galleries (New York, N.Y.)

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Art gallery at 620 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. From the description of Howard Young Galleries exhibition catalog and invitation, 1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122648225 ...

Macbeth Gallery

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Art gallery at 237 5th Avenue and 450 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. From the description of Macbeth Gallery exhibition catalogs, 1892-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84558225 Macbeth Gallery (founded 1892) is an art gallery from New York, N.Y. Founded in 1892 by William Macbeth in New York City, the first gallery at that time to deal solely in American art. The most famous of Macbeth's exhibitions was that of The Eight, in 1908. Robert Macbeth, the...

Ehrich Galleries (New York, N.Y.)

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Art gallery at 707 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y. From the description of Ehrich Galleries exhibition catalogs, [undated] and 1915-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122390598 ...

R.C. & N.M. Vose (Firm)

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Milch Galleries

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Art gallery at 108 W. 57th St., New York, N.Y. From the description of Milch Galleries exhibition catalogs, [undated] and 1916-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553218 ...

Jonniaux, Alfred, 1882-

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Portrait painter. Born in Brussels, Belgium. Following study at the Academie des Beaux Arts, Brussels, and as a draftsman in Paris, Jonniaux began his career as a portraitist in London. He immigrated to the United States during World War II, becoming a citizen in 1946. During his first ten years in America, he established studios in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. His exhibitions led to many portrait commissions from leading figures in all spheres of American life. ...

Vose Galleries of Boston

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Art gallery; Boston, Mass. Founded 1841 in Providence, R.I. by Ransom Hicks, and purchased by Joseph Vose in 1841. In 1850, his son Seth Morton Vose joined the firm, and in 1855 became director. Primary business until late 1860s was frame making, gilding and art supplies. Began regularly exhibiting in Boston in 1882. Seth's son Robert C. Vose joined in 1896, and managed the Boston gallery from 1897. After Seth's death in 1910, the Providence gallery closed, and Robert an...

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925

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Florence 1856-1925 London. From the description of Portrait of Mrs. J.P. Morgan, Jr. (nee Jane Norton Grew, 1868-1925) [painting]. [ca. 1905] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906593 Anglo-American painter. From the description of Letters, 1881-1916. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81028068 Sargent was an American-born painter who lived and worked in France, England and elsewhere. From the description of [Letter] Sunday, 33, T...

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935

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American painter and etcher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, NY, to Mr. Schnell, of Harper and Brothers, 1890 Feb. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470640 Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. From the description of Childe Hassam letters, [undated] and 1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133251 Prominent and prolific American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. From the description...

Jill Newhouse Gallery

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Vose, Robert C. (Robert Churchill), 1911-1998

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Art dealer, Vose Galleries of Boston. From the description of Robert C. Vose interviews, 1986 June 27-1986 July 23 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123373516 Art dealer (Boston, Mass.). From the description of Robert C. Vose lecture, 1987 May 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220184253 Robert C. Vose (1911-) is an art dealer from Boston, Mass. From the description of Robert C. Vose lecture, 1987 May 14. (Unknown). WorldCat r...

Arthur U. Newton Galleries.

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Art gallery; New York, N.Y. Owned by Arthur U. Newton. From the description of Arthur U. Newton Galleries records, 1930-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122514873 ...

Norton Gallery and School of Art

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