Los Angeles County Museum correspondence with artists

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Los Angeles County Museum correspondence with artists

1917-1938

Correspondence of Los Angeles County Museum directors William A. Bryan and Frank S. Daggett, and their assistants Louise Upton, Mary Marsh, and Helen Wood, with artists Andrew Dasburg, Robert Henri, Dana Bartlett, Guy Rose, Carl Oscar Borg and others. The letters relate to exhibitions, artists' visits, thank you and congratulatory notes, and specific paintings loaned or sold to the museum.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6688044

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Borg, Carl Oscar, 1879-1947

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Self taught Swedish-American artist Carl Oscar Borg (1879-1947) began his career as a sign painter in New York. He emigrated to the United States from Stockholm, Sweden in 1901, settling in Los Angeles in 1903 where he became active in the emerging Los Angeles art community. He became the protogé of Phoebe Apperson Hearst (mother of William Randolph Hearst) whose support and endorsement enabled him to study in Europe. He established himself as a serious artist after World War II working in the f...

Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979

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Andrew Dasburg (1887-1979) was a painter from Taos, N.M. From the description of Oral history interview with Andrew Dasburg, 1974 Mar. 26 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595136 ## Use MARC 545 From the guide to the Andrew Dasburg Papers, 1908-1981, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Painter; Taos, N.M. From the description of Andrew Dasburg interview, 1974 Mar. 26 [sound recording]. (Unkn...

Bartlett, Dana, 1878-1957

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Bryan, William Alanson, 1875-1942

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Bryan was director of the Los Angeles County Museum from 1921-1929. From the description of Papers, 1921-1929. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 24037636 ...

Daggett, Frank Slater, 1855-1920.

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Los Angeles County museum

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Henri, Robert, 1865-1929

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Painter, illustrator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Robert Henri letter, 1911 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79700794 American artist. From the description of Robert Henri papers, 1922-1928. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935956 From the description of Robert Henri speedwriting card index, circa 1922-1928. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 298597773 From the description of Robert Henri diary ...