Otto Bacher papers

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Otto Bacher papers

1873-1938

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Notebooks, correspondence, photographs, art works, printed materials, and miscellany. A notebook listing prices of printmaking supplies; 3 illustrated notebooks; a passport, 1878; letters to Bacher and his wife Mary from Robert Blum concerning his travels to Japan, from John M. Carrier and Gari Melchers; condolence letters to Mary; photographs of Bacher; a photograph album of an artists' party, including Bacher, John White Alexander, James Carroll Beckwith, Edwin Blashfield, Robert Blum, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, John LaFarge, Will Hicok Low, Frances Millet, John Singer Sargent, Jules Turcas, John Twatchmann, and J. Alden Weir; and photographs of tableaux at the American Art Club, Munich, 1878-1897, the Bronxville studio, and works of art; exhibition announcements and catalogs; clippings; reproductions; a Frank Duveneck exhibition catalogue, 1938; and miscellany. Six drawings and 28 etchings including scenes of Venice and landscapes; two drawings "Caricatures of Some of the Venetian Group of 1886" by Robert Blum; an etching of Venice by Theodore M. Wendel; snapshots and a few photographs, including one of the interior of the Hotel Gramatan. An undated letter to Bacher from Robert Blum, discussing his mental and physical condition and thanking Bacher for his kindness. Three letters to the Bachers from their nephew, Lewis Archibald Blum; a photo of Bacher, 1887; a circular "Panama-Pacific International Exposition of San Francisco," 1915; and a pamphlet from the Metropolitan Museum, "Publications on Sale," 1938.

0.5 Linear feet ((343 items on 3 reels of microfilm))

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Wendel, Theodore, 1859-1932

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Blum, Robert Frederick, 1857-1903

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Painter, illustrator, muralist; New York, N.Y. From the description of Robert Blum illustrated letters, [between 1875 and 1900?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594925 Robert Frederick Blum was an American artist born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was employed for a time in a lithographic shop, and studied at the McMicken Art School of Design in Cincinnati, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, but he was practically self-taught, and early showed great a...

Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry), 1856-1909

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Painter, etcher, and illustrator Otto Bacher (1856-1909) was an early American impressionist. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he perfected his etching technique while studying at the Royal Academy in Munich in the late 1870s. Bacher was a founding member of the Society of Illustrators at its inception in 1901. From the description of Otto H. Bacher etchings 1879-1888 (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 759427374 Impressionist painter and etcher; Chicago, Illinois. ...