Charles Avery Aiken papers

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Charles Avery Aiken papers

1872-1965

Correspondence; a financial record book; bank statements, bills and receipts; writings and notes, including notes on artists; a pencil drawing on vellum of a woman playing a cello; exhibition catalogs and announcements; 3 guestbooks, two of them from the Fifteen Gallery, New York City; transcripts of 3 radio interviews; and printed materials, 1940-1943 and undated, relating to the American Water Color Society, periodicals, and clippings.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6758211

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Fifteen Gallery (New York, N.Y.)

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American Watercolor Society.

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American Watercolor Society was founded in Dec. 1866 as the American Society of Painters in Water Colors, and became known early on as the American Water Color Society. Samuel Colman was its first president. The Society's first six annual exhibitions were held jointly with the National Academy of Design in NAD's gallery, followed by separate exhibitions at NAD and elsewhere. The group was officially incorporated as the American Water Color Society in March 1903. Beginnin...

Aiken, Charles Avery, 1872-1965

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Painter; Wellesley Hills, Mass. From the description of Charles Avery Aiken papers, 1872-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122546185 ...