Museum of Fine Arts correspondence, 1910-1978.

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Museum of Fine Arts correspondence, 1910-1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37518551

Summary: Collection consists of the correspondence between the Museum of Fine Arts and various artists and their families (1910-1978). Correspondence pertains to exhibits, donations of artwork, and repairs to artwork loaned to the Museum. Some of the artists represented in this collection are Gustave Baumann, Oscar E. Berninghaus, Donald Beauregard, Georgia O'Keeffe (1 letter), and John Sloan. Included in the Beauregard correspondence are letters addressed to Edgar L. Hewett (director of the Museum of New Mexico) in which Beauregard seeks employment with Hewett's expedition along the Rio Grande in the 1910s.

.5 linear feet.

Museum of New Mexico Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7394072

Museum of New Mexico Library

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O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986

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Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, renowned for her contribution to modern art.Born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia Totto O’Keeffe grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O’Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, where she learned the techniques of traditional painting. Th...

Beauregard, Donald

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Donald Beauregard was a young developing artist resident in Santa Fe and was chosen to do murals in various federal buildings in Santa Fe. He died of cancer before they were completed. From the guide to the Donald Beauregard Papers, 1914-1926, (Museum of New Mexico. Fray Angélico Chávez History Library.) Beauregard, a protege of Frank Springer of the Museum of New Mexico, studied art in Europe and was scheduled to paint murals in the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe after it ...

Hewett, Edgar L. (Edgar Lee), 1865-1946

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Edgar L. Hewett was the founder and first director of the Museum of New Mexico and the School of American Archaeology (which later became the School of American Research), both in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the description of Edgar L. Hewett files, 1915-1940. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992690 From the description of Edgar L. Hewett notes on Quarai, 1913. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992649 Edgar L. Hewett was a pro...

Museum of New Mexico.

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The Museum of New Mexico and its Board of Regents were established by a legislative act in 1909 (1909 Laws of N.M., Chp. 4, Sec. 1- 9). During the early years the director served both the Museum of New Mexico and the School of American Archaeology, later the School of American Research. Under the Cultural Properties Act of 1969, the Museum became responsible for administering all registered cultural properties belonging to the State of New Mexico (1969 Laws of N.M., Chp. 223, Sec. 6). In 1977 a ...

Berninghaus, Oscar E. (Oscar Edmund), 1874-1952

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Painter; Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the description of Oscar E. Berninghaus collection, 1976-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333549 Painter, designer, teacher; Taos, New Mexico. From the description of Oscar E. Berninghaus correspondence, 1945-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455993 Painter and designer. From the description of Oscar E. Berninghaus papers, 1895-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118406 ...

Museum of Fine Arts (Museum of New Mexico)

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The Museum of Fine Arts is one of the museums within the Museum of New Mexico, a subordinate unit of the Office of Cultural Affairs. From the description of Museum of Fine Arts correspondence, 1910-1978. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37518551 From the guide to the Museum of Fine Arts Correspondence, 1910-1978, (Museum of New Mexico. Fray Angélico Chávez History Library.) Art museum; Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the description of Muse...

Baumann, Gustave, 1881-1971

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A native of Germany, Baumann was an artist in Brown County, Ind. from 1909 to 1915. In 1918 he moved to Taos, N.M. and then to Santa Fe. He became internationally recognized as a master of woodblock prints. From the description of Papers, 1965-1968. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 34574189 ...

Sloan, John, 1871-1951

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Illustrator, painter, etcher, teacher, writer, lithographer; lived in New York City and Santa Fe, N.M. From the description of John Sloan manuscript collection, 1871-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775599666 Painter, etcher, illustrator, teacher, writer, and lithographer; lived in New York City and Santa Fe, N.M.; John Sloan and Will Shuster, painter, graphic artist, illustrator, and sculptor, first met in the summer of 1920, their friendship lasted until Sloan's death ...