Christopher Gray papers, 1937-1970.

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Christopher Gray papers, 1937-1970.

Collection consists of research files of art historian and Johns Hopkins professor of art, Christopher Gray. The bulk of the papers relate to Dr. Gray's research for his published volumes on Gauguin and Guillaumin. Collection consists of research files (1937-1970) of art historian and writer, Christopher Gray. The bulk of the collection consists of research material for Gray's major works on Gauguin and Guillaumin. Within the collection are approximatedly 1000 photographs collected by Gray and used to catalog the works of the artists in both volumes. A two-drawer card file containing additional notes and references to Guillaumin is the final item in the collection.

12.95 linear ft. (9 record center boxes, 2 document boxes, 1 card file)

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Johns Hopkins University. Dept. of Art

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Harvard University. Dept. of Fine Arts.

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Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903

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French artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Tahiti], to Monsieur Brault, 1903 Feb. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269581224 Gauguin was a French post-impressionist painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. From the description of Paul Gauguin's Le sourire, 1899-1900. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612771726 From the guide to the Paul Gauguin's, Le sourire, 1899-1900., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard Unive...

University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Fine Arts.

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Gray, Christopher L.

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Biographical Note: Christopher Gray was a professor of art, The Johns Hopkins University, and a writer on art subjects. He was born in Milton, Mass. in 1915. He received a B.S. degree in Physics from Harvard in 1937 and was associated with the Radio Research Laboratory at Harvard during the second World War. Gray did graduate work in the history of art at University of California, Berkeley and received his Ph. D. from the Department of Fine Arts, Harvard University in 19...

Johns Hopkins University. Dept. of History of Art.

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Guillaumin, Armand, 1841-1927

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French Impressionist painter from a working-class family, Guillaumin abandons school at 16 to start earning his living in municipal jobs. He attends evening drawing classes first with Caillouette, then at AcadeĢmie Suisse. In 1891, a substantial lottery prize enables him to devote himself to painting. From the description of Letters, 1902-1925. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78253793 ...