Alexander Robertson James papers

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Alexander Robertson James papers

1893-1983

Family and professional correspondence; exhibition and sales records; sketches; sketchbooks; photographs and printed materials documenting the career and activities of Alexander James.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8225151

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James, William, 1882-

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Faulkner, Barry, 1881-1966

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Artist. From the description of Barry Faulkner papers, 1861-1966 (bulk 1900-1966). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82380415 Muralist, painter, and teacher; Keene, N.H. Studied with George de Forest Brush, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and at the American Academy in Rome. Was a trustee of the McDowell Colony, Peterborough, N.H. Died Oct. 27, 1966. From the description of Barry Faulkner papers, 1900-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78618549 ...

James, Frederika Paine

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Portrait painter. The younger son of psychologist William James (1842-1910), brother of painter William James (1882-1961), and nephew of novelist Henry James, Alexander James was actually christened Francis Temple Tweedy James in 1890. In 1925 he had his name officially changed to Alexander Robertson James. Later in life he dropped the Robertson and became Alexander James. He studied with Abbott Handerson Thayer and was a close friend of John Singer Sargent and Rockwell Kent. From th...

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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

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