Edward Wales Root papers

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Edward Wales Root papers

1896-1968

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Biographical material; files on Alexander Brook, Charles Burchfield, George Luks, Peppino Mangravite, Henry Lee McFee, Maurice Prendergast, Eugene Speicher, Theodoros Stamos, and others whose work Root collected, containing correspondence, catalogs, checklists, clippings, receipts, and notes; correspondence with Harris K. Prior and Joseph Trovato of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Lydia Powell, William Roerick, Carl Zigrosser, galleries, dealers, and museum officials; inventories, correspondence, notes, catalogs, and clippings relating to Root's collection; writings; diaries; sketches by Root; files on the Utica Art Society; and photographs of Root, his home, his art collection and exhibitions.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8246718

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Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962

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Eugene Speicher, born in New York in 1883, was best known for his portraits of women. From the description of Letter to Julian Street, ca. 1912. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499606 Portrait, figure, landscape, and still life painter and draftsman; New York, N.Y. From the description of Eugene E. Speicher papers, 1906-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355097 Eugene Edward Speicher (1883-1962) ...

Brook, Alexander, 1898-1980

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Alexander Brook (1898-1980) was a painter from Sag Harbor, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Alexander Brook, 1977 July 7-8 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613315319 Painter (Sag Harbor, N.Y.). From the description of Alexander Brook interviews, 1977 July 7 - 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220179411 Painter; Sag Harbor and New York City, N.Y. From the description of Alexander Brook papers, 1907-1982...

Root, Edward Wales, -1956

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Art collector and instructor; Clinton, N.Y. Collector of predominately American avant-garde art. Taught art at Hamilton College. Edward is the son of Elihu Root. From the description of Edward Wales Root papers, 1896-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80507176 Art collector and art instructor; Clinton, N.Y. Collector of predominately American avant-garde art. Taught art at Hamilton College. He was the son of Elihu Root. ...

Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933

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Painter and illustrator; b. in Williamsport, Penn. From the description of George Benjamin Luks papers, 1920-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972390 Illustrator, painter, cartoonist, lecturer, teacher; born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Recent scholarship shows 1866 as his birth date rather than 1867, as has been previously accepted. Studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in Dusseldorf, Berlin, Munich, London, and Paris. Worked on the staff of the Philadelphia ...

Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997

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d. Feb. 2, 1997, Yiannina, Greece. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 84607001 Theodore Stamos (1922-1997) was an Abstract Expressionist painter and educator in N.Y. and Greece. From the description of Theodoros Stamos papers, 1922-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744426362 Theodros Stamos, Abstract Expressionist Painter; NY and Lefkada Greece, 1922-1997; James ...

Utica Art Society.

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Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983

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Joseph Trovato, 1912-1983, painter of Utica, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Joseph S. Trovato, 1979 July 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397606 Painter and museum administrator; Clinton, N.Y. From the description of Joseph S. Trovato papers, [ca. 1945-1980]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81906186 Joseph Trovato (1912-1983) was a painter from Utica, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Josep...

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. Museum of Art

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Art museum, founded 1919; Utica, N.Y. From the description of 1913 Armory Show, 50th anniversary exhibition records, 1962-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82042061 ...

Prior, Harris K. (Harris King)

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Art administrator, educator; Rochester, N.Y.; b. 1911; d. 1975 Prior was director of Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y., 1962-1975. From the description of Harris King Prior papers, 1946-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122291411 ...

Prendergast, Maurice, 1858-1924

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Maurice: Painter, watercolorist, illustrator, graphic artist; New York, N.Y. and Boston, Mass. His brother Charles was a sculptor, painter and writer. From the description of Maurice Brazil and Charles Prendergast sketchbooks, [ca. 1887-1940]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81848207 Maurice: painter, watercolorist, illustrator and graphic artist; Boston, Mass. and New York, N.Y. Charles: painter, sculptor, craftsman, and framemaker; Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y....

Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967

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Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) was a watercolorist and painter in West Seneca, N.Y. From the description of Charles Burchfield letter to Alan M. Pensler, 1966 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477543 From the description of Charles Burchfield letter to Alan M. Pensler, 1966 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821068 Painter; Gardenville, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Charles Burchfield, 1959 Aug. 19. (Unknown). Wo...