Don Becker collection

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Don Becker collection

1899-1949

Primarily photographs; also clippings and writings concerning artists, mostly around the turn-of-the century. The items were gathered by Don Becker's mother, Fanny Granger-Dow, a student of William Merritt Chase and close friend to Edwin Blashfield and other artists of the period. In addition to Chase and Blashfield, other artists represented include Paul Wayland Bartlett, William Merritt Chase, F. Luis Mora, Auguste Rodin, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Paul Swan.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8253903

Archives of American Art

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Swan, Paul, 1899-1972.

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Mora, F. Luis (Francis Luis), 1874-1940

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Luis Mora (1874-1940) was a painter and illustrator from New York, N.Y. Mora is best known for his illustrations in magazines such as Century, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal. From the description of F. Luis Mora papers, 1895-1969, bulk 1895-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233006983 From the description of F. Luis Mora papers, 1895-1969, bulk 1895-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779476887 Painter, illustrator; New York, N.Y. From the descrip...

Granger-Dow, Fanny.

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Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916

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Painter, art instructor; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Merritt Chase letter, 1911 Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599930 William Merrit Chase (1849-1916) was a painter and instructor from New York, N.Y. and Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. From the description of William Merrit Chase photographs, [ca. 1895]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744425314 Painter and instructor; New York, N.Y. and Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. ...

Volk, Douglas, 1856-1935

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Volk was an American portrait painter and son of sculptor Leonard Volk. From the description of Letter, September 4, 1931. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 268661220 Douglas Volk (full name Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk) (1856-1935) was a painter. His father, Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895) was a sculptor. Both were active in Center Lovell, Me. From the description of Stephen A. Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers, 1845-1960 (bulk 1...

Becker, Don

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Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936

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Born in New York City in 1848, Edwin Howland Blashfield became an artist who specialized in mural painting and advocated for public art. In 1867 Blashfield traveled to Paris where he studied with the figure painter Léon Bonnât. Blashfield's works were exhibited at the Paris Salon during 1875-1879, 1888-1889, and 1892-1893. On July 5, 1881, Blashfield married in Paris Evangeline Wilbour, and soon after took up permanent residence in New York City. He and his wife collaborated on many illustrate...

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907

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Sculptor. From the description of Papers of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, circa 1848-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071553 Sculptor and artist. From the description of Augustus Saint-Gaudens papers, 1891-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981198 Sculptor, New York. From the description of Letter, 1893 April 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553768 American sculptor. From the description of Saint-Gaudens National...

Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917

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Rodin was a French artist most noted for his work as a sculptor. Delaunay was a French painter. From the description of [Notes] / Rodin. [between 1880 and 1917?] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191101211 French sculptor. From the description of Letters, 1882-1916. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84214109 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Davis, 1903 Dec. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record ...

Bartlett, Paul Wayland, 1865-1925

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Sculptor. From the description of Papers of Paul Wayland Bartlett, 1881-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131109 American expatriate sculptor. From the guide to the Paul Bartlett letter to John Shaw Billings (Director of NYPL), 1905, (The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives.) Sculptor and portraitist; Paris, France and Washington, D.C. Bartlett was born in Connecticut and raised in France where he enter...