Letters, sketches and exhibition catalogues, 1899-1930.

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Letters, sketches and exhibition catalogues, 1899-1930.

Among the letters are 12 to assorted correspondents, 6 to Jean Charlot, 12 to Louise and Frederic Luce, Maximilien's son and daughter-in-law. Many of the letters include sketches in pencil and ink. The letters generally concern personal matters with some mention of work in progress. One letter to Charlot contains brief references to paintings seen during travels, while one letter to Aynaud mentions plans to visit Holland with van Dongen and Ludovic-Rodo (n.d.). Other correspondents are Miguet, Oulevey, Charles Remond and Camille Pissarro. In addition to the drawings on his letters, there are 11 separate small sketches by Luce done in pencil and ink, with 2 in watercolor. The sketches include seascapes, landscapes, and figure drawings. The exhibition ephemera consists of 2 small catalogues and 3 announcements or listings of work for Luce exhibits in private galleries between 1899 and 1930. One catalogue contains illustrations and an essay by Gustave Geffroy (1907).

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Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979

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Jean Charlot was an artist, teacher, scholar, critic, poet, and playwright. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and served in the French Army from 1918 to 1920. After the war he moved to Mexico, where he had relatives, and joined a group of other young artists in the Mexican Mural Renaissance of the 1920s. Charlot's fresco mural in the Preparatoria Nacional was the first of many he completed. While in Mexico, he wrote numerous articles on art, among them the first on the Mexican printmaker J...

Remond, Charles

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Aynaud, J.

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Oulevey, Henri Charles.

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Ludovic-Rodo 1878-1952

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Dongen, Kees van, 1877-1968.

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Dutch painter and potter. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) and autograph postal card signed (1) : Deauville and Paris, to John Rewald, 1952 Apr. 5 and May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870681 Dutch-born French painter. From the description of Letters, 1912-1952. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80461064 ...

Geffroy, Gustave, 1855-1926

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French art and literary critic, novelist and director (1908-1926) of the Gobelins tapestry works. From the description of Correspondence and manuscripts, 1884-1926. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82724463 French art critic. From the description of Le Statuaire Rodin : [n.p., probably Paris] : autograph manuscript signed, [n.d., ca. 1896]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269600558 ...

Luce, Maximilien, 1858-1941

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French painter and lithographer. From the description of Letters, sketches and exhibition catalogues, 1899-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83205277 French painter and graphic artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to H.E. Cross, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871368 ...

Pissarro, Camille, 1830-1903

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French painter. From the description of Paintings sold to Caillebotte : autograph manuscript notes : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858214 From the description of Letters, 1882-1903. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81892174 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Félix Fénéon, 1889 Feb. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872111 ...