Olaf Brauner letters

ArchivalResource

Olaf Brauner letters

1895-1938

Letters to Brauner, mainly from artists invited to participate in exhibitions arranged by Brauner at Cornell University. Prominent correspondents include: Giffford Beal, George Bellows, Frank Benson, Karl Bitter, Edith Burroughs, Emil Carlson, John Carlson, Charles Caffin, Arthur Crisp, Randall Davey, Paul Dougherty, Daniel Garber, Lillian Genth, William Glackens, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Charles Hopkinson, Henry Hubbell, John Johansen, William Sargent Kendall; Leon Kroll, Jonas Lie, William Macbeth, William Mason, Gari Melchers, Willard Metcalf, Leonard Ochtman, Bela Lyon Pratt, Maurice Prendergast, A. Phimister Proctor, Edward Redfield, William Ritschel, Walter Sargent, Eugene Speicher, Robert Spencer, D. W. Tryon, C. Howard Walker, Booker T. Washington, Frederick Judd Waugh, and others.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8319394

Archives of American Art

Related Entities

There are 40 Entities related to this resource.

Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb7071 (person)

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) ...

Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ng4rx8 (person)

Julius Garibaldi Melchers was an artist. From the description of Julius Garibaldi Melchers papers, 1878-1928. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 51538563 Painter, mural painter and portrait painter. Lived at "Belmont", his home in Falmouth, Virginia, near Fredericksburg. Born in Detroit, Michigan. Studied at Royal Art Academy, Dusseldorf, Germany; and Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Academie Julian, Paris. Won Grand Prize at 1889 Paris Exposition...

Bellows, George, 1882-1925

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qj7k2f (person)

George Wesley Bellows was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1882. He attended Ohio State University, leaving in 1903 for New York where he enrolled at William Chase's New York School of Art under the instruction of Robert Henri. He became Associate Member of the National Academy in 1908 and Academician in 1918. In 1910 he married a fellow student at the school, Emma Story. They had two daughters, Anne (the late Mrs. Maynard Kearney) and Jean (Mrs. Earl Booth). Among the prizes awarded to Bellows were th...

Cornell University

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hj08mc (corporateBody)

Waugh, Frederick Judd, 1861-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mc9hd6 (person)

Prendergast, Maurice, 1858-1924

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tt4xm9 (person)

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....

Ritschel, William, 1864-1949

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nw0b8d (person)

Hopkinson, Charles, 1869-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qz33f6 (person)

Painter; Massachusetts. From the description of Charles Hopkinson and Hopkinson family papers, 1890-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132993 ...

Macbeth, William, 1851-1917

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb46r8 (person)

Art dealer, New York, N.Y. Operated Macbeth Gallery. From the description of William Macbeth papers, 1870-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82961575 ...

Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v41fhf (person)

Caffin, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1854-1918

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gh9vqh (person)

American author and art critic; b. in England; moved to Chicago in 1892 and to New York, 1897, where he became art critic of Harper's Weekly, New York Sun, and other publications. From the description of Charles Caffin review of Marsden Hartley, 1917 Jan. 29. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 308679374 Charles Henry Caffin (1854-1918) was an art critic from New York, N.Y. Charles Caffin was an early supporter of the Photo-Secess...

Crisp, Arthur, 1881-1974

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w1j9m (person)

Arthur Crisp (1881-1974) was an Canadian-born American painter known for his murals, portraits, and decorative and genre paintings. From the guide to the Arthur Crisp Papers, 1952-1963, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Garber, Daniel, 1880-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x357g9 (person)

Painter, printmaker; Philadelphia, Pa. One of the "New Hope" landscape painters, trained at the Cincinnati Art Academy before moving to Pennsylvania. Then studied with Anshutz at the Pennsylvania Academy, becoming a teacher there himself in 1909. Garber won many awards for his work and was the subject of a retrospective at the Academy in 1945. Died 1958. From the description of Daniel Garber papers, 1900-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118621 ...

Carlson, John F., 1874-1945

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61r8s08 (person)

Beal, Gifford, 1879-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g16301 (person)

The vertical files of the Whitney Library originated with the Museum's founding in 1930 and include research materials on 20th century American art. Central to the collection are the files of the American Art Research Council, an agency administered by the Whitney Museum between 1942 and 1948, in cooperation with thirty museums and university art departments, to document and authenticate American art. The library now serves as a repository for the AARC records. The Council compiled records of th...

Proctor, Alexander Phimister, 1860-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62j6gm3 (person)

Alexander Phimster Proctor (1862-1950) was the sculptor of the "Rough Rider" statue of Theodore Roosevelt in Portland, Or., the "Pioneer" statue in Eugene, and "The Circuit Rider" statue in Salem. From the description of Alexander Phimister Proctor papers [manuscript], 1892-1980. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 711782255 From the guide to the Alexander Phimister Proctor papers, 1892-1980, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) ...

Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61k07q9 (person)

Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb1918 (person)

American painter and etcher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, NY, to Mr. Schnell, of Harper and Brothers, 1890 Feb. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270470640 Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. From the description of Childe Hassam letters, [undated] and 1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133251 Prominent and prolific American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. From the description...

Burroughs, Edith Woodman, 1871-1916

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z04d2w (person)

Spencer, Robert, 1879-1931

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ww8sw2 (person)

Davey, Randall, 1887-1964

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v2hv7 (person)

Randall Davey was a Santa Fe artist. He married Isabel Holt, the daughter of John Caldwell Holt and Kate Gilbert Holt, and the sister of Kate H. Cullum. From the description of Randall Davey collection, 1869-1985 (bulk, 1900-1985). (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37288608 Watercolorist; Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the description of Randall Davey papers, 1900-1974 and [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389520 Ran...

Redfield, Edward Willis, 1869-1965

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k93fd3 (person)

Landscape painter; Center Bridge, Penn. From the description of Edward Willis Redfield papers, 1836-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370473 Redfield was a landscape painter; New Hope, Pa. From the description of Edward Redfield letters to Irene Weygandt, 1940-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370564 ...

Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pr7xqv (person)

American landscape painter Dwight William Tryon was born in Hartford, CT on August 13, 1849. When Tryon was about 2 years old, his father Anson Tryon was killed in a hunting accident and he was raised at his maternal grandparents' home. At the age of fourteen, Tryon began work as a machinist at Colt's Firearms Factory in Hartford to support his mother and himself. He enrolled in evening classes at Hannum's Business School and developed calligraphic skills which supplemented his inco...

Hubbell, Henry Salem, 1870-1938.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nc81ng (person)

Johansen, John C. (John Christen), 1876-1964

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pc53fs (person)

Painters; New York, N.Y. and Massachusetts. From the description of John C. Johansen and Jean MacLane papers, 1896-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84920057 ...

Ochtman, Leonard, 1854-1934.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f495fj (person)

Henri, Robert, 1865-1929

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6057h7j (person)

Painter, illustrator; New York, N.Y. From the description of Robert Henri letter, 1911 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79700794 American artist. From the description of Robert Henri papers, 1922-1928. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935956 From the description of Robert Henri speedwriting card index, circa 1922-1928. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 298597773 From the description of Robert Henri diary ...

Brauner, Olaf M., 1869-1947

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gx4cb1 (person)

Artist, professor of drawing and painting, Cornell University. From the description of Olaf Brauner papers, 1899-1950. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63534622 Portrait painter, occasional sculptor, and first professor of art at Cornell University. From the description of Olaf Brauner letters, 1895-1938 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84389390 ...

Dougherty, Paul, 1877-1947

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66123p0 (person)

Marine painter; Carmel, California and New York, N.Y. From the description of Paul Dougherty papers, 1896-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502781 ...

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h814sk (person)

Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Kendall, William Sergeant, 1869-1938

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg3ft1 (person)

Artist, active in New York City and elsewhere in the eastern United States, primarily known for his paintings of children. From the description of William Sergeant Kendall papers, 1881-1938. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58779214 Painter. Kendall studied at the Art Students League, with Thomas Eakins in Philadelphia, and in Paris with Oliver Merson at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and became a National Academician in his earl...

Lie, Jonas, 1880-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh3mph (person)

Mason, William, 1829-1908

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6611jcz (person)

Pianist, teacher, and musical theoretician. From the description of Autographs of musicians, 1830-1906. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122482701 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Pianist, teacher, and musical theoretician. From the guide to the William Mason Autographs of Musicians, 1830-1906, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) ...

Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v41mhh (person)

Born in a suburb of Vienna, Austria, Karl Bitter was trained as a sculptor at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, from 1885 to 1888. After active service in the Army, Bitter immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City in November of 1889. Within weeks of his arrival, Bitter was engaged by the American architect, Richard Morris Hunt (1825-1895). He worked on projects for the Astors and Vandberbilts in New York City and at the Biltmore Estate, for William H. Vanderbilt, Ash...

Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61v6rws (person)

Sculptor. From the description of Bela Lyon Pratt papers, 1884-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132900 American sculptor. From the description of Bela L. Pratt Letters to Michael S. O'Donnell, 1908, 1909. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 71224886 Sculptor, teacher; Boston, Mass.; b. 1867; d. 1917 Studied at Yale, Art Students League, and with Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Kenyon Cox, and William Merritt Chase, and ot...

Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65m681m (person)

Artist. From the description of Reminiscences of Leon Kroll : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743152 Leon Kroll (1884-1974) was a painter from New York, N.Y. Kroll was a leading painter during the 1920's and 1930's. From the description of Leon Kroll papers, 1905-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220244127 Leon Kroll (1884-1974) of New York, N.Y., was a pai...

Walker, Charles Howard, 1857-1936

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kp83qp (person)

Architect; Boston, Mass. Full name Charles Howard Walker. From the description of C. Howard Walker papers, 1877-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86118576 Professor. From the description of Charles L. Walker papers, 1880(ca.)-1920. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155426264 ...

Genth, Lillian Mathilde, 1876-1953

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b878pm (person)

Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Lillian Genth papers, 1904-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557140 ...

Sargent, Walter, 1868-1929

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bc60cx (person)

Glackens, William J., 1870-1938.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6251nvm (person)