Miscellaneous subjects, 1901-1937.

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Miscellaneous subjects, 1901-1937.

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Contains correspondence, notes, legal documents, historical essays and other texts, meeting minutes, exhibition catalogues, and printed ephemera illustrating the history and activities of the Houston Art League from 1901 to 1937. Included are successive versions of the Charter of the Houston Art League (1913, 1929) as well as its Constitution and By-Laws (1904, 1919, 1925); various papers related to preparations for and the holding of dedication exercises on the Montrose Boulevard site of the future Houston Art League Museum (now the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston); a report on the dedicatory exercises, held on April 12, 1917; papers relating to the opening of the Museum building designed by William Ward Watkin, held on April 13, 1924; and the text of the address delivered at the 1924 opening by Homer Saint-Gaudens, son of American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Several important letters are present, including architect Kenneth Franzheim's 1921 letter regarding his costs and plans for the Art League's proposed Museum, for which he had already submitted drawings; and William Ward Watkin's letter of March 1917 urging the erection of a suitable memorial marker on the Museum site which was to be dedicated in April of the same year.

1 linear ft.

Hirsch Library Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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Saint-Gaudens, Homer

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Houston Art League

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On March 17, 1900, forty-seven people assembled to hear a lecture on art given by Mrs. Jean Sherwood of Chicago in the Houston home of Mrs. Robert S. Lovett. Inspired by their common interest in the arts, those assembled agreed to the formation of a society whose purpose was to foster interest in the fine arts in Houston, Texas. On March 24, 1900 the Constitution and By-Laws of the Houston Public School Art League were formally read and adopted. Primarily directed towards the establishment of ar...

Franzheim, Kenneth, 1890-1959

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Cullinan, J. S. 1860-1937.

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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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American federation of arts

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The American Federation of Arts was a non-profit education association that sponsored group and one-man shows as well as lecture tours to promote the arts in America. The correspondence with A.F.A. staff Leila Mechlin, Horace Jayne and Burton Cummings deals primarily with exhibitions of the work of Federico CastelloĢn, Misch Kohn and Mauricio Lasansky. Also mentioned is a lecture tour on prints made by Elmer Adler. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1929-1953...

Watkin, William Ward, 1886-1952

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