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Artists

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Charles Stuart 1831-1898 Series, bulk: 1860 - 1880, 1865 - 1998

 Series
Identifier: BMA.PPD.ACS
Abstract

This series primarily features correspondence and business papers of the Wilmington ship portraitist and marine painter, Alexander Charles Stuart 1831-1898. The collection additionally contains catalogs featuring Stuart and his work, as well as research materials on Stuart gathered by the donor, Paul Preston Davis, from various sources including Wilmington researcher Julie Colflesh.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1860 - 1880; 1865 - 1998
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections / Paul Preston Davis 1931-2021 Collection

Carolyn Wyeth 1909-1994 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-CW
Abstract The collection documents the life, artistic career, and personal experiences of Carolyn Wyeth (1909-1994), an artist and member of the renowned Wyeth family. The materials span a range of formats, including newspaper clippings, exhibition catalogues, personal correspondence, photographs, and artwork, providing rich insight into both her public achievements and private life. Central to the collection are articles and records of Carolyn’s exhibitions, her teaching career, and her contributions...
Dates: 1911 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1980
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections

Henry C. Pitz 1895-1976 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-HCP
Abstract

The Henry C. Pitz Collection includes manuscripts, research, and reference materials pertaining to two publications written by Henry Pitz on Howard Pyle: The Brandywine Tradition (1969) and Howard Pyle: Writer, Illustrator, Founder of the Brandywine School (1975).

Dates: 1969 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1975
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections

Henry Louis Stephens 1824-1882 Series, bulk: circa 1850-1880, bulk: circa 2000-2010, 1850 - 2021

 Series
Identifier: BMA.PPD.HLS
Abstract The Henry Louis Stephens series includes materials compiled by collector and historian Paul Preston Davis relating to Stephens’s work as an illustrator, cartoonist, and author. A particular focus of this series is Stephens’s personal scrapbook, dated 1880, that contains print proofs featuring anthropomorphic animals. This series contains advertising prints, trade cards, print proofs, four original drawings, and Davis’s research materials and notes on Stephens’s published cartoons and...
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1850-1880; Majority of material found within circa 2000-2010; 1850 - 2021
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections / Paul Preston Davis 1931-2021 Collection

John Sloan 1871-1951 Series , bulk: 1950 - 2000, 1892 - 2012

 Series
Identifier: BMA.PPD.JS
Abstract Contents include materials related or pertaining to American artist John Sloan as arranged by the collector Paul Preston Davis, who volunteered alongside Sloan’s second wife, Helen Farr Sloan, at the Delaware Art Museum, circa 1990. The John Sloan series was part of several donations made by Davis and includes exhibition catalogues, books, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, and ephemera that reproduce, advertise, or include works either by or in relation to John Sloan and Helen Farr...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1950 - 2000; 1892 - 2012
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections / Paul Preston Davis 1931-2021 Collection

N.C. Wyeth 1882-1945 Correspondence Collection of Betsy James Wyeth 1921-2020

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-NCWC
Abstract The N.C. Wyeth Correspondence Collection of Betsy James Wyeth details the life of this American artist and illustrator, through letters and photographs collected and curated by his daughter-in-law, Betsy James Wyeth (referred to as “BJW” in this finding aid). The collection contains manuscript correspondence (personal and business), both to and from N.C. Wyeth (referred to as “NCW”), with a majority of the personal letters written to his mother, Henriette Zirngiebel Wyeth (1858-1925)....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1882 - 1945; 1867 - 2021
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections

Paul Preston Davis 1931-2021 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMA-PPD
Abstract

The Paul Preston Davis Collection contains secondary and tertiary research materials that cover four artistic subjects local to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware regions: Alexander Charles Stuart, Henry Louis Stephens, Howard Pyle, and John Sloan.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1880 - 2000; 1820 - 2021
Found in: Walter & Leonore Annenberg Research Center - Archives & Special Collections

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