Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930
| title | Artist file: Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930 | repository | National Portrait Gallery Library |
| description | Folder(s) may include exhibition announcements, newspaper and/or magazine clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, illustrations, resumes, artist's statements, exhibition catalogs. |
| extent | 1+ folders (check with repository) |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Folder(s) do not circulate. Folder(s) available for use only at the holding library |
| record source | http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Art-Design/artandartistfiles/ |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:01 |
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| title | Jean Leon Gerome Ferris papers, [ca.1850-] 1979. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | REEL 2669: Biographical information; notes; correspondence; other correspondence and legal documents regarding the acquisition by Smithsonian Institution of Ferris's collection of historical paintings and other art objects; lists of paintings and painting labels; sketches; and printed source material for his paintings. REEL 2670: Printed source material; photographs; a series of reproductions of paintings comprising "A Pageant of Nations"; and a manuscript of "Liber Patriae Nostrae," containing pen and ink drawings and text, and reproductions of his paintings, 1926. Also included are 117 cartes de visites. REEL 3002: A photograph of Ferris, ca. 1920, at work at his easel; source material for his paintings; and reproductions of his paintings. UNMICROfILMED: Two oil paintings by Stephen James Ferris of J. L.G. Ferris and his wife. Bio / His Notes: Painter (Philadelphia, Pa.). Studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and in Paris at the Académie Julian and with Jean Léon Gérôme. Signed some works as G. Ferris. In 1900, he began a series of paintings on American history. |
| extent | ca. 1000 items (on 3 microfilm reels). reels 2669-2670 & 3002 |
| formats | Notes Correspondence Legal Papers Inventories Photographs |
| access | Patrons must use microfilm copy. Access to the two oil portraits (unmicrofilmed) requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | Ruel Pardee Tolman papers, 1887-1958. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Correspondence; photographs; index card files; books; pages from a notebook; artwork; notes and diagrams; and printed material. REEL 2677: Correspondence with Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1927-1928, Ferris's widow, 1930-1941, and others, 1926-1945, regarding Ferris's gift to the Smithsonian Institution of his prints, paintings, miscellaneous items, and works of art by his father Stephen James Ferris. Included are photos of Mrs. Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris's studio, 1939, and his brass vessel collection; 21 letters from artist Jean Leon Gerome to Stephen James Ferris (in French, 9 with translations), 1887-1903; a letter and a postcard from Gerome to J. L. G. Ferris, 1903; notes to the Ferrises from Gerome's widow, 1904; and an invitation to Gerome's memorial service, 1904. REEL 3480: Pages from a notebook, ca. 1940, and a sketch by Tolman; a 1929 letter from Mantle Fielding, regarding miniatures by Gilbert Stuart; and correspondence between Roma Harlan and Tolman, while Tolman was Director of the National Collection of Fine Arts. UNMICROFILMED: Card files on art collections, artists, dealers, collectors, sales transactions and lost paintings; photographs, mostly 1930s, of Tolamn's family, dealers, collectors, galleries, places visited, Smithsonian buildings, scenes of Washington, D.C., works of art and miscellaneous subjects; the book " The Life and Works of Edward Greene Malbone, 1777-1807" by Tolman, 1958; letters, 1910-1948 and undated; notes and diagrams about color and painting; artwork, undated and 1921-1951, including etchings, prints, watercolor sketches, many produced as Christmas cards; printed material including newspaper clippings, 1910-1952 and two exhibition catalogs, 1920 and 1924. Also included are a catalog of works, undated, by Charles Gruppe, signed by Gruppe, and the book "Early American Portrait Painters in Miniature" by Theodore Bolton, 1921, signed by Tolman. A photograph of Tolman and Bolton seated, 1950, is attached to the cover page of the book. Bio / His Notes: Museum director and printmaker; Washington, D.C. Tolman was the Director of National Collection of Fine Arts, 1946-1948. Language Note: Reel 2677: some letters are in French. |
| extent | 2.0 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 2 reels) |
| formats | Microfilm Correspondence Photographs Notes Ephemera |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Card files and some photographs donated 1979 by Thomas M. Beggs, Tolman's successor as director of NCFA; material on reels 2677 and 3480 transferred 1981 and 1986 from NMAA. Additional unmicrofilmed material transferred 2006 from SAAM/NPG library. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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