Archives of American Art

Lucy Hayward Barker papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.barklucy
Creators:
Barker, Lucy Hayward, 1872-1948
Dates:
1898-1992
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1.8 Linear feet
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
A chronology and biography prepared by Barker's daughter, Eleanor Barker McCargar, entitled "Biographical Sketch of My Mother"; correspondence, 1890-ca. 1985, including letters from Lucy to her family, some written during her travels abroad, and other family correspondence, letters to Lucy from friends and teachers, among them Philip Hale and Edmund Tarbell; letters to Eleanor regarding her mother; and other miscellaneous correspondence; sketchbooks; color photographs of Barker's paintings; biographical materials; clippings; a photocopy of a catalog for the Portland Society of Art's 1936 annual exhibition,1936; and a video, Lucy Hayward Barker, 1892-1948 : American Impressionist Portrait Painter, by appraiser James B. Byrnes.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Painter; Maine. An American Impressionist portrait painter, Barker studied with Edmund Tarbell, Philip Hale and Frank Benson at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston School. From 1898 to until her marriage to Roy Barker in 1906 she had a studio in Boston. After marriage and motherhood, she resumed her career in 1929 in Presque Isle, Maine.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Eleanor Barker McCargar, Barker's daughter, 1993-1994. Additions are expected.

Using the Collection

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Other Finding Aids

Other Finding Aids
Inventory to selected letters prepared by the donor is in collection file.


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