Archives of American Art

Herbert Mears papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.mearherb
Creators:
Mears, Herbert Richard, 1923-1999
Dates:
1950-1979
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
200 Items
(on 1 microfilm reel)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Photographs of art work, brochures, opera programs, clippings, and exhibition announcements.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Painter and educator, Houston, Texas. Born in New York, N.Y. Attended Harrison School of Fine Arts, Atelier Leger in Paris and Studio Hinna in Rome. Taught at Harrison School of Fine Arts, Studio School of Contemporary Art, University of Houston, Rice University and Hill County Arts Foundation. Summer School Director, Museum of Fine Arts. Mears died in 1999.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reel 1515 available at Archives of American Art offices; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals returned to Mears after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lent for microfilming 1979 by Herbert Mears.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Educators -- Texas -- Houston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- Texas -- Houston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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