Archives of American Art

Charles Rosen papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.rosechar
Creators:
Rosen, Charles, 1878-1950
Dates:
1896-1971
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.8 Linear feet
(on 4 microfilm reels)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Correspondence, sketchbooks, diaries, writings, printed material, photographs, and scrapbooks.
Scope and Contents
REEL 1033: Letters, including 2 from George Bellows and 17 from Eugene Speicher.
Scope and Contents
REELS 1118-1119: Biographical data and certificates; correspondence with many American artists; a European diary, 1909; writings, lectures and notes by and about Rosen; records of his paintings; sketches and sketchbooks; scrapbooks; exhibition catalogs, clippings and art school catalogs; and reproductions of portraits of Rosen.
Scope and Contents
REEL 1130: Photographs of Rosen as a young man, teaching and working, and with friends. Other photographs include the Carnegie Institute Jury, 1931; Rosen's friends, many of whom are American artists at Woodstock; Seminole Indians and a mural in Florida; and people and houses in Texas.
Scope and Contents
Photographs of artists include George Bellows, Ernest Blumenschein, Dennis Burlingame, Jo Cantine, John Carroll, Konrad Cramer, Andrew Dasburg, Randall Davey, Buckminster Fuller, Wendell Jones, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Henri E. Le Sidaner, Jonas Lie, Eugene D. Ludins, Ethel Magafan, Henry Mattson, Henry McFee, Paul Nash, Homer Saint-Gaudens, Judson Smith, Eugene Speicher, John Striebel, and Carl Walters.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Landscape painter, printmaker, instructor; Woodstock, N.Y. Studied at the National Academy of Design with Chase and DuMond. Associate Member and Academician, National Academy of Design. Painted murals for the United States Post Offices in Beacon and Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and Palm Beach, Fla.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
35mm microfilm reels 1033, 1118-1119 & 1130 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Existence and Location of Originals
Reel 1033: Originals returned to the lender, Katherine Warner Rosen, after microfilming.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material on reel 1033 lent for microfilming by Katherine Rosen Warner, Rosen's daughter, 1975. Other material donated by Warner, 1975.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Artists -- United States -- Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Landscape painting -- New York (State) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Florida -- Palm Beach -- Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- Woodstock Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Scrapbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sketchbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Landscape painters -- New York -- Woodstock Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bellows, George, 1882-1925 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Carnegie Institute -- Photographs Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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