Archives of American Art

Arthur B. Wilder papers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.wildarth
Creators:
Wilder, Arthur B., 1857-1947
Dates:
[ca. 1866]-1944
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Biographical sketches; membership cards; correspondence, chiefly with family members; an account book; lists of work; writings; art work, including sketches, watercolors, etchings, lithographs, charcoal sketches and 10 sketchbooks, and oils on canvas; photographs of Wilder, Henry C. White and others, and of Wilder's and White's work and studios; exhibition catalogs, and other printed material.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Landscape painter; Woodstock, Vt. Studied at the Art Students League and the Art Guild in Brooklyn, N.Y., where Thomas Eakins was his instructor.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1993 by Lyle C. Pearsons, Wilder's grandson. Additional papers are expected.

Using the Collection

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

Keywords

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Drawings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sketchbooks Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Landscape painters -- Vermont -- Woodstock Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- Vermont -- Woodstock Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
White, Henry Cooke, 1861-1952 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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