Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico files, 1897-1984

Collection Information

Size: 12 Microfilm reels

Summary: The microfilmed Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico files consist of files on approximately 200 artists of New Mexico and the Southwest containing biographical data; inquiries from researchers and owners of paintings requesting information on artists; photocopies of correspondence between artists and the Museum of Fine Arts and others; exhibition announcements, catalogues, and invitations; press releases; clippings; and printed material. Also included on microfilm reel 3292 is correspondence of the director Edward Hewett and curator Paul Walter with artists, including Gustave Baumann, Oscar E. Berninghaus, Ernest L. Blumenschein, Gerald Cassidy, E. Irwin Couse, Helena Dunlap, W. Herbert Dunton, Marsden Hartley, E. Martin Hennings, Robert Henri, Victor Higgins, Leon Kroll, Walter Pach, Bert G. Phillips, Doris Rosenthal, Walter Ufer and others.

Biographical/Historical Note

The Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico (established 1917), now called the New Mexico Museum of Art (name changed in 2007) is an art museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico run by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.

Provenance

Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project. Lent for microfilming by the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, in 1984 as part of AAA's Texas Arts Documentation Project.

Language Note

English .

Location of Originals

• Originals in: the New Mexico Museum of Art (previously known as the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico).