06. Art Scholarship

Abstract Katharine McCook Knox (1890-1983), a Washington, D.C.-area art historian and author specializing in early American art, worked with the Frick Art Reference Library as a researcher, consultant, and special staff member for over 50 years. These records document her work as a member of the Library staff, as well as her personal research and writings in the field of early American art from 1922 to 1974. Records include correspondence, typescripts and manuscripts, galley proofs, handwritten and...

Abstract Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, had a lifelong interest in art history, particularly in the French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828). This resulted in nearly 50 years of research, for which she enlisted Frick Art Reference Library staff members as well as outside consultants in her work. These research files contain typed and handwritten research notes, correspondence, photographs, Frick Art Reference Library photo mounts,...

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Correspondence, exhibition catalogues, press releases, newspaper clippings, and other printed material documenting the research conducted by the College Art Association for their publications, The Index of Twentieth Century Artists and Parnassus.

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Research files of art historian Richard P. Wunder, containing artwork files, photographs, correspondence, writings and notes. Content mostly consists of his research on Gian Paolo Panini, though Hyacinthe Rigaud, Emmanuel Leutze, and architectural and theatre drawings are prominent topics as well.

Abstract Dr. J. Hall Pleasants (1873-1957), an authority on early Maryland painters and their works, provided the Frick Art Reference Library with information on thousands of Maryland paintings, and also organized and participated in the Library's photographing expeditions to Maryland. The correspondence and notes in this collection contain information on the genealogy of portrait subjects, painting provenance, attributions, owners, dates, and locations, with the bulk of the research concerning...

Abstract These records consist of correspondence and notes concerning the history and authentication of paintings by Gilbert Stuart, a prominent early American portraitist. Begun as an independent project by Lawrence Park, the project was completed by William Sawitzky under the auspices of Helen Clay Frick and the Frick Art Reference Library after the death of Mr. Park in September 1924, resulting in the publication Gilbert Stuart: an Illustrated Descriptive List of his...

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Correspondence, photographs, printed material, and notes document John Hill Morgan's research on George Washington portraits and other early American works of art. Morgan (1870-1945), an assistant professor and curator of American painting at Yale University, was considered an authority on early American art, most notably of portraits of George Washington.

Abstract This collection contains the correspondence and research of Juliette Tomlinson (1921-), author and former director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum in Springfield, Mass., on the American folk artist Joseph Whiting Stock (1815-1855). The files, compiled for her book, The Paintings and the Journal of Joseph Whiting Stock (1976), also contain research on Stock conducted after its publication. The collection is comprised of Tomlinson's correspondence...

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Data Sheets on individual portraits, photographs, correspondence, research notes, and printed materials document Lucy B. Mitchell's research on the American folk artist, James Sanford Ellsworth. Mitchell (1901-1988), an art historian and collector of Ellsworth’s paintings, was considered an authority on the artist.

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Papers and research files of art historian and collector Alfred Moir (1924-2010), containing photographs, research notes, correspondence, writings, and documents relating to his personal art collection. Art collecting content emphasizes Old Master drawings, while research content focuses on Italian baroque art, particularly the work of Caravaggio and his followers.