Howard M. Stoner Research Files on Albert Moore
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of Howard M. Stoner’s research materials related to Albert Moore and the correspondence he maintained with various museum professionals and scholars who had access to or interest in Moore’s work. The collection is organized into two series: Correspondence and Subject Files.
Series I: Correspondence contains copies of emails, handwritten notes, and letters to and from Stoner. There are image requests made to museums and invoices related to these requests, communication with booksellers who had biographical materials related to Albert Moore, letters regarding meetings with scholars with similar interests, communication regarding viewing some of Moore’s works in person, and letters providing evidence that the painting Lilies had been incorrectly titled.
Series II: Subject Files contains copies of scholarship related to Albert Moore, Victorian artists, and the Pre-Raphaelite movement; photographic material including negatives, transparencies, slides, and photographs; gallery catalogs; library catalog records; and handwritten notes. It also includes a copy of Stoner's unpublished manuscript, Some Observations on the Paintings of Albert Moore, 1841-1893.
Dates
- Creation: 1997-2002
Creator
- Stoner, Howard M., 1933-2017 (Person)
Access Restrictions
These records are open for research by appointment under the conditions of
Biographical Note
Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893) was a painter born in York, England to a family of painters. While many of his works are Neoclassical, his earlier work includes portraits as well as paintings that were inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite movement. There is little scholarship about Moore prior to the twentieth century, although one of his pupils, Alfred Lys Baldry, published a book about him in 1894.
Howard M. “Hap” Stoner (1933–2017) of New York, N.Y., once a senior vice president at advertising agency N.W. Ayer & Son, took an interest during retirement in art history and, more specifically, Albert Moore’s life and work. After auditing a course at Columbia University with Professor Allen Staley, he sought to further educate himself and others on Moore’s work, including traveling internationally to view all of Moore's known works in person. His research files contain evidence of his efforts to locate biographical works on the artist and write some of his own, ultimately culminating in an unpublished manuscript.
Extent
2.1 Linear feet (5 boxes and 2 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Research files of Howard M. Stoner (1933-2017) on the painter Albert Moore (1841-1893). Files contain correspondence, photographic materials, notes, photocopies of scholarship on Moore, and Stoner's unpublished manuscript on the artist.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into two series: Series I: Correspondence, 1998-2000 and Series II: Subject Files, 1997-2002. The folders in both series are arranged alphabetically.
Provenance
Gift of Nancy Reed, 2022.
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Kiki Verdun, 2022.
Subject
- Moore, Albert Joseph, 1841-1893 (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Howard M. Stoner Research Files on Albert Moore, 1997-2002 MS.169
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Kiki Verdun
- Date
- © 2022 The Frick Collection. All rights reserved.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Frick Collection Archives Repository
