Edna Reindel papers
name: label: Creator
content: Reindel, Edna M.
label: Names
content: Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988
label: Names
content: Nelson, Carl Gustaf, 1898-1988
label: Names
content: Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Actors
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Book illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Surrealism
label: Topic
content: Regionalism
label: Topic
content: Women illustrators
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers of Edna Reidel on reel 1205 were lent for microfilming by Reindel in 1977. The unmicrofilmed material was donated in 1991 by Reindel's estate through executor and friend, Pauline Davidson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Reindel, Edna M.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Edna Reindel papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of artist Edna Reindel measure 0.8 linear feet and date from circa 1918-1990. The collection contains biographical material, printed material, artist files and photographs that document Reindel's career and her friendships with Hollywood celebrities, art patrons, and artists.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edna Reindel (1894–1990) was a painter, illustrator, and sculptor active from the 1920s to the 1960s. Born in Detroit, Michigan she studied at the Pratt Institute in New York and had her first solo exhibition in 1934 at the Macbeth Gallery. Reindel is best known for her work in large-scale murals, New England landscapes, and later for her commissioned work of women workers in WWII shipyard and aircraft industries as published in Life magazine in 1944.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1918-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.reinedna
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed by Jean Fitzgerald in 1994. A finding aid was written by Caroline Donadio in 2019.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Material lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reel 1205 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of artist Edna Reindel measure 0.8 linear feet and date from circa 1918-1990. The collection contains biographical material, printed material, artist files and photographs that document Reindel's career and her friendships with Hollywood celebrities, art patrons, and artists.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel 1205) including correspondence, primarily with Robert Macbeth, Homer Saint-Gaudens, Frank Crowninshield, Louis M. Eilshemius, Juliana Force, Karl Free, Greer Garson, Stanley William Hayter, Roland McKinney, Vincent Price, Benita Hume Colman (Mrs. George Sanders), and Ernest Watson. Also included is a WPA contract and related letters from Olin Dows and Edward B. Rowan, a transcript of a radio interview, and a portrait of Reindel by Elizabeth Taylor as a child. There are book illustrations, printed material, autographs of prominent individuals such as Douglas Fairbanks and Hedda Hopper, and an autographed photo of Greer Garson. Loaned materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.