Burton Callicott papers
name: label: Creator
content: Callicott, Burton, 1907-
label: Names
content: Memphis Academy of Arts
label: Names
content: Faiers, Edward Spencer, 1908-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Tennessee -- Memphis
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Tennessee -- Memphis
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Tennessee -- Memphis
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1997 by Burton Callicott.
creator: label: Creator
content: Callicott, Burton, 1907-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, educator; Memphis, Tenn. b. 1907 Callicott was a teacher with the Memphis Academy of Arts from 1937 to 1973. He exhibited frequently in Memphis and throughout the South.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.callburt
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes: a résumé; a travel diary of Callicott's European trip with fellow Memphis artist Edward Faiers, May 1983; a scrapbook containing catalogs, newspaper clippings, letters from Thomas Hart Benton, Jack Farris, Peter R. Formanek, Clarence Day, Lamar Alexander, J. Richard Gruber, and Rogert F. Fogelman; inventories of works of art (2 v.), including a "Catalogue of Oil Paintings" nos. 1-233 (1933-1995), "Catalogue of Paintings" nos. 234-436 (1979-1996), and "Catalogue of Works on Paper" charcoal, pastel, dry color (from 1967); published writings by and about Callicott; unpublished writings by Callicott including notes on works of art, lectures, sermons, and other public addresses; prints of illustrations by Callicott for an aircraft assembly plant, 1945; photographs of Callicott, his works of art and studio; slides of oil paintings (catalog nos. 1-346); photocopies of calligraphy samples; exhibition catalogs; and VHS videotapes, "Local Color," produced by WKNO-TV (1989) and "Journeyman of Light," produced by Jim Crosthwait for the Memphis Art Gallery Association (1991).