Keith Shaw Williams papers
name: label: Creator
content: Williams, Keith Shaw, 1905-1951
label: Names
content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927
label: Names
content: Greenbaum, William
label: Names
content: Mora, F. Luis (Francis Luis), 1874-1940
label: Names
content: Roth, Ernest David, 1879-1964
label: Names
content: Ryder, Chauncey F., 1868-1949
label: Names
content: Wengenroth, Stow, 1906-1978
label: Names
content: Williams, Keith Shaw, 1905-1951
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Prints, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1990 by the William Dolan Fletcher Estate via executor, James J. Gentile, except for the journal and the scrapbook, which were donated 1991 and 1997, respectively, by William Greenbaum, who had purchased them from the Fletcher estate. Fletcher, a priest and art historian, obtained the material while researching Williams. A notebook on Williams' work kept by Fletcher was also donated by Greenbaum, and was placed with the William Dolan Fletcher papers.
creator: label: Creator
content: Williams, Keith Shaw, 1905-1951
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, watercolorist, printmaker; New York, N.Y. Williams was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and trained in art at the National Academy of Design, the summer school of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Art Students League, and in Paris at L'Academie de la Grande Chaumiere. In 1929 he was made director of the art school of the Brooklyn YWCA, and by the 1930s was also an instructor at the Grand Central School of Art, NYC. By the 1930s, he was noted as a portrait painter.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.willkeit
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical sketches; 2 National Academy of Design certificates, 1942; correspondence, 1920-1950, with parents, friends and colleagues including F. Luis Mora, Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Chauncey F. Ryder; a journal, 1931-1950, listing sales and exhibitions, and recording his activities and impressions of places and people, such as John Taylor Arms, Ernest David Roth, Chauncey Foster Ryder and Stow Wengenroth; writings about art education, technique and Col. Albert Duane Shaw (with 2 letters to Shaw); printed material, 1939-1949; and 5 photographs, including 2 of Williams and one of a self-portrait.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included is a scrapbook, 1 v., ca. 1927- 1950, containing exhibition notices, notices of classes taught, clippings, tearsheets, reproductions, and photographs of art work by Williams and others.