Eddie Arning clippings
name: label: Creator
content: Arning, Eddie, 1898-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Self-taught artists -- Texas -- Austin
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Arning's principle patron and legal guardian, Alexander Sackton of Austin, Texas, originally gave 15 of Arning's drawings accompanied by the source material that inspired the work to the National Museum of American Art, which transferred the clippings to the Archives of American Art in 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Arning, Eddie, 1898-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Self-taught graphic artist; Austin, Texas. Died 1993. In 1928, Eddie Arning was diagnosed as a schizophrenic and committed to the Austin State Hospital, where he spent most of his life. He began drawing with wax crayons and craypas in the mid-1960s. The subjects of most of his pictures were suggested by magazine illustrations and advertisements for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Newport cigarettes, and other consumer goods.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Items ((on a partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.arnieddi
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4306 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The 13 clippings (1968-1970) were used by Arning as source material for drawings.