Carl N. Werntz papers
name: label: Creator
content: Werntz, Carl N. (Carl Newland), 1874-1944
label: Photographer
content: Ray, Man, 1890-1976
place: label: Place
content: Africa -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Taiwan -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Oceania -- Description and Travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators
label: Occupation
content: Painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Freda West, 1989. West and her husband, Roy West, received the papers from Roy's aunt, Louise Newman West, who had received them from her sister, Millicent Werntz, Carl Werntz's wife.
creator: label: Creator
content: Werntz, Carl N. (Carl Newland), 1874-1944
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, illustrator, educator, and world traveller; born in Illinois, died in Mexico. Studied painting with Alphonse Mucha. Founder of The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Between 1933 and 1944 he travelled around the world six times.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910-1952
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.werncarl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Clippings with some photographs and printed materials documenting Werntz's career as an artist and his extensive travels. Clippings contain many travel articles written and illustrated by Werntz and his wife, Millicent. Among other travel-related items are their travel itinerary, an illustrated letter from 1929, reproductions of Werntz's travel sketches, and photographs (including seven portraits of him and his wife by Man Ray). Other materials consist of Werntz's resume, his obituary, several inventories of artwork from exhibits, and an illustrated catalog of his work exhibited at The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts.