Paul Trebilcock papers
name: label: Creator
content: Trebilcock, Paul, 1902-1981
label: Names
content: Art Institute of Chicago
label: Names
content: Coca-Cola Company -- Biography -- Portraits
label: Names
content: Johns Hopkins University -- Biography -- Portraits
label: Names
content: Portrait Center of America (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography -- Portraits
label: Names
content: Castaldo, Amaylia Chlarina, 1906-1987
label: Names
content: Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974
label: Names
content: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Portraits
label: Names
content: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
label: Names
content: Seyffert, Leopold
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1982 and 1984 by Amaylia Castaldo Trebilcock, Trebilcock's widow. Funding for the microfilming of the collection was provided by Trebilcock's children, William A. Trebilcock and Adrienne Lynch.
creator: label: Creator
content: Trebilcock, Paul, 1902-1981
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Trebilcock (1902-1981) was a portrait painter, New York, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied under Leopold Seyffert at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1923-1925. His subjects include prominent business, science and church figures. Notable is his portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, painted in the White House as a commission from Columbia University. Trebilcock's wife, Amaylia Castaldo, was also a portrait painter.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1899-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.trebpaul
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 5107-5109 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid available at Archives of American Art offices.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, correspondence, personal business records, notes, writings, art work, a scrapbook, printed material, and photographs document the career of portrait painter Paul Trebilcock.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, 1899-1969, includes a marriage certificate for Trebilcock's parents, resident alien papers for Trebilcock's 1927 stay in London, a declaration of American citizenship, and 2 international driving permits. Correspondence, 1902-1980, is primarily between Trebilcock, his colleagues including Leopold Seyffert and Leon Kroll, galleries and museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, and letters concerning his portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and commissions for the Coca-Cola Company, Johns Hopkins University, and the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Several letters describe his brief meeting with John Singer Sargent in 1925.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Personal business records, 1917-1978, include legal documents such as William Trebilcock's will, court papers establishing the Portrait Center of America in partnership with Amaylia Castaldo, and apartment leases, and miscellaneous invoices and receipts. Notes, 1946-1975, consist of 2 engagement calendars, 4 notebooks annotating daily progress on paintings, 2 notebooks analyzing miscellaneous art works, exhibition labels, and lists of works. Writings, undated, consist of 6 essays by Trebilcock dealing with art-related topics. A project file, 1942, contains letters and drawings concerning work done for the War Production Board. Art work, undated, consists of a sketchbook and a drawing.
label: Scope and Contents
content: A scrapbook, 1924-1936, contains clippings and 9 exhibition catalogs. Printed material, 1899-1976, includes clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs for Trebilcock and for others, programs, brochures, booklets, and 2 books, Paul Trebilcock - Portraits, and The Unofficial Palace of New York: A Tribute to the Waldorf-Astoria. Photographs, 1928-1983, are of Trebilcock, his teacher Leopold Seyffert, his studio, art works, and exhibition installations.