J. Leonard Benson writings on William Merritt Post
name: label: Creator
content: Benson, J. L. (Jack Leonard), 1920-2009
label: Names
content: Post, William Merritt, 1856-1935
topic: label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- Connecticut
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Landscape painting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by J. Leonard Benson in 1993.
creator: label: Creator
content: Benson, J. L. (Jack Leonard), 1920-2009
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content: J. Leonard Benson writings on William Merritt Post
abstract: label: Summary
content: The writings of art historian J. Leonard Benson on painter William Merritt Post measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1985. This small collection includes biographical material compiled by Post's son-in-law, W.H. Gardner; two manuscripts — A Painter of Light in the Marshes: The Life and Works of William Merritt Post and The Earliest Drawings of William Merritt Post written by J. Leonard Benson; photographs of artwork by Post and photocopies of photographs to accompany the manuscripts; and a photocopy of a two-part article written by Post titled "Sunsets in Water Color," originally published in Palette and Bench magazine in 1909 and 1910.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: J. Leonard Benson (1920-2009) was an art historian and Professor Emeritus of Ancient Art and Archaeology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. William Merritt Post (1856-1935) was a landscape painter active in New England in the late nineteenth century.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bensj
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the materials are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Mae Hunt in 2025.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Duplicate copies also available at New York Public Library, Art Department.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The writings of J. Leonard Benson on William Merritt Post measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1985. This collection includes photocopied biographical material compiled by Post's son-in-law, W.H. Gardner; two unpublished and undated manuscripts written by J. Leonard Benson — A Painter of Light in the Marshes: The Life and Works of William Merritt Post and The Earliest Drawings of William Merritt Post, the former also containing information on sales of artwork by Post; photographs of artwork by Post to accompany A Painter of Light in the Marshes; a list of illustrations and photocopies of photographs to accompany A Painter of Light in the Marshes; photographs of drawings by Post to accompany The Earliest Drawings of William Merritt Post; and a photocopy of a two-part article written by Post.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is a letter from William Merritt Post to Donald Johnson, December 21, 1928.