Ralf E. Nickelsen papers
name: label: Creator
content: Nickelsen, Ralf E. (Ralf Edgar), 1903-1990
label: Names
content: Federal art project (Mass.)
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Names
content: Montminy, Tracy, 1911-1992
label: Names
content: Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Artisans
label: Occupation
content: Stained glass artists -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Artists' preparatory studies
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Glass art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1991-1999 by Nickelsen's widow, Ingeborg R. Nickelsen.
creator: label: Creator
content: Nickelsen, Ralf E. (Ralf Edgar), 1903-1990
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Stained glass artist; mural painter; Boston, Mass. Born in Hamburg, Germany. Initially studied at the stained-glass studio of his father, John R. Nickelsen, and later went to the State Art School, Hamburg. He came to the United States in 1922 and attended the Art Students' League, N.Y. and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Participated as an artist and as a supervisor on the WPA Art Project in Boston, and was associated with the stained-glass design firm of Charles J. Connick Associates for many years.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.3 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 4 Items (rolled docs)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929-1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.nickralf
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Inventory of works of art located at Archives of American Art's Washington, D.C. office collection file.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical materials, correspondence, business records, writings, art works, photographs, and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes ID cards and an autobiographical statement. Correspondence, 1935-1964, includes letters sent to Nickelsen as Supervisor for the WPA Massachusetts Federal Art Project; correspondents include Beaumont Newhall and muralist Elizabeth Tracy. Project files regard mural and stained glass commissions, among them the East Boston murals; Nebraska capitol murals; Springfield, Mass. Museum of Fine Arts library murals; Worcester, Mass. Parcel Post Building murals; and stained glass commissions, ca.1938-1942. Files contain correspondence, art work, including large mural cartoons, reference photographs, photographs of works of art, and printed material. Also included are a list of mural ingredients and notes; business records, 1927-1937; photocopies of articles and writings, 1930-1967; art work by Nickelsen including stained glass rendering and mural drawings by Elizabeth Tracy Montminy; exhibition catalogs, clippings, photographs of Nickelsen and his art work, including one of him painting a window for St. Patricks Church, N.Y. in the Charles Connick Studio, Boston, 1950; and of Montminy and her murals.