Joseph Meierhans papers
name: label: Creator
content: Meierhans, Joseph, b. 1890
label: Names
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971
label: Names
content: Sloan, John, 1871-1951
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Art -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1969 by Joseph Meierhans.
creator: label: Creator
content: Meierhans, Joseph, b. 1890
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Perkasie, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 105 Items ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.meiejose
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels N69-112 & 1271 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Reel N69-112: Letter to unidentified correspondent: is a photocopy.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters; addresses; notes; a transcript; photographs; clippings; annoucements; and articles.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL N69-112: Letters, addresses and notes, which examine the theme of the way 20th century artists have chosen particular techniques and forms. Meierhans comments are included in the transcript of a discussion, 1930 with Karl Knaths; in "A Statement," January, 1955; an address to the New Helvetia Society, Germantown, Pa., February, 1967; and in an undated letter to "Tom," Meierhans explains to his unidentified correspondent the nature of the changes in technique and form which the 20th century artists view of reality has led him to use. He recounts his first associations with modern art, describing John Sloan's classes at the Art Students League, his first meeting with Karl Knaths, and other influences. Also included are clippings, announcements and articles on the Meierhans Galleries, Hagersville, Pa., a nonprofit gallery established by Meierhans for his retirement.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1271: Photographs, including 1 of Meierhans in his gallery, 3 of the Meierhans Art Gallery, and 21 of paintings by Meierhans, 1956-1966.