Eva Scott Fényes scrapbook
name: label: Creator
content: Fényes, Eva Scott, 1849-1930
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Pasadena
label: Occupation
content: Philanthropists -- California -- Pasadena
label: Topic
content: Scrapbooks
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The scrapbook was lent for microfilming in 1964 by Leonora Scott Curtin, Feynes's daughter, and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fényes, Eva Scott, 1849-1930
setName: label: See more items in
content: Eva Scott Fényes scrapbook
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scrapbook of Eva Scott Fényes dates from 1870 to 1921. The mixed-media scrapbook contains many self-portrait sketches of artists in New Mexico and Southern California and was compiled by Fényes after requesting sketches from artist friends through visits or via correspondence. She combined the sketches with clippings and scattered letters relating to the artists featured. Notable portraits include Gustave Baumann, Maud Daggett, Edward Eisenlohr, Fred Kobotie, John Sloan, and Douglas Volk among many others.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Eva Scott Fényes (1849-1930) was a painter and philanthropist in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Pasadena, California. She is known for her watercolor landscapes and arts philanthropy in New Mexico and California.

Born in New York City, New York, Fényes studied art throughout Europe and Egypt. She married Lieutenant William S. Muse and had a daughter, Leonora. With Leonora, she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and filed for divorce. She subsequently married Adalbert Fényes de Csokaly and they settled in Pasadena, California. She served on the board of directors for the Southwest Museum of the American Indian in Los Angeles.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1870-1921
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fenyeva
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel D160 and was returned to Leonora Scott Curtin after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel D160. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Thomas E. Curtin, Eva Fényes's daughter, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scrapbook of Eva Scott Fényes dates from 1870 to 1921. The mixed-media scrapbook contains many self-portrait sketches of artists in New Mexico and Southern California and was compiled by Fényes after requesting sketches from artist friends through visits or via correspondence. She combined the sketches with clippings and scattered letters relating to the artists featured. Notable portraits include Gustave Baumann, Maud Daggett, Edward Eisenlohr, Fred Kobotie, John Sloan, and Douglas Volk among many others.