Albert du Vannes photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Du Vannes, Albert, 1881-1962
topic: label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Minnesota
label: Topic
content: Italian American artists -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1990 by Armand du Vannes, Albert du Vannes' son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Du Vannes, Albert, 1881-1962
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Landscape and portrait painter, art dealer; New York, N.Y. Born Albert Di Giovanni in Naples, Italy. Came to the U.S. in 1894, first to St. Paul, Minnesota, moving ca. 1902 to New York City. Later gave up painting and opened up an art gallery. Changed his name in 1926. Died in Naples, Italy.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Items (photographic prints, some sepia toned, 19 x 24 cm. and smaller.)
label: Extent
content: 4 Photographic prints (col., 10 x 15 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1896-1950
label: Date
content: bulk 1898-1906
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.duvaalbe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 25 photographs, including several posed portraits, of du Vannes, du Vannes with his wives, with a client, painting in his St. Paul and New York studios, and in his New York art gallery. Also included are four color photos, including one of du Vannes' son, Armand, with paintings by his father, mother, and a portrait of Armand by Benton Scott, and one each of the paintings. A caricature of du Vannes from the St. Paul Dispatch, ca. 1902, captioned "Albert di Giovanni - The Young St. Paul Artist Who Left for New York Yesterday," signed Rhodes, and a brief biography of du Vannes by his son complete the collection.