Pietro Pezzati papers
odd: label: Other Title
content: Charles Hopkinson papers (microfilm reel 3483 title)
name: label: Creator
content: Pezzati, Pietro, 1902-1993
label: Names
content: Hopkinson, Charles, 1869-1962
place: label: Place
content: South America
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1971-1983 by Pietro Pezzati.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pezzati, Pietro, 1902-1993
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portrait and landscape painter; Boston, Mass. Born in Boston, attended the Child-Walker School of Art, and was a student and friend of Charles Hopkinson.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.3 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1913-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pezzpiet
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 107 and 3483 available at all Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, some from Charles Hopkinson; sketchbooks, sketches, and other art work; lecture notes; and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 107: Letters received, 1926-1966, mostly from Charles Hopkinson; photographs of Pezzati; and catalogs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3483: A letter to Pezzati from Hopkinson; four small oils, two small watercolors (1950's), a self-portrait by Hopkinson, and a reproduction of his work. (Microfilm title: Charles Hopkinson papers)
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Letters received; sketchbooks and sketches of landscapes and portraits, mostly done while Pezzati traveled through South America; figure studies by Pezzati and others demonstrating the principles of "dynamic symmetry" as taught by Howard Giles in the 1920's, and related sketches done in 1934 by Pezzati of the Ted Shawn dance group; lecture notes on portraiture; photographs of Pezzati and his work; clippings, exhibition catalogs and announcements, reproductions of paintings, and other printed material.