William Cushing Loring papers
name: label: Creator
content: Loring, William Cushing, 1879-
label: Names
content: Musée du Louvre
label: Names
content: National Gallery (Great Britain)
label: Names
content: Rhode Island School of Design
label: Names
content: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, Sir, 1836-1912
label: Photographer
content: Chickering, Elmer
label: Names
content: Loring, Elizabeth
label: Names
content: Loring, Helen
label: Names
content: Loring, Robert
label: Names
content: Loring, Stanton D.
label: Names
content: Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912
label: Names
content: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Expatriate painters -- France -- Paris
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- France -- Paris
label: Topic
content: Expatriate artists -- England -- London
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- England -- London
label: Topic
content: Educators -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by William Loring Cushing, Jr., son of the artist, in 1985.
creator: label: Creator
content: Loring, William Cushing, 1879-
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content: William Cushing Loring papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of American portrait painter William Cushing Loring (1897-1959) measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1899-1961. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence, including letters which document Loring's artistic education in Paris and London 1900-1904. Also found within the collection are letters from other Loring family members, printed materials which document Loring's artistic career, and photographs of the artist and his work.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Cushing Loring (1897-1959) was an American painter and teacher born in Newton Center, MA. He studied at Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Chase's Art School in New York, Academie Colarossi and Academie Delecluse in Paris, and for two years in Holland and London. Loring was best known for his portraiture. He was appointed head of the painting and drawing department at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1905, and taught at La Salle Junior College in Auburn, Massachusetts from 1921 to 1939.
function: label: Function
content: Artists' studios -- France
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1899-1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.loriwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketches
label: Type
content: Paintings
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Illustrated letters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as three series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1899-1904 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1-2)

Series 2: Printed Material, circa 1905-1961(4 folders; Box 2)

Series 3: Photographic Material, circa 1905 (4 folders; Box 2, OV 3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Materials received a preliminary level of processing at some point after donation and were microfiled to reel 3589. The entire collection was fully processed, arranged, and described by Megan Bean and digitized in 2016.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection was digitized in its entirety 2016 and is available via the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
label: Genre/Form
content: Paintings
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Illustrated letters
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The William Cushing Loring papers measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1899-1961. The collection documents Loring's artistic education in Paris and London and his career as an artist and instructor through correspondence, printed materials, and photographs. 

Correspondence consists primarily of letters from William Cushing Loring to other Loring family members, including Stanton D. Loring, his father; Mrs. Stanton D. Loring, his mother; Robert Loring, his brother; and Elizabeth and Helen Loring, his sisters. Letters document Loring's life as an artist living abroad in Paris and London. He writes of visits to the studios of John Singer Sargent, Francis David Millet, and Lawrence Alma-Tadema; trips to museums and galleries; excursions to copy paintings in the Louvre and the London National Gallery; evening entertainment; and accounts of daily expenses.  Some letters addressed to his parents include illustrations, sketches in ink and graphite, as well as miniature paintings. Letters from Helen Loring and Robert Loring to their parents, as well as unidentified letters, are also present. Envelopes are for the most part matched to letters, but fragment envelopes and letters are integrated within collection.

Printed materials include exhibition catalogs, newspaper obituary clippings for William Cushing Loring, bulletins for Rhode Island School of Design alumni, a holiday card for Loring's studio, and business cards.

Photographic material includes photographs of works of art by William Cushing Loring and photographs of the artist. Photographs of the artist include  portraits and photographs of Loring with his family. Included among photographs of works of art are photos by Elmer Chickering.