Henry Alexander papers
name: label: Creator
content: Alexander, Henry, 1860-1894 or 5
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1976 by Dr. Harry Fishbon, the Alexander family physician. Dr. Fishbon was occasionally given Henry's paintings by the two surviving siblings, and acted as executor upon their deaths.
creator: label: Creator
content: Alexander, Henry, 1860-1894 or 5
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter of primarily of genre scenes, also some lost cityscapes, and still-lifes; San Francisco, California, and New York, N.Y., after 1887. The San Francisco earthquake destroyed many of Alexander's paintings and records. He died by suicide in New York on May 15, 1894. Death date also cited as 1895.
function: label: Function
content: Art festivals
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1879-1888
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.alexhenr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1818 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An etching by Arthur Jule Goodman, 1888; 10 mounted photographs of paintings, 9 by Alexander and one possibly by P. Hocker; and 2 mounted photographs of groups of people in medieval costume which include Alexander (probably taken in Germany, and both with identifications on verso), one with a pencil sketch of a Japanese interior scene on the verso, and the other with the caption [in German] "Munich Artists Woods Festival 1879, by J.B. Obernetter" on the front. Also included is a photo of Alexander's studio.