Frances Kent Lamont papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lamont, Frances Kent, 1899-1975
label: Names
content: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers of Frances Kent Lamont were donated in 1975 by Charlotte Austin Kent, the artist's sister.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lamont, Frances Kent, 1899-1975
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content: Frances Kent Lamont papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of sculptor Frances Kent Lamont measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1909 to 1970. Papers include letters, a school notebook, printed material, two scrapbooks, sketches, and photographs including family snapshots, portraits, and photos of works of art.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor Frances Kent Lamont (1899-1970) was active in New York, New York. She is known for her war memorials and exhibited extensively in the United States and Europe.

Lamont was born in New York City, but spent some of her childhood in Italy with her father, architect William Winthrop Kent. She studied at the Art Students League and the School of American Sculpture under Solon Borglum upon returning to the United States. In the 1930s, she studied in Paris and exhibited there until the outbreak of World War II. She was a member of the National Sculpture Society. She married Robert Patterson Lamont Jr.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lamofran
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2020.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of sculptor Frances Kent Lamont measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1909 to 1970. Papers include letters, a school notebook, printed material, two scrapbooks, sketches, and photographs including family snapshots, portraits, and photos of works of art.