Arthur B. Carles papers
name: label: Creator
content: Carles, Arthur B., 1882-1952
label: Names
content: Baker, Sarah, 1899-
label: Names
content: Carles, Caroline Robinson
label: Names
content: Ingersoll, R. Sturgis (Robert Sturgis), b. 1891
label: Names
content: Marin, John, 1870-1953
label: Names
content: McCarter, Henry, 1866-1942
label: Names
content: Ottenberg, Perry, 1924-
label: Names
content: Seyffert, Leopold
label: Names
content: Speiser, Maurice J. (Maurice Joseph), 1880-
label: Names
content: Tyson, Carol
label: Names
content: Tyson, Henry
label: Names
content: Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Artists' studios -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Painting, Abstract -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: A portion of the Arthur B. Carles collection was loaned for microfilming by Steven Casamassima in 1976. Sara F. Swanson and Perry Ottenberg, Philadelphia collectors, donated papers in 1985 and Ottenberg lent additional material for microfilming in 1989.
creator: label: Creator
content: Carles, Arthur B., 1882-1952
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content: Arthur B. Carles papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Philadelphia painter Arthur B. Carles measure 0.92 linear feet and date from 1912 to 1983.  Found are biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, personal business records, printed materials, and photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arthur B. Carles (1882-1952) was a painter and art instructor active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Born in 1882 in Philadelphia, Arthur B. Carles studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1900-1907.  There he studied with Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Hugh Breckenridge, Henry McCarter, Cecilia Beaux, and William Merritt Chase. Carles traveled to France in 1907 and stayed until 1910, becoming close friends with John Marin and Eduard Steichen. He displayed his work in the Salon d'Automne of 1908.

Upon Carles' return to Philadelphia, he accepted a position at the Pennsylvania Academy as an instructor of French and American modernism.  In 1910 his work was included in the "Younger American Painters" show held at Alfred Stieglitz's New York gallery, 291.  Also, Stieglitz gave Carles his first one-man show in 1912.  Carles exhibited at the Armory Show of 1913.

Arthur Carles had one daughter, painter Mercedes Matter. He married Carolina Robinson as his second wife in 1972.  Later in life, he  suffered from alcoholism and had a stroke in 1941 that left him unable to paint.  Carles died in 1952.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.92 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1912-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carlarth
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Diaries
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged as 1 series. Glass plate negatives are housed separately and closed to researchers.

Series 1:  Arthur B. Carles papers, 1912-1983 (0.6 linear feet; Box 1-2, MGP 3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The Arthur B. Carles papers were microfilmed upon receipt on two sets of microfilm.  In 2013, the papers were processed and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.  An additonal "finding aid" was prepared Barbara Wolanin, a Carles scholar. Glass plate negatives were re-housed in 2015 with a grant provided by the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection and material lent for microfilming are available on 35mm microfilm reels 1052, 3667, 4076, and 4207-4273 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: An inventory of the papers was prepared by art historian Barbara Wolanin and is available by request at the Archives' Washington, DC office.  The inventory does not follow the order of the papers as currently arranged, but provides detailed information about items.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Philadelphia painter Arthur B. Carles measure 0.92 linear feet and date from 1912 to 1983.  Found are biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, personal business records, printed materials, and photographs.

Correspondence is found for Carles and his wife Caroline Robinson Carles and includes letters from Sarah Baker, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Henry McCarter, John Marin, Leopold Seyffert, Maurice Speiser, Carroll and Henry Tyson, and Franklin Watkins, among others. One diary contains brief entries.  Additional writings are by Carles and  Perry Ottenberg.  Photographs are of Carles, his studio, family and friends, exhibitions, and works of art.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reels 1052 and 4270-4273) including correspondence, writings and notes, business material, artwork, photographs, and business records. Loaned materials were returned to the lenders and are not described in the collection container inventory.