Kenneth Shopen papers
name: label: Creator
content: Shopen, Kenneth, 1902-1967
label: Names
content: Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928
label: Names
content: Schneider, Otto J., 1875-1946
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Illinois -- Chicago
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1988 by Timothy Shopen, Kenneth Shopen's son.
creator: label: Creator
content: Shopen, Kenneth, 1902-1967
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, art critic, educator; Chicago, Ill. full name is George Kenneth Shopen
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1931-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.shopkenn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical writings and U.S. Army papers, 1940-1961; letters, 1945-1946, from Shopen to his wife, Sylvia; business correspondence, 1932-1984; art works, including a print, a watercolor, 54 sketches and 2 sketchbooks by Shopen, a print by Arthur B. Davies, and 2 prints by Otto Schneider; a scrapbook kept while art critic for the CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, 1953-1956, containing letters and clippings of reviews; receipts; an address book; writings and notes on art and a notebook of quotes; subject files on the War Department and Shopen's teaching position at the University of Illinois; printed material, 1946-1957; and photographs, slides and negatives of Shopen, friends, family, and works of art.