Helen Boyd Keen papers
name: label: Creator
content: Keen, Helen Boyd, b. 1899
label: Names
content: Tobey, Mark
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Helen Boyd Keen donated her papers to the Archives of American Art in several installments between 1975 and 1984.
creator: label: Creator
content: Keen, Helen Boyd, b. 1899
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content: Helen Boyd Keen papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter Helen Boyd Keen measure 1.5 linear feet and date from 1936 to 1986. Found are scattered biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, subject files on colleagues, printed material, photographs, one scrapbook, sketches, and one sketchbook.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Helen Boyd Keen (1899-1992) was a painter active in New York City, New York. She was influenced by Asian art techniques and the landscape of her childhood in the Pacific Northwest.

Helen Boyd Keen attended the Annie Wright School in Tacoma, Washington. She studied art under Mark Tobey for ten years in the Seattle area. In 1945, she moved to New York City where she enrolled at the Art Students League. She exhibited her works in many group shows around the country.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-1986
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.keenhele
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
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
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter Helen Boyd Keen measure 1.5 linear feet and date from 1936 to 1986. Found are scattered biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, subject files on colleagues, printed material, photographs, one scrapbook, sketches, and one sketchbook.