Eric Hudson and Hudson family papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hudson, Eric, 1862-1932
label: Names
content: National Academy of Design (U.S.)
label: Names
content: Beal, Reynolds, 1866-1951
label: Names
content: Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973
label: Names
content: Hudson, Jacqueline
label: Names
content: Hudson, Julie
label: Names
content: Nisbet, Robert H., 1879-1961
topic: label: Occupation
content: Marine painters -- Maine -- Monhegan
label: Occupation
content: Marine painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Eric Hudson and Hudson family papers were donated in 1991 by Julie Hudson, and in 1994 by Jacqueline Hudson, Eric Hudson's daughters.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hudson, Eric, 1862-1932
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content: Eric Hudson and Hudson family papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Eric Hudson and the Hudson family measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1900-1992. The papers primarily document the career of marine painter Eric Hudson and include biographical material, letters, artworks, printed material, and photographic material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Eric Hudson (1864-1932) was a marine painter in New York, New York. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Hudson studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and at the Academie Julian in Paris, France. He lived on Gramercy Park in New York and maintained a summer studio on Monhegan Island, Maine. Hudson was affiliated with the Ferargil Gallery.

Jacqueline Hudson (1910-2001), daughter of Eric Hudson, was a painter and lithographer. She studied at the School of the National Academy of Design, Art Students League, and at Columbia University.

Julie Hudson, daughter of Eric Hudson and sister to Jacqueline Hudson, was a rare book librarian at Princeton University.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.9 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1900-1992
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hudseric
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 the the collection, the papers have been arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed by Jean Fitzgerald in 1996. A finding aid was written by Caroline Donadio in 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Eric Hudson (1864-1932) and the Hudson family measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1900-1992. The papers primarily document the career of marine painter Eric Hudson and include biographical material, letters, artworks, printed material, and photographic material.

Biographical material consists of a curriculum vitae, a biographical sketch, and a National Academy of Design associate membership certificate for Eric Hudson. Also included is a curriculum vitae for Jacqueline Hudson.

Letters are primarily addressed to Julie Hudson from her friends Michel and Genevieve Toullec (nee Le Doare). One note is from Philip Evergood regarding a painting trip to France. There are also Christmas cards designed or illustrated by artist friends including Jean Bellows, daughter of George Bellows, Harrison Cady, Truman Fassett, Aldro Hibbard, Robert Nisbet, Howard E. Smith, and Frederic Dorr Steele.

Artwork consists of nine sketchbooks, four drawings, and an oil self-portrait by Eric Hudson. Also found is as an oil sketch of Hudson at his easel by Woodhull Adams, and an etching by Reynolds Beal.

Printed material is comprised of clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs for Eric Hudson, two books, and reproductions of artwork.

Photographic material includes of photographs of Eric Hudson and his friends,  Maud Briggs Knowlton and Alice Swett, photos of Jacqueline and Julie Hudson and their friends the Toullecs, 37 artworks by Eric and Jacqueline Hudson presented in an exhibition, slides of artwork and photographs of artwork.