Robert Neuhaus papers relating to Clyfford Still and Albert Bierstadt
name: label: Creator
content: Neuhaus, Robert, 1909-
label: Names
content: Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986 by Robert Neuhaus.
creator: label: Creator
content: Neuhaus, Robert, 1909-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Historian and art dealer; Walnut Creek, Calif.; d. 1995 Neuhaus was Director of Education, 1938-1940, at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. In 1941, he established a gallery, Robert Neuhaus Services in Fine Arts, in San Francisco, which remained open for approximately six months. Artists represented included Clyfford Still, George Post and Joseph Raphael. Still was a painter, and died in 1980. Bierstadt was a landscape painter active in both the U.S. and Europe.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1884-1984
label: Date
content: bulk 1941-1984 dates
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.neuhrobe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3796 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 7 letters to Neuhaus from and about Still, 2 copies of Neuhaus' replies, 15 photographs of paintings completed by Still between 1930 and 1940, and one letter from Albert Bierstadt, 1884.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Still writes to Neuhaus in 1941 in order to introduce himself and inquire about the possibility of having his work exhibited at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. In 1942 and 1945, Still writes to Neuhaus regarding available teaching positions and his painting production. Henry Hibbs of the College of William and Mary writes Neuhaus requesting information on Still. A scholar working on a dissertation, 1978-1979, writes twice to Neuhaus about a Still lithograph on loan to the Oakland Museum. Two transcriptions of Neuhaus' replies outline his relationship with Still in the 1940s. One letter from the Oakland Museum to Neuhaus requests the loan of the Still painting PORTRAIT OF MARYLY NEUHAUS.
label: Scope and Contents
content: 15 photographs of Still paintings. Ten of the paintings are portraits, the other five consist of three landscapes and two "abstractions." All photographs are annotated, some by Still.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Letter from Bierstadt,1884, concerning an unpaid invoice from the American Artists Union.