Greenwich Art Society records
name: label: Creator
content: Greenwich Art Society (Greenwich, Conn.)
label: Names
content: Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Greenwich Society of Artists (Greenwich, Conn)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1987 by the Greenwich Art Society through Sue Dunlap, Historian of the Society.
creator: label: Creator
content: Greenwich Art Society (Greenwich, Conn.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art society. Formerly the Greenwich Society of Artists. Founded 1912. Some members were associated with the "Cos Cob School," and many associated with the development of the American Impressionist movement. Founders and early members included Edward Clark Potter, Leonard Ochtman, Elmer MacRae, William B. Tubby, Joseph Howland Hunt, Sr., Florence W. Gotthold, George Wharton Edwards and Alden Twachtman. Dorothy Ochtman was secretary, 1928-1946, and President, 1947-1948.
function: label: Function
content: Arts organizations -- Connecticut
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1912-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.greeart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Minutes of meetings, 1922-1959; lists of expenses, 1914-1958; a list of exhibitions; form letters; a resume of Dorothy Ochtman; clippings, 1912-1957; exhibition announcements and catalogs, 1912-1958; 7 exhibition entry announcements, 1954-1958; course announcements, 1929-1958; a brochure THE GREENWICH ART SOCIETY: A CHRONICLE OF THE YEARS 1977-1987; and a medal designed by Tiffany from the National Arts Club to the Greenwich Art Society, 1936. Material on the 1913 Armory Show includes an invitation, a photograph of the installation, and a pin.