Austin Purves papers
name: label: Creator
content: Purves, Austin, 1900-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artisans -- Connecticut
label: Occupation
content: Designers -- Connecticut
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Connecticut
label: Topic
content: Sculpture
label: Topic
content: Decoration and ornament, Architectural
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts -- United States
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Purves, Austin, 1900-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor, mural painter, craftsman, and educator; Litchfield, Conn. Studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Academie Julian, Paris, the American Conservatory, Fontainebleau, and studied fresco painting independently in Italy.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((on 2 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.purvausp
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 112 & 113 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Financial and business records relating to various commissions, including the decorative work on the S.S. America, the S.S. United States, and Grace Line ships Santa Rosa and Santa Paula; the mural decoration of the World War II battle monument in Draguignan, France; the decorative map in the Boston Federal Reserve Bank; and the spandrel sculpture on the barracks at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.