Gordon Kelly papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kelly, Gordon Ray, 1924-2018
label: Names
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Indiana
label: Topic
content: Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Portrait painters--Indiana
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Gordon Kelly papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1987 by Mark Kelly, the son of Gordon Kelly.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kelly, Gordon Ray, 1924-2018
setName: label: See more items in
content: Gordon Kelly papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of portrait painter and art teacher Gordon Kelly measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1942 to 1988. The collection primarily documents Kelly's brief tenure at the Art Students League and his extensive correspondence and collaboration with artist Kenneth Hayes Miller. The papers include correspondence, contracts, writings, artwork, printed material and four photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gordon Kelly (1924-2018) was a painter born in Wells County, Indiana. While a student at the Art Students League of New York, Kelly was a promising portrait painter and a protege of Kenneth Hayes Miller. Kelly also studied with Reginald Marsh. Kelly helped Miller develop his (unpublished) manuscript "The Third Dimension in Painting" and Miller supported Kelly's teaching appointment at the League. Kelly taught at the Art Students League for one year before moving back to Indiana and finally settling in Maryland.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kellgord
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.  


Series 1:  Gordon Kelly papers, 1942-1988 (Box 1; 22 folders)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed to a minimal level shortly after donation. A finding aid was created by Caroline Donadio in 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of portrait painter and art teacher Gordon Kelly measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1942 to 1988. The collection primarily documents Kelly's brief tenure at the Art Students League and his extensive correspondence and collaboration with artist Kenneth Hayes Miller. The papers include correspondence, contracts, writings, artwork, printed material and four photographs.