Anders Aldrin papers
name: label: Creator
content: Aldrin, Anders Gustave, 1889-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Swedish American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Papers donated by Vincent Aldrin, Anders Aldrin's son, in 1994, who received portions from the Aldrin estate from Betty Bentley (his sister); Inez Kimble (his sister); and Margaret Cromer (collector and friend of Aldrin's), prior to the donation.
creator: label: Creator
content: Aldrin, Anders Gustave, 1889-1970
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, printmaker; Los Angeles, Calif. Aldrin was born in Sternsfor, Varmland, Sweden. He immigrated to the United States in 1911, first to Chicago before settling in Minneapolis. After WWI, he moved to Prescott, Arizona and then in 1923 to Los Angeles where he stayed until his death in 1970. He attended Otis Art Institute from 1923-1927, Santa Barbara School of the Arts from 1927-1930, and six months at California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco in 1929.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1929-1980]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.aldrande
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material; correspondence, 1929-1969; diaries; travel journal; daily journals; photographs of Aldrin and his paintings; a list of prints by Aldrin; newspaper clippings; articles; and exhibition announcements and catalogs.