Daniel Varney Thompson letters to Edith Simonds Moore
name: label: Creator
content: Thompson, Daniel V. (Daniel Varney), 1902-1980
label: Names
content: Moore, Edith Simonds
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1983-1984 by Edith Simonds Moore.
creator: label: Creator
content: Thompson, Daniel V. (Daniel Varney), 1902-1980
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian, conservator, chemist engineer; d. 1980. Studied techniques of medieval, Renaissance painting. Professor at Courtald Institute, London, 1938-1947.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items ((on 1 partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1925-1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.thomdanv
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 5474 (fr. 873-885) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters from Thompson to "Edie," his sister-in-law, Edith Simonds (Moore), regarding art work and techniques. The 1925 letter is written from Lachow, China while on an expedition with the Fogg Art Museum. Thompson describes a painting technique for wook-block he saw used which he recommends instead of printers' ink. In his Jan. 13, 1926 letter from Cambridge, he details techniques for fresco painting, gives a poor recommendation for the frescoe teaching techniques taught at the Fontainebleau School, and discusses his class at Harvard. In the final letter, Thompson recommends a varnishing technique using Krylon.