Lucile Blanch papers
name: label: Creator
content: Blanch, Lucile, 1895-1981
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Woodstock
label: Occupation
content: Etchers -- New York (State) -- Woodstock
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
label: Topic
content: Scrapbooks
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Materials on reel 1033 were lent for microfilming in 1975 by Lucile Blanch and the correspondence on frames 297-410 was subsequently donated in 1976 by Blanch. Additional correspondence, photographs and a sketch were donated in 2021 and 2023 by Nancy Lundquist, a relative of Lucile Blanch.
creator: label: Creator
content: Blanch, Lucile, 1895-1981
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content: Lucile Blanch papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter Lucile Blanch (1895-1981) measure 0.5 linear feet and date from circa 1898 to 1963. The scattered papers comment on Blanch's relationships with her husband Arnold Blanch, her sister Beatrice Lundquist, and fellow artists. Found are biographical material, correspondence, a diary fragment by Beatrice Lundquist, and photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Minnesota and New York etcher and painter Lucile Blanch (1895-1981) helped to establish the Woodstock Art Colony in Woodstock, New York. 

Born Lucile Lundquist in rural northern Minnesota, she studied at the Minneapolis School of Art where she met her future husband, Arnold Blanch. They moved to New York City where Lucile studied at the Art Students League. Lundquist was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the mid-1930s and participated in the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, creating several murals for public buildings, before teaching art classes.

Lucile Blanch died in Georgia in 1981 and is buried in Woodstock, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1898-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blanluci
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The papers, some of which were subsequently donated, were microfilmed on receipt. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Material lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reel 1003 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter Lucile Blanch (1895-1981) measure 0.5 linear feet and date from circa 1898 to 1963. The scattered papers comment on Blanch's relationships with her husband Arnold Blanch, her sister Beatrice Lundquist, and fellow artists. Found are biographical material, correspondence, a diary fragment by Beatrice Lundquist, and photographs.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming on reel 1003 including a sketchbook; 46 drawings, prints and reproductions of Blanch's work; illustrations from W. H. Hudson's Green Mansions; 3 scrapbooks containing clippings, reproductions of her work, exhibition material, photographs, and letters; and miscellaneous printed material. Loaned materials were returned to the donor and are not described in the collection container inventory.