Winslow Homer letters to M. Knoedler and Company
name: label: Creator
content: Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910
label: Names
content: M. Knoedler & Co.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Maine
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Maine -- Prout's Neck
label: Topic
content: Art -- Economic aspects
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Winslow Homer letters to M. Knoedler and Company were purchased at auction and donated by Martha J. Fleischman in memory of her father, Lawrence A. Fleischman, in 2010.
creator: label: Creator
content: Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910
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content: Winslow Homer letters to M. Knoedler and Company
abstract: label: Summary
content: This small collection of twenty-two letters written by painter and illustrator Winslow Homer to his art dealer, M. Knoedler and Company, date from 1900 to 1904.  These letters to the New York gallerist concern the logistics of selling his paintings and also reference agents, collectors, and art institutions where his work was being exhibited.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Winslow Homer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1836. He was raised in Cambridge, where he developed a love of art and the outdoors. At the age of 19 he began his career as an illustrator, apprenticing at the J.H. Bufford lithographic firm in Boston. He then decided to become a freelance illustrator. In 1859 Homer moved to New York to work for Harper's Weekly, serving as artist-correspondent for the magazine during the Civil War. After taking some art classes at the National Academy of Design, he decided to focus on oil painting. He quickly gained international recognition as a painter, and in 1866 made his first trip to Europe. In 1873 he decided to work in watercolor and found great success in his experimentation with light and color in this medium. In the mid-1880s Homer moved permanently to Prout's Neck, Maine, an isolated area where he built a studio and focused his paintings on man's struggle with nature. Also during the 1880s he worked on a series of etchings based on his paintings. Homer continued to paint for the next twenty years, vacationing summers in places such as the Adirondacks and the Bahamas to capture varied landscapes, until his death in 1910.

M. Knoedler and Co. was a New York art dealership and gallery that managed the sales and logistics involved in shipping or lending artworks to various collectors, museums, organizations, and institutions.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1900-1904
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mknoeco
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 1 series:

Series 1: Correspondence, 1900-1904 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Biographical information in this finding aid was written by Erin Kinhart; all materials were processed and otherwise described by Judy Ng in 2014 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This collection was digitized in its entirety in 2014 and is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This small collection of twenty-two letters written by painter and illustrator Winslow Homer to his art dealer, M. Knoedler and Company, date from 1900 to 1904.  These letters to the New York gallerist concern the logistics of selling his paintings and also reference agents, collectors, and art institutions where his work was being exhibited.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Winslow Homer collection; a microfilm copy on reels 2932-2933 of the Winslow Homer and Homer family papers from the Bowdain College; and a video recording, Winslow Homer in Maine.