Madeleine Sharrer papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sharrer, Madeleine
label: Names
content: Sharrer, Honoré, 1920-2009
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Connecticut
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1975 by Reginald Poland, Sharrer's husband, and in 2007 by Perez Zagorin.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sharrer, Madeleine
setName: label: See more items in
content: Madeleine Sharrer papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of Madeleine Sharrer measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1968 to 1990. Found are biographical materials including a biographical sketch by Perez Zagorin, and photographs of Sharrer, her works of art, students and their artworks, and a dismantled photo album of works of art.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Madeleine Ellen Sachs Sharrer Poland (1898–1988) was a painter active in New York, California, and Connecticut, and was the mother of painter Honoré Sharrer. 

As a young woman Sharrer studied in Paris at the Acadèmie Colarossi and the Acadèmie de la Grande Chaumière and in New York with Charles Hawthorne and George Luks. Madeline Sharrer was her daughter Honoré's first art teacher, and remained a lifelong professional confidante and advisor to her daughter throughout her life.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968-1990
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sharmade
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of Madeleine Sharrer measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1968 to 1990. Found are biographical materials including a biographical sketch by Perez Zagorin, and photographs of Sharrer, her works of art, students and their artworks, and a dismantled photo album of works of art.