R. H. Ives Gammell papers
name: label: Creator
content: Gammell, R. H. Ives (Robert Hale Ives), 1893-1981
label: Names
content: Bunker, Dennis Miller, 1861-1890 -- Photographs
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content: Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904
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content: Paxton, William McGregor, 1869-1941
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Modernism (Art)
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content: Painting, French
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content: Impressionism (Art)
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content: Painting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Diaries and notebooks on reels 4675-4677 were lent for microfilming 1991 by Elizabeth Hunter, goddaughter of R.H. Ives Gammell. She donated additional papers 1998. Additions from Hunter are expected.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gammell, R. H. Ives (Robert Hale Ives), 1893-1981
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, writer; Boston, Mass. Studied with Boston School painter William MacGregor Paxton. In 1946, Gammell's Twilight of Painting: an Analysis of Recent Trends to Serve in a Period of Reconstruction, was published. In addition to being a prolific writer, he was an allegorical painter; his major works incorporated classical, religious, imaginative, and contemporary cultural elements. A series of paintings based on Francis Thompson's poem, "Hound of Heaven" are considered to be some of his most important works. His biography of painter Dennis Miller Bunker was published in 1953.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 29 Volumes ((on 3 microfilm reels))
label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Addition)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1883-1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gammr
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Volumes
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4675-4677 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 4675-4577: Originals returned to the lender, Elizabeth Hunter, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 4675-4677: Twenty-six diaries (1919-1981) and 3 notebooks with sketches, relating to European travel (1928-l930). There are no diaries for 1921-1928. The diaries were begun in Paris to record ideas and concepts relating to painting. They were later expanded to include reflections and thoughts about people, and they also reflect Gammell's strong interest in Jungian psychology and opera. He often used code names for people chosen from Biblical, mythological, or foreign language sources.
label: Scope and Contents
content: ADDITION: Papers, 1883-1956, comprised mainly of writings, the bulk relating to French academic painting, including 2 annotated typescripts of his Twilight of Painting (published 1946), with photo transparencies of Henri Regnault's "Automedon" for its cover. Other writings relate to Francis Thompson' poem "The Hound of Heaven" with illustrations based on a mural series by Gammell, ca. 1955-56; and to his colleague and teacher William MacGregor Paxton, "William Paxton and the End of an Epoch," (unpublished), ca. 1941-45. Also found are photographs of the Jean Léon Gérome atelier, Paris, 1883 (mounted) and of Dennis Miller Bunker.