William Thon papers
name: label: Creator
content: Thon, William, 1906-2000
label: Names
content: Midtown Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
place: label: Place
content: Maine -- Description and views
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Maine
label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- Maine
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters -- Maine
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1999 by William and Helen Thon, in 2002 and 2004 by William and Helen Thon via Thon estate and in 2004 by the Portland Museum of Art via Daniel O'Leary, Director.
creator: label: Creator
content: Thon, William, 1906-2000
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, watercolorist; Port Clyde, Me; b. 1906. d. 2000. Thon served as a trustee and artist in residence at the American Academy in Rome.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1925-2001
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.thonwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical information; correspondence; financial records; sketchbooks; printed material, including exhibition announcements and catalogs; photographs of Thon and his artwork; awards and medals regarding Thon's career as a painter. Among the correspondents are Thon's dealer, Alan Ruskin of Midtown Galleries, and artists Mildred Burrage, Emily Genauer, Lloyd Goodrich, Andrew Wyeth and others.