Paula Gerard papers
name: label: Creator
content: Gerard, Paula, 1907-1991
label: Names
content: Art Institute of Chicago
label: Names
content: Art Institute of Chicago. School
label: Names
content: Aubin, Barbara, 1928-2014
label: Names
content: Bentley, Claude Ronald, 1915-
label: Names
content: Berenson, Mary, 1864-
label: Names
content: Garrett, Lillian
label: Names
content: Gerard, Helen, 1861-1938
label: Names
content: Olson, Douglas John, 1934-
label: Names
content: Schwalb, Susan, 1944-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Graphic artists -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1990 by Paula Gerard Renison.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gerard, Paula, 1907-1991
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, printmaker, teacher; Chicago, Ill. Born in Italy to writer Helen Gerard, Italian representative to the American Federation of Art and contributor to the American Magazine of Art, International Studio and other art publications. Paula began her study of art in Italy and continued in the U.S. at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee and at the Midway Studios at the University of Chicago.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1885-1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gerapaul
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Resumes, correspondence with Barbara Aubin, Mary Berenson, Claude Bentley, Lillian Garrett, Douglas Olson, Susan Schwalb and others, 1910-1989; art works, including many loose sketches, sketchbooks and Christmas cards from friends; untitled sound recording; clippings, exhibition catalogs; blank postcards; a scrapbook on Gerard's exhibitions, 1930-1979; travel diaries, 1918-1938; writings on and by Gerard; and teaching and class notes. Also included are 0.4 ft. of the papers of Paula's mother, Helen Gerard, including correspondence and writings, 1885-1935.