Michel N. Benisovich research material
name: label: Creator
content: Benisovich, Michel N., 1891-1963
label: Names
content: Drexel, Francis Martin, 1792-1863
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting, French
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Katherine Drexel Penrose typed Francis Martin Drexel's memoir from the original in 1901.
creator: label: Creator
content: Benisovich, Michel N., 1891-1963
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art historian; New York, N.Y. Benisovich came to the U.S. from Russia and studied at N.Y.U. A member of the College Art Association, he wrote N.A. TAUNAY, 1753-1830, UNDERCURRENTS IN FRENCH PAINTING.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1901-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.benimich
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D10 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Drexel's memoir is a typecript.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Original copy of Drexel's memoir is in the possession of John D. Laukenau.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, photographs, writings and notes.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL D10: A memoir of Francis Martin Drexel, said to have been written for his children, ca. 1830. He writes of his youth, going from town to town in Italy, Switzerland, and Austria, and of Paris, to find work painting coaches, portraits, etc. He details his emigration to the U.S. leaving Amsterdam on the JOHN OF BALTIMORE, with much about the contract between Captain Richards and passengers, reneging, dishonesty of fellow passenger Mr. Bayer, and his early years in Philadelphia.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Research material mainly on 18th c. French artists, including correspondence, notes, transcripts, articles, photographs, etc., ca. 1948-1963, about or arising from Benisovich's research into the lives and work of Jacques Louis David, Jean Etienne Liotard (incl. typescript of a biography), Frans Post, Nicolas Antoine Taunay (incl. typescript of biography and catalogue), Adolph Ulrich Wertmuller, Francisco de Miranda, Francis Martin Drexel, et al. His correspondence was mostly with editors, scholars, and museum and library staff. Some letters related to sales of art, others to personal matters.