John Lorence papers relating to Carl Nelson
name: label: Creator
content: Lorence, John
label: Names
content: Goodale, Robin
label: Names
content: Kienbusch, William, 1914-1980
label: Names
content: Nelson, Carl Gustaf, 1898-1988
label: Names
content: Pierce, Richard A. (Richard Austin), 1918-
label: Names
content: Solon, Harry, 1873-1958
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers
label: Occupation
content: Graphic artists -- Maine
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Maine
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1992 and 1993 by John Lorence. Letters from Nelson to Lorence, 1985-1986 are difficult to read due to Nelson's severe glaucoma; he later became blind.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lorence, John
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Edgecomb, Maine. Student 1951-1953 and close friend of painter, graphic artist and teacher Carl Nelson. Nelson was born in Sweden; studied at the Art Students League, N.Y., with Kimon Nicolaides. In 1964, Lorence bought a house near Nelson's in Maine. Nelson died Aug. 6, 1988 in Elmhurst, Ill.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (1 rolled doc.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1992
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lorejohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, photographs, slides, printed material, and sound recordings. Included are letters to Lorence and his wife from Carl Nelson, 1964-1986; photographs and slides of Nelson, Lorence and others, Nelson's house in Maine, exhibitions and work by him; clippings; photographs of work by Harry Solon inscribed with Christmas wishes to Nelson; list of locations of Nelson's religious paintings given to Maine churches; a sound recording by Lorence, after a trip to Russia, of his conversation with Nelson and Egyptologist Richard Pierce about Russian artists and museums.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Other recordings include a conversation between Lorence and Nelson, 1980, an interview by art historian Robin Goodale with Nelson, Lorence, and William Kienbusch for a PBS radio station, and a memorial service for Nelson.