Howard Mehring papers
name: label: Creator
content: Mehring, Howard, 1931-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Washington Color School (Group of artists)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated in 2018 by Patricia and William Taffe Driscoll, friends of Mehring, who had held the documents on Mehring's behalf.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mehring, Howard, 1931-
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content: Howard Mehring papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter Howard Mehring measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1931-1978. This small collection of documentation on Mehring's career includes graduation and birth certificates; letters to Mehring from his mother, dealers, lawyers and clients; and childhood photographs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Howard Mehring (1931-1978) was a painter in Washington, D.C., considered one of the six core members of the Washington Color School, which also included his instructor at Catholic University, Kenneth Noland. His mature work, all abstract, ranged from loose Abstact Expressionism to a more structured geometic style of Color Field Painting.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1931-1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mehrhowa
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Ryan Evans in 2019.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter Howard Mehring measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1931-1978. This small collection of documentation on Mehring's career includes graduation and birth certificates; letters to Mehring from his mother, dealers, lawyers and clients; and childhood photographs.