Natalie Van Vleck papers
name: label: Creator
content: Van Vleck, Natalie, 1901-1974
label: Names
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Connecticut -- Woodbury
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Connecticut -- Woodbury
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1992 by the Flanders Nature Center and Van Vleck Farm Sanctuary, founded by Natalie Van Vleck in 1963, and to which she left the contents of her studio as well as her land, home, and two farmhouses as an endowment.
creator: label: Creator
content: Van Vleck, Natalie, 1901-1974
setName: label: See more items in
content: Natalie Van Vleck papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of New York City and Connecticut painter and printmaker Natalie Van Vleck measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1919 to 1992, with the bulk of the material dating from 1919-1925. Three sketchbooks, loose sketches, and a notebook focus on Van Vleck's time studying at the Art Students League and trip to Europe in the 1920s. 1992 records consist of an exhibition catalog and clippings concerning an exhibition at Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Natalie Van Vleck (1901-1981) was a painter and printmaker active in New York City, New York and Woodbury, Connecticut. Van Vleck studied at the Art Students League with George B. Bridgman, Robert Henri and Max Weber. An environmentalist, Van Vleck stopped painting in 1934 to focus on farming, and later founded the Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1919-1992
label: Date
content: bulk 1919-1925
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.vanvlec
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
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 Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of New York City and Connecticut painter and printmaker Natalie Van Vleck measure 0.4 linear feet and date from 1919 to 1992, with the bulk of the material dating from 1919-1925. Three sketchbooks, loose sketches, and a notebook focus on Van Vleck's time studying at the Art Students League and trip to Europe in the 1920s. 1992 records consist of an exhibition catalog and clippings concerning an exhibition at Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust.