Frederick Arthur Bridgman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Bridgman, Frederick Arthur, 1847-1928
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- France -- Paris
label: Occupation
content: Artists -- United States
label: Topic
content: Expatriate artists -- France -- Paris
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The items were copied as part of the Archives of American Art's Paris Survey Project, November 1993 and should serve as study purposes only not to be reproduced. The originals are in the possession of anonymous Bridgman descendants.
creator: label: Creator
content: Bridgman, Frederick Arthur, 1847-1928
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bridgman was an American born painter who studied and lived in Paris. He is best known for his paintings of North Africa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 24 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1869-1929
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bridfred
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: All photographic reproductions and/or photocopies.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographic reproductions of a sketchbook/scrapbook, photographs, and a handwritten genealogy of the Bridgman family; and a photocopy of a catalog of the sale of the contents of Bridgman's studio after his death.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The sketchbook contains pencil and ink drawings, some of Bridgman's children, a few clippings, a genealogy, a program and a letter. The photographs show Bridgman, his family, and his Paris studio, 146 Blvd. Malesheherbes. The sales catalog, "Atelier F.A. Bridgman," (32 p.) was for paintings and objects of Bridgman's, held Nov. 25-26, 1929 at Hotel Drouot, Paris, and handled by Galerie A.M. Reitlinger.