John Haberle papers
name: label: Creator
content: Haberle, John, 1856-1933
label: Names
content: Benjamin-Constant, 1845-1902
label: Names
content: Clairin, Georges, 1843-1919
label: Names
content: Frankenstein, Alfred V. (Alfred Victor), 1906-1981
label: Names
content: Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904
label: Names
content: Munkácsy, Mihály, 1844-1900
label: Names
content: Rochegrosse, Georges, 1859-1938
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Connecticut -- New Haven
label: Topic
content: Artists' studios -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Trompe l'oeil painting
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Still-life painting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reel 2813 was donated 1969 by Mrs. Vera Haberle Demmer, the daughter of John Haberle. Material on reel 3753 lent, and unmicrofilmed material donated 1986 by James and Claudia Mize, descendants of Haberle.
creator: label: Creator
content: Haberle, John, 1856-1933
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Still-life painter, art instructor; New Haven, Conn. Haberle was apprenticed to a lithography and engraving company during the 1870s, studied at the National Academy of Design between 1884 and 1885 and later founded the New Haven Sketch Club, where he also taught. He specialized in trompe l'oeil still-life paintings, producing most of this work between 1887 and 1900. Deteriorating eyesight caused him to paint broader, more traditional still-lifes and landscapes in later life.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.1 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 2 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1882-1985
label: Date
content: bulk 1882-1931
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.habejohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 2813 and 3753 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Some letters are photocopies.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 2813: Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Vera Haberle Demmer, after microfilming.
label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reel 3753: Originals returned to the lenders, James and Claudia Mize, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, letters, notes and writings, a monograph design, printed material, a scrapbook, and photographs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 2813: Eighteen letters to Haberle regarding the exhibition and sale of his work, 1891-1901; and a letter from J. William Middendorf to Haberle's son-in-law, Victor Demmer, concerning a Haberle exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Art, 1966.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 3753: 176 drawings, 1882-1931, and 24 commercially printed greeting cards.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Biographical material; an autobiographical account, 1925; letters to Haberle from colleagues discussing his work, 1870-1915; letters from Haberle to his wife Sarah "Sadie" Haberle, 1893-1898, and his daughter Vera, 1898; and letters to Vera and Victor Demmer and Gladys Haberle Fresnada concerning Haberle's work, 1960-1971, from Alfred Frankenstein and others; notes and writings including poems, 1925, musical annotations, a card file on writing, 8 pages from a travel journal, 1931, and "directions for finishing the painting donated to New Britain."
label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included are a monogram design, 1903; photographs of Haberle, members of his family, 1894, works of art, 1888, views of 2 houses, 1960, and artists in their studios including Georges Clairin, Benjamin Constant, Jean Léon Gérome, Mihaly Munkacsy, and Georges Rochegrosse; clippings, 1887-1970; a scrapbook containing greeting cards and stickers; and printed material, 1874-1932.