Rupert Scott Lovejoy papers
name: label: Creator
content: Lovejoy, Rupert Scott, 1885-1975
label: Names
content: Brush'uns
label: Names
content: Griffin, Edward Souther
label: Names
content: Griffin, Walter, 1861-1935
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Figureheads of ships
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Myrtle E. Lovejoy, Rupert Scott Lovejoy's wife, lent the Archives of American Art material for microfilming and donated papers in September 1978 and in 1979.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lovejoy, Rupert Scott, 1885-1975
setName: label: See more items in
content: Rupert Scott Lovejoy papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Portland, Maine, dentist and painter Rupert Scott Lovejoy, measure 0.58 linear feet and date from 1904-1979. The collection includes biographical material, letters and sketches from painter Walter Griffin, research material on Griffin collected by Lovejoy, printed material including exhibition catalogs for Lovejoy's exhibitions, two portrait reliefs of Walter Griffin and Edward Souther Griffin, and photographs and nine glass plate negatives of Walter Griffin and his home in Stroudwater, Maine.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portland, Maine, dentist and painter Rupert Scott Lovejoy (1885-1975), learned from impressionist painter Walter Griffin and was known for his landscapes in oil and watercolor.

As a boy, Lovejoy's interest in art was encouraged by his mother, and he continued to pursue painting in evening classes at the Portland Art School after graduating from Tufts University Dental School in 1909, and setting up a dental practice in Portland. 

While receiving dental treatment from Lovejoy in 1915, artist Walter Griffin noticed Lovejoy's artwork displayed on the walls of his office. Griffin took an interest in Lovejoy's evident talent and encouraged Lovejoy to accompany him on painting trips in Maine and to his home in Stroudwater. Lovejoy subsequently observed and learned from Griffin while simultaneously developing his own style. Eventually devoting himself to painting full time, Lovejoy had considerable success with his impressionistic watercolors and oils. His work was exhibited regularly in Maine, as well as at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, and other museums, and can be found in the permanent collections of the Colby College Museum of Art, the Portland Museum of Art, and The Hunter Museum of Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.58 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1904-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.loverupe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Impressionism (art)
label: Type
content: Exhibition catalogs
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as one series.

Series 1: Rupert Scott Lovejoy Papers, 1904-1979 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1, MGP 1-2, 4)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed after receipt and the glass plate negatives were re-housed in 2015 with a grant from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund. The collection was processed and a finding aid written by Stephanie Ashley in 2018.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection and material lent for microfilming are available on 35mm microfilm reels 1621 and 1405 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Impressionism (art) -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Exhibition catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Portland, Maine, dentist and painter Rupert Scott Lovejoy, measure 0.58 linear feet and date from 1904-1979. The collection includes biographical material, letters and sketches from painter Walter Griffin, research material on Griffin collected by Lovejoy, printed material including exhibition catalogs for Lovejoy's exhibitions, two portrait reliefs of Walter Griffin and Edward Souther Griffin, and photographs and nine glass plate negatives of Walter Griffin and his home in Stroudwater, Maine.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel 1405) including research notes and writings by Rupert Scott Lovejoy on Walter Griffin, clippings, and exhibition catalogs.  Lent materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.