Will Henry Stevens papers
name: label: Creator
content: Stevens, Will Henry, 1881-1949
label: Names
content: Kleemann Galleries
label: Names
content: Newcomb College. Art Dept
label: Names
content: Newcomb College. School of Art
label: Names
content: Albers, Josef
label: Names
content: Feild, Robert Durant, 1893-1979
label: Names
content: Perrine, Van Dearing, 1869-1955
label: Names
content: Valentin, Curt, 1902-1954
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
label: Topic
content: Painting, Abstract
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1989 by Janet McDowell, Stevens' daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stevens, Will Henry, 1881-1949
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, New Orleans, Louisiana. Studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy and in New York with Jonas Lie and Van Dearing Perrine. Taught at Newcomb College Art Dept, New Orleans, 1921-1948. In the 1930s and 1940s, he developed an individualized style of non-objective and abstract painting. Throughout his career he experimented with pigments and manufacturing his own painting materials and was an influential teacher at Tulane.
function: label: Function
content: Art schools -- Louisiana
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((on 1 partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1907-1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stevwill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 4704 available at Archives of American Art and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Van Dearing Perrine greeting card is a photocopy.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Van Dearing Perrine greeting card: Original retained by the estate.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters, 1922-1949, from his daughter Janet, and from Robin Feild, director of Newcomb College School of Art, Kleemann Galleries in New York, fellow Newcomb art instuctor Robert Scott, Curt Valentin, Van Dearing Perrine (an illustrated greeting card and letter), Josef Albers (unsigned), and museums, regarding exhibitions of Steven's work; price lists and shipping invoices regarding exhibitions; a statement by Stevens; two biographical accounts; two sketchbooks and 152 drawings of landscapes, marine life, and non-representational images; printed material, 1907-1950, including clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and a flier (1934) for the Stevens Summer School of Painting, and photographs, 1922-1923, of Stevens, colleagues, art classes, and exhibition installations.