Renee Prahar papers
name: label: Creator
content: Prahar, Renee, 1880-1962
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Actors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Interior decorators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1991 by the Connecticut College Archives through Catherine Phinizy.
creator: label: Creator
content: Prahar, Renee, 1880-1962
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content: Renee Prahar papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of actor and sculptor Renee Prahar measure 0.3 linear feet and date from circa 1895 to 1938. Found are biographical materials including an award, letters, and a print; photographs of Prahar, exhibitions, and sculpture; and price lists, printed material, and writings.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Renee Prahar (1880-1965) was an actor, sculptor, and interior decorator in New York City, New York. She worked in marble, metal, and wood, and designed complete room decorations for wealthy New Yorkers and portrait busts of many famous people of the period.

Born Irene Prahar, she began her career as a stage actor with the Richard Mansfield Co.. Later, she studied sculpture in Paris with Antoine Bourdelle and Auguste Rodin and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1895-1938
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.prahrene
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of actor and sculptor Renee Prahar measure 0.3 linear feet and date from circa 1895 to 1938. Found are biographical materials including an award, letters, and a print; photographs of Prahar, exhibitions, and sculpture; and price lists, printed material, and writings.