F. Edwin Church papers
name: label: Creator
content: Church, Frederic Edwin, 1876-1975
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2022 by Jan Wiley, scholar and authorized representative of the Church family. Wiley worked with Mary Grothe, F. Edwin Church's granddaughter, to organize and compile the material.
creator: label: Creator
content: Church, Frederic Edwin, 1876-1975
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content: F. Edwin Church papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter F. Edwin Church (1876-1975) measure 0.7 linear feet and date from circa 1882-2012. The papers include correspondence relating primarily to loans and sales of Church's Japanese art collection and his own artwork, sketches and a study on panel for a painting, and biographical information including genealogical information and photos of Church and his family.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: F. (Frederic) Edwin Church (1876-1975) was a painter in New York, New York, best known for his portraits. 

Church attended the Art Students League and the Académie Julien in Paris and was awarded the Clark Prize in 1916 by the National Academy of Design for best figurative composition.

His works included gilded-age portraits, impressionist landscapes, and still lifes. He used botanical and bird motifs in many of his backgrounds, indicative of the Japanese influence in his work.

Church signed his works F. Edwin Church in order to distinguish himself from the unrelated Hudson River School artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1882-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.churfedw
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2022.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter F. Edwin Church (1876-1975) measure 0.7 linear feet and date from circa 1882-2012. The papers include correspondence relating primarily to loans and sales of Church's Japanese art collection and his own artwork, sketches and a study on panel for a painting, and biographical information including photos of Church and his family. Also found is correspondence relating to family genealogy, which is especially significant since Church had the same name as Hudson River School artist Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900).
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art are the Frederic Edwin Church letters to Charles F. Olney, 1891-1896.