Hartwell Wyse Priest papers
name: label: Creator
content: Priest, Hartwell Wyse, 1901-
label: Names
content: National Association of Women Artists (U.S.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Virginia
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Virginia
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Symmetry
label: Topic
content: Proportion (Art)
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1978 by Hartwell Priest and in 2018 by Hannah Priest, Hartwell's daughter.
creator: label: Creator
content: Priest, Hartwell Wyse, 1901-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hartwell Wyse Priest (1901-2004) was a painter and printmaker in Charlottesville, Virginia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924-2004
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.priehart
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Hartwell Wyse Priest papers measure 1.8 linear feet and date from circa 1924-1999. The papers contain biographical material including a 1991 interview transcript with Priest by Elizabeth Howard, a certificate of recognition and miscellany; works of art including travel sketchbooks and loose drawings and sketches; writings consisting of journals and notes on art, a draft manuscript of "Dynamic Symmetry" written by Priest, and an annotated published book about Hans Hofmann; bound exhibition lists; lists of prints; sales records and price lists; scattered letters; photographs of nature used as source material and photographs of Priest and of others and slides of works of art; and printed material including 30 exhibition catalogs of the National Association of Women Artists, newspaper clippings and posthumous material.