Charles Allan and Alice Beach Winter papers
name: label: Creator
content: Winter, Charles Allan, 1869-1942
label: Creator
content: Winter, Alice Beach, 1877-ca. 1970
label: Names
content: Cornoyer, Paul, 1864-1923
label: Names
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Names
content: Richmond, Agnes M., 1870-1964
label: Names
content: Sloan, John, 1871-1951
label: Names
content: Tietjens, , Paul
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painters--Massachusetts--Gloucester
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1974 by Howard and Roger Curtis, executors of Alice B. Winter's estate.
creator: label: Creator
content: Winter, Charles Allan, 1869-1942
label: Creator
content: Winter, Alice Beach, 1877-ca. 1970
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content: Charles Allan and Alice Beach Winter papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of New York City and Gloucester, Massachusetts painters Charles Allan Winter (1869-1942) and Alice Beach Winter (1877-1970) measure 6.7 linear feet and date from circa 1890-1949, and circa 1974. The papers include biographical material, news clippings, a scrapbook of illustrations by Charles Allan Winter published in Cosmopolitan magazine, original artwork, and photographic prints, acetate negatives, and 699 glass plate negatives of the Winters, their artist friends, family, and artwork.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles Allan Winter (1869-1942) and Alice Beach Winter (1877-1970) were painters in East Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Charles Allan Winter was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy before spending over three years on a scholarship in Europe. Winter studied at the Académie Julian in  Paris, France, and spent eight months in Rome, Italy, before returning to the United States to teach a portrait class at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, Missouri, in 1898. In 1901 he met Alice Mary Beach, who had begun studying at the same school, before moving to New York City that year and establishing a studio on 8 East 59th Street. The two were soon reunited in New York and married in 1904.


Alice Beach Winter was born in Green Ridge, Missouri. After moving to New York City in 1904 she studied at the Art Students League with John Twachtman, Joseph DeCamp, and George de Forest Brush, and shared her husband's studio on 59th Street. The couple worked for almost thirty years in New York as painters and illustrators, and collaborated with artists including John Sloan, Max Eastman, and Art Young, to establish the magazine The Masses. The illustrated socialist monthly published realist artwork that would come to be associated with the Ashcan school. Alice became the magazine's editor and was responsible for several of its covers. Charles painted landscapes and portraits, and was employed during the 1930s as a mural painter by the Works Progress Administration. Alice's illustrations and portraits of children provided income for the couple for many years, but she was also known for her large Impressionist landscapes. 


Around 1910, the Winters began to visit Gloucester and Cape Ann, Massachusetts, eventually building a home and studio in East Gloucester and relocating there permanently in 1931. They were visited often by friends including artists Paul Cornoyer, Stuart Davis, Agnes Richmond, Paul Tietjens, John Sloan, and others.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1890-1949
label: Date
content: circa 1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wintchar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Glass negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as three series.

Series 1: Papers, 1898-1949 (3 folders; Box 1)

Series 2: Artwork, circa 1890-circa 1930s (7 folders; Box 1, OV 4)

Series 3: Photographic Material, circa 1890-circa 1974 (5.8 linear feet; Boxes 1-3, 5-17, OV 4)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Prints of the glass plate negatives and some of the acetate negatives were made at some point after acquisition in 1974. The glass plate negatives were re-housed in 2015 with a grant provided by the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund. The collection was processed and described in a finding aid in 2018 by Stephanie Ashley.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Glass negatives
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of New York City and Gloucester, Massachusetts painters Charles Allan Winter (1869-1942) and Alice Beach Winter (1877-1970) measure 6.7 linear feet and date from circa 1890-1949, and circa 1974. The papers include biographical material, news clippings, a scrapbook of illustrations by Charles Allan Winter published in Cosmopolitan magazine, original artwork, and photographic prints, acetate negatives, and glass plate negatives of the Winters, their friends, family, and artwork.

Glass plate negatives number 699 and include images of the Winters at their home in East Gloucester, at dinner parties, and in outdoor scenes, with friends including artists Paul Cornoyer, Stuart Davis, Agnes Richmond, Paul Tietjens, John Sloan, and others. Also found are images of models and of Charles and Alice Winter posing as models.