Dines and Emil Carlsen letters to Helen Elizabeth Keep
name: label: Creator
content: Carlsen, Dines
label: Creator
content: Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932
label: Names
content: Keep, Helen E. (Helen Elizabeth), 1868-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Occupation
content: Still-life painters
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Two letters from Helen Keep to Constance Coleman (Mrs. E. P.) Richardson originally microfilmed with the Carlsen letters (frames 398-399 & 430-431) have been placed in the collection file.
creator: label: Creator
content: Carlsen, Dines
label: Creator
content: Carlsen, Emil, 1853-1932
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painters. Emil Carlsen (1853-1932) was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He came to the U.S. in 1872, and worked in New York City. He trained his son, Dines (1901-1966). Helen Elizabeth Keep was a painter in Detroit, Mich., who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She greatly admired the still life painting of Emil Carlsen and sought his advice regarding her own.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1957
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carldine
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D8 (frames 400-429) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two letters from Emil Carlsen replying to Miss [Helen Elizabeth] Keep, which critique four of her paintings; and ten letters from Dines Carlsen to Keep, touching primarily on art and health related subjects. Accompanying some of the letters are photographic enlargements.