Clarence Brodeur papers relating to the Fontainebleau Schools
name: label: Creator
content: Brodeur, Clarence A.
label: Names
content: Fontainebleau Alumni Association
label: Names
content: Fontainebleau Fine Arts and Music Schools Association
label: Names
content: Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Fontainebleau School of Music
title: label: Topic
content: Fontainebleau alumni bulletin
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986-1988 by Clarence Brodeur.
creator: label: Creator
content: Brodeur, Clarence A.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Brodeur: Portrait painter; New Haven, Ct. Studied at Fountainebleau School, 1920s, where he met his wife Marie, a pianist. Later managed the New York office. Elected President of the Board of Trustees of the Fontainebleau Association, and edited the Fontainebleau Alumni Bulletin. Fontainebleau School was founded in France in the early 1900s as a summer school for Americans, designed to create links between American and French relations. Study was devoted to architecture, painting, fresco, and sculpture. In 1921 a summer School of Music was offered. The School of Fine Arts was begun by architect Jacques Carlu in 1923.
function: label: Function
content: Art Schools -- France
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brodclar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: By-laws of the Fontainebleau Fine Arts and Music Schools Association, 1947; constitution of the Fontainebleau Alumni Association, 1981; school histories, 1981; a dissertation "Architectural Teaching at The Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts, 1923-1939" by Isabelle Gournay; subject files containing letters and biographical material on Nadia Boulanger, 1979, Jacques Carlu, 1976, and Paul Chidlaw, 1983; clippings on Brodeur, 1962-1983; 29 issues of the Fontainebleau Alumni Bulletin, 1948-1985; class schedule catalogs, 1935-1984; an exposition catalog, 1983; programs, 1976-1985; and photographs of architectural designs by alumni.