Frances Cranmer Greenman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Greenman, Frances Cranmer, 1890-1981
topic: label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women authors
label: Topic
content: Women art critics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1958 by Frances Cranmer Greenman.
creator: label: Creator
content: Greenman, Frances Cranmer, 1890-1981
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content: Frances Cranmer Greenman papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The scattered papers of portrait artist Frances Cranmer Greenman measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1911 to 1957. Found are letters from artists, collectors, and the subjects of her paintings; photographs of works of art and of Greenman; sketches and a sketchbook; and a draft manuscript of Greenman's autobiography Higher Than the Sky.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Frances Cranmer Greenman (1891-1991) was a portrait painter, art critic, and author from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She painted portraits of artists, socialites, and Hollywood stars and wrote a longtime column for the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune.

Greenman was born in South Dakota and was the daughter of notable suffragist Emma A. Cranmer and lawyer Simeon Harris Cranmer. She studied art at the Corcoran School of Art and in New York City with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri. She split her time between Minneapolis and New York City in her early career, ultimately settling in Minneapolis at the Hampshire Arms Hotel. She taught at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Frances Cranmer Greenman died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1991.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1911-1957
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
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objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection received a preliminary level of arrangement upon receipt and was microfilmed on reel 855. The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2022 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection are available on 35mm microfilm reel 855 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The scattered papers of portrait artist Frances Cranmer Greenman measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1911 to 1957. Found are letters from artists, collectors, and the subjects of her paintings; photographs of works of art and of Greenman; sketches and a sketchbook; and a draft manuscript of Greenman's autobiography Higher Than the Sky.