Albert Henry King papers
name: label: Creator
content: King, Albert Henry, 1900-1982
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: King, Louisa Anne Etcheverry, 1911-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- Los Angeles
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material lent for microfilming in 1964 by Albert and Louisa King on Reels LA01, LA02, LA04, LA05, and LA06 was returned to the Kings after filming. A book on reel LA07 was lent for microfilming by Los Angeles Public Library and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: King, Albert Henry, 1900-1982
setName: label: See more items in
content: Albert Henry King papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter, sculptor and ceramicist Albert Henry King date from 1913 to 1963. The papers concern King's early career as a draftsman, his participation with the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, and the exhibition of his paintings in the 1950s and 1960s. Some material is found concerning Louisa Etcheverry King's career as a muralist and painter. Biographical material, professional correspondence, writings, Federal Art Project reports and printed material, exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, and scattered photographs are found in mixed-media scrapbooks and as loose material.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Albert Henry King (1900-1982) was a ceramicist, painter, and sculptor in Los Angeles, California. Born in England, King studied painting with Stanton MacDonald-Wright and produced ceramic murals with the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration. He married fellow muralist and ceramicist Louisa Etcheverry and they shared a ceramics studio.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Microfilm reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1913-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kingalbe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels LA01, LA02, LA04, LA05, LA06 and LA07 and was returned to Albert Henry King and Louisa King and the Los Angeles Public Library after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reels LA01, LA02, LA04, LA05, LA06 and LA07. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website. Researchers may find duplicate images of the same items on multiple microfilm reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter, sculptor, and ceramicist Albert Henry King date from 1913 to 1963. The papers concern King's early career as a draftsman, his participation with the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, and the exhibition of his paintings in the 1950s and 1960s. Some material is found concerning Louisa Etcheverry King's career as a muralist and painter. Biographical material, professional correspondence, writings, Federal Art Project reports and printed material, exhibition announcements and catalogs, clippings, and scattered photographs are found in mixed-media scrapbooks and as loose material.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds an oral history interview with Albert Henry King, 1964 June 10.