Gene Kloss papers
name: label: Creator
content: Kloss, Gene, 1903-
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.M.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Etchers -- California
label: Occupation
content: Etchers -- New Mexico -- Taos
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Mexico -- Taos
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 1964 by Gene Kloss.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kloss, Gene, 1903-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Gene Kloss papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of California and New Mexico painter and etcher, Gene Kloss, provide scattered documentation of Kloss's career through 35 items dating from 1932-1956. Records include letters to Kloss, primarily about exhibitions and purchases of her work; press clippings documenting exhibitions and other activities including lectures delivered by Kloss; a photograph of Kloss and three photographs of her artwork; and ten etchings. The etchings represent a complete set of the artist's prints of the Southwest executed for the Public Works of Art Project from 1933-1934.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: California and New Mexico etcher and painter, Gene Kloss, was known for her depictions of the American Southwest. 

Also known as Alice Geneva Glasier, Kloss was born in Oakland, California, and studied at the University of California at Berkeley, the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. In 1925 she traveled to New Mexico to honeymoon with her husband, poet Phillip Kloss, and was deeply drawn to the region. Thereafter, Gene and Phillip divided their time between Berkeley and Taos, New Mexico, where Gene produced etchings and paintings of the landscape and its Pueblo inhabitants. 

Kloss was employed as the sole etcher for the 1933-1934 Public Works of Art Project, producing watercolors and oil paintings, and a series of New Mexico scenes that were reproduced and distributed to public schools across the state.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.11 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1932-1956
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.klosgene
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of the collection, records are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Portions of the collection were microfilmed on 35mm microfilm Reel NDA15 at some point after receipt. The collection was processed and a finding aid written by Stephanie Ashley, and the collection was digitized in 2021.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection was digitized in 2021 and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of California and New Mexico painter and etcher, Gene Kloss, provide scattered documentation of Kloss's career through 35 items dating from 1932-1956. Records include letters to Kloss, primarily about exhibitions and purchases of her work; press clippings documenting exhibitions and other activities including lectures delivered by Kloss; a photograph of Kloss and three photographs of her artwork; and ten etchings. The etchings represent a complete set of the artist's prints of the Southwest executed for the Public Works of Art Project from 1933-1934.