Niccolo Cortiglia papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cortiglia, Niccolo, 1893-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting -- 20th century -- Pennsylvania
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1989 by Anna Cortiglia, the widow of Niccolo Cortiglia.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cortiglia, Niccolo, 1893-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portrait painter; Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-1982
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cortnicc
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Files on portrait commissions, primarily of individuals in Pennsylvania, containing photographs, letters and newspaper clippings; files on Cortiglia's murals and honorary degrees from Kings College, 1977-1978, and his participation in the Hoosier Salon Jury, 1950-1951, and the Primaverile Exhibition in Florence, Italy, 1920. Also included are letters to Cortiglia praising his portraits, 1936-1977; printed material, 1920-1982; and photographs, 1922-1977, of Cortiglia's work and a few photographs of Cortiglia.