Anthony Thieme papers
name: label: Creator
content: Thieme, Anthony, 1888-1954
label: Names
content: Thieme School of Art (Rockport, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Bouman, Hanny
label: Names
content: Thieme, Lilian Beckett
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Rockport
label: Occupation
content: Marine painters -- Massachusetts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers of Anthony Thieme were donated in 1985 by Jane Goodwin, whose mother was Mrs. Thieme's friend. Goodwin initially obtained the collection from Harriet Chamberlain, who purchased the Thieme home in Florida where she found the papers.
creator: label: Creator
content: Thieme, Anthony, 1888-1954
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content: Anthony Thieme papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter Anthony Thieme measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1909 to 1972. The collection includes letters, notes and writings, photographs, business records, printed material, photographs, and a half-tone printing block of a work of art.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Anthony Thieme (1888-1954) was a landscape and marine painter in Rockport, Massachusetts. Born in Rotterdam, Holland, Theime studied in Germany with George Hacker, in Italy with Giuseppe Mancini, and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Holland. He came to the United States in 1917 where he designed and painted stage settings until 1927. Theime settled in Rockport, Massachusetts where he established and directed the Thieme School of Art from 1929 to 1943, and managed a private art gallery.
function: label: Function
content: Art schools -- Massachusetts
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-1972
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.thieanth
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 was processed by Jean Fitzgerald in 1989. A finding aid was written by Caroline Donadio in 2019.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter Anthony Thieme measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1909 to 1972. The collection includes letters, notes and writings, photographs, business records, printed material, photographs, and a half-tone printing block of a work of art.

Letters are from Thieme during his time in Europe to his wife Becky (Lillian Beckett Thieme) regarding family matters, and to business associates concerning the sale and reproduction of his paintings and inventions, including a movie projector and a device for repairing torpedo damage to battleships. There are also letters from painter Hanny Bouman to "Aunt Becky," and letters to Lillian after Thieme's death regarding the sale and exhibition of his paintings.

Notes and writings are comprised of notes on watercolor painting, lists of Thieme's work owned by Mrs. Sally Fenelon Young, three address books, and lists of household chores. Also found are two typescript writings titled, "Must Sixty-five Always be the Deadline?" and "Majority Wins."

Business records contain shipment and exhibition records, price lists, correspondence with the J. J. Gillespie Company, receipts, and invoices. 

Printed material includes clippings, a press release, exhibition catalogs, brochures from Thieme's New Summer School of Art, a blueprint of a section of Rockport, Massachusetts, and picture postcards.

Photographs are of Thieme, his family, and classes at the Thieme School of Art in Rockport.

The collection also includes a half-tone printing block of a work of art.