Title: Maurice Prendergast Correspondence
Date(s): 1900-1923
Location: Emmanuel College Archives—Cardinal Cushing Library Rm 202
Extent: 741.43 MB (18 folders total)
Language(s): Material is in English.
Abstract: The collection contains correspondence between Maurice Prendergast and various recipients, including Albert Barnes, the Carnegie Institute of Art, William R Coffin, The Corcoran Gallery, Albert B. Davies, The Detroit Institute of Art, The Glackens Family, Edgar L. Hewett, Kent Rockwell, The Kraushaar Galleries, Walt Kuhn, The Macbeth Gallery, Albert Livingston MacRae, Walter Pach, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, John Quinn, Edward W. Root, Williams College Museum of Art and Esther Williams.
Access Restrictions: Not approved for public use.
Preferred Citation:
Author,(Year, Month Day). Title. [Description of material].(Box Number, Folder Number). Maurice Prendergast Correspondence. Cardinal Cushing Library, Emmanuel College Archives, Boston, MA.
Related Collections:
Predergast Archive and Study Center.
Archives of American Art.
Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Provenance: The correspondence letters were donated in 2020 by Sr Ellen Glavin, former Professor of Fine Arts at Emmanuel, and Sr. Karen Hokanson, SND, Associate Dean of Education; Chair, Department of Education.
Processed By: The collection will be processed in April 2022.
Biography/History: Maurice Prendergast was born in St. Johns, Newfoundland in 1858. His family moved to Boston in 1868 where Maurice began to practice art with a local artist. He moved to Paris in 1891 to finish his education before returning to Boston in 1894. He and his brother both became well known for their art in the city of Boston and the US, participating in shows like the Armory show (1913) and The Eight (1908). Maurice died in New York in the year 1924, but the Prendergast Archive & Study Center at Williams College continues to showcase the talents of both brothers.
Scope and Content: Maurice and his brother Charles Prendergast were both well-known and well respected in the Boston community. The collection contains 121 letters in the collection are OCR accessible.
Collection Arrangement: The collection is arranged into 18 folders arranged alphabetically by last name of the recipient. Contents are all digitized and can be accessed by contacting the college archives. .
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Subject Headings
Boston (Mass.)—History
Art, Western (Western countries)
Artists—20th century
Artists—19th century
Barnes, Albert, 1913-1915
Carnegie Institute of Art, 1905-1908
Coffin, William R., 1919
Corcoran Gallery, 1914-1923
Davies, Albert B., 1908
Detroit Institute of Art, 1901
Glackens Family, 1909-1909
Hewett, Edgar L., 1914
Kent, Rockwell, 1911
Kraushaar Galleries, 1921-1922
Kuhn, Walt, 1912-1913
Macbeth Gallery, 1900-1916
MacRae, Albert Livingston, 1913-1914
Pach, Walter, 1909-1922
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1903-1921
Prendergast, Maurice,1858-1924
Quinn, John, 1913-1921
Root, Edward W., 1912-1915
Williams College Museum of Art, 1907-1911
Williams, Esther, 1904-1908