Explore the Archives' Digital CollectionsThe Archives is steadily digitizing its collections and oral history interviews. A generous grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art has enabled us to accelerate the pace, and to replace microfilming with digitization.  Check Out Collections OnlineThe Archives is pleased to present Collections Online, a new web site providing researchers access to many of its most treasured collections. Here the papers of sculptors, painters, printmakers, art collectors, dealers, and many others, as well as records of art organizations and galleries, can be viewed as in the original collection, and searched by keyword, for unprecedented virtual exposure. Search ImagesEnter a keyword to find digitized documents from the Archives: |
Featured Document
Letter from Edward Hopper to Frank K. M. Rehn, September 15, 1926. Hopper (1882-1967) writes to art dealer Frank Rehn during a visit to Gloucester, MA, where he painted some of his best-known watercolors. In this letter, he focuses his keen interest on the framing of his pictures. He includes a sketch of the frame, as well as the precise type of mat and where to buy it. He even suggests that, at the framer's shop, the woman at the desk will give a better rate than the framer would.
Recently Placed Online Collections Online:The papers of the painter Cecilia Beaux, which date from 1863 to 1968, document her education, career and personal life through family and professional correspondence, diaries, poems, photographs and more.  Oral History Transcripts:An interview with metalsmith L. Brent Kington conducted in 2001 for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America was recently transcribed and made available online.  Exhibits Online:Seventeen sketchbooks, scanned in their entirety, have been selected by Curator Liza Kirwin from the Archives' collections.  Guides Online:The Guide to African American Artists explores the collections of the Archives of American Art that focus on the accomplishments, struggles, and contributions of African American artists. |