Smithsonian Archives of American Art

 
Bohm, Max (b. 1868 d. 1923)

Painter
Bronxville, , N.Y., ; Provincetown, , Mass.,

Recollections, ca. 1925 70 p.

Typed recollections, written by Ester Bohm Locke, of growing up as the daughter of Max Bohm, a struggling artist, mainly in Picardy and Paris, France (ca. 70 p.). In addition to the usual family news, Esther Bohm Locke writes about Eva Le Gallienne; St. Valéry, where they were when World War I began; the refugees; their return to Paris and then their move to Tuckahoe, N.Y.; summers on Cape Cod; Max's patron, Mrs. John Munro Longyear; portraits of Mary Baker Eddy; and her father's sudden death in 1923.

Microfilm reel(s): Microfilm reel 420, frames 88-161.

Forms Part of: Max Bohm papers