Archives of American Art
Will Barnet papers
Barnet, Will, 1911-2012
AAA.barnwill
Archival Resource Key
30.7 Linear feet
7.24 Gigabytes
1897
1929-2016
The papers of painter, printmaker, and educator Will Barnet date from 1897 and 1929-2016. The collection measures 30.7 linear feet and 7.24 gigabytes. Found within the papers are biographical material, including numerous recorded interviews of Barnet; personal and professional correspondence; writings and lectures; financial records; printed material; artwork; and photographs of Barnet, his family and friends, and his work.
An addition received in 2016 includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, diaries and daybooks, gallery and exhibition files, project and professional files, printed material, and photographic material.
The collection is in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Will Barnet loaned his papers to the Archives of American Art for microfilming in 1968. He donated most of this material along with additional papers in several increments between 1968-2001. More papers were donated 2016 by Elena Barnet, Will Barnet's widow.
Separated Materials
Also found in the Archives are papers that were lent for microfilming (reels N68-22, N69-126, and N70-48.) Most but not all of this material was included in subsequent donations, except for scattered news clippings and exhibition catalogs. The microfilm is not described in the container listing of this finding aid.
Related Materials
The Archives of American Art holds three oral history interviews with Will Barnet, one conducted by Richard Baker, January 20, 1964, one by Paul Cummings, January 15, 1968, and another by Stephen Polcari on April 9, 1993. Also found are two additional related collections, a transcript of an interview by Louis Newman with Molly Barnes and Will Barnet, and Peter Barnet's research material on Will Barnet. Syracuse University holds additional papers of Will Barnet.
Existence and Location of Copies
Portions of the collection and material lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reels N68-22, N68-35, N69-46, N69-126, N70-48, and 98 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the collection as described in this finding aid does not reflect the order of the collection on microfilm.
One 8mm motion picture film of a 1966 exhibition at Hirschl and Adler (Series 1) was transferred onto video recordings (VHS and digital Betacam), which are available for research access at the Archives of American Art's Washington D.C. office. The original reel is not available for playback due to fragility.
Processing Information
Gift portions of the papers were microfilmed on reels N68-35, N69-46, and 98. All previously microfilmed and unfilmed accessions were merged, fully processed, and described by Judy Ng in 2013 with funding provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. The Smithsonian Womens Committee provided funding for the transfer of one 8mm motion picture film of the 1966 Hirschl and Adler exhibition.
The 2016 addition was processed to a minimal level and the finding aid was updated by Hilary Price in 2017.
Preferred Citation
Will Barnet papers, 1897, 1929-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
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Biographical / Historical
Will Barnet (1911-2012) was a painter, printmaker, and educator who lived and worked in New York City.
Barnet was born in Beverly, Massachusetts to Noah and Sarahdina Barnet. After showing an early interest and affinity for art, he attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In 1931, he received a scholarship to attend the Art Students League where he studied with Stuart Davis and began building his printmaking techniques. In 1935, he was appointed the League's official printer, and was given his first teaching position there the following year. In 1938, working in the style of social realism, he held his first gallery show at the Hudson Walker Gallery in Manhattan. That same year, Barnet married Mary Sinclair, with whom he had three sons.
In the 1940s and 50s, Barnet began to move away from realism and started painting domestic familial subjects in geometric abstract styles, a move influenced by Native American and modern European art. By 1953, he had divorced and was remarried to Elena Ciurlys, with whom he had a daughter. Elena and his daughter were the subject of many of his representational, dimensionally flat paintings in the 1960s and 70s. During the 60s, Barnet also returned to large scale abstract art, and moved back and forth between styles throughout the rest of his career into the 2000s.
As an educator, Barnet taught graphic arts, printmaking, composition, and painting courses at the League from 1936 to 1980, and also taught courses Cooper Union, Yale, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He received numerous awards, including the first Artist's Lifetime Achievement Award given on the National Academy of Design's 175th anniversary, the College Art Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2011 National Medal of Arts.
Will Barnet died in his home in Manhattan, New York on November 13, 2012.
Scope and Contents
The papers of painter, printmaker, and educator Will Barnet date from 1897 and 1929-2016. The collection measures 30.7 linear feet and 7.24 gigabytes. Found within the papers are biographical material, including numerous recorded interviews of Barnet; personal and professional correspondence; writings and lectures; financial records; printed material; artwork; and photographs of Barnet, his family and friends, and his work.
An addition received in 2016 includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, diaries and daybooks, gallery and exhibition files, project and professional files, printed material, and photographic material.
Biographical materials consist of appointment and address books, curriculum vitae, a fellowship application, awards ceremony documentation, and numerous recorded interviews, including a 9 part interview with Kitty Gellhorn conducted over the course of two years. Only 6 of the 24 interviews have transcripts and most are found only on original audio and video recordings with no duplicate access copies.
Correspondence is primarily with Barnet's family, friends, fellow artists, and business associates discussing personal relationships, teaching and lecturing appointments, gallery sales, and exhibitions. Correspondents of note include Cameron Booth, Henry Pearson, Angelo Savelli, Harry Sternberg, Jon Von Wicht, Esther Robles Gallery, and the Waddell Gallery (formerly Grippi and Waddell).
Writings by Barnet consist of 7 essays, 45 teaching lectures, 3 notebooks, and 4 speeches. Many of the lectures and 3 of the 4 speeches exist only as audio and video recordings for which there are no transcripts or duplicate access copies. The bulk of writings by others are biographical essays and memoirs of Barnet, including a copy of Peter Barnet's dissertation, Will Barnet: Artist and Teacher. The series also includes 4 exhibition guest registers.
Personal business records include sales and teaching contracts, gift acknowledgements, and price lists.
Printed material includes auction catalogs, clippings, audio recordings, video documentaries, exhibition announcements and catalogs, newsletters, press releases, programs, and reproductions of artwork. Video documentaries of note include Artist's Eye and Lasting Impressions, both of which Barnet contributed interviews to.
Photographic materials document people, artwork, exhibition installations, and works of art. There are early photos of Barnet teaching at the Art League, as well as photos of Barnet in his studio and with friends and family. Views of exhibition installations, award ceremonies, and events mainly document solo shows and Barnet's reception after receiving the National Arts Club's Gold Medal Award.
Artwork consists of ink, pencil, and pen sketches by Will Barnet, and a drawing by Bill Smith.
The addition to the Will Barnet papers received in 2016 includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, diaries and daybooks, gallery and exhibition files, project and professional files, printed material, and photographic material. Measuring 19.7 linear feet and 7.24 gigabytes, the addition greatly expands on the original donation, particularly in the diaries and daybooks, which include entries from over five decades. Barnet's long career and professional activities are also well documented in the gallery, exhibition, project, and professional files.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged as 8 series.
Missing Title
- Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1945-1995 (2 linear feet; Boxes 1-2, FC 34)
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1940-2001 (3 linear feet; Boxes 3-5, OV 12)
- Series 3: Writings, 1940-2000 (3.1 linear feet; Boxes 5-9)
- Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1950-1981 (5 folders; Box 9)
- Series 5: Printed Material and Publications, 1938-2001 (2.3 linear feet; Boxes 9-11)
- Series 6: Photographic Materials, 1939-2001 (0.5 linear feet; Box 11, OV 12)
- Series 7: Artwork, 1938-1983 (3 folders; Box 11)
- Series 8: Addition to the Will Barnet Papers, 1897, 1929-2016 (19.7 linear feet; Box 13-32, OV 33; 7.24 Gigabytes; ER01-ER06)
Video recordings
Transcripts
Interviews
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
Visitors' books
Sound recordings
Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
Sketches
Photographs
Art teachers
Artists' studios -- New York (State)
Booth, Cameron, 1892-1980
Pearson, Henry, 1914-2006
Savelli, Angelo, 1911-
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001
Barnet, Peter. Will Barnet: artist and teacher
Von Wicht, John, 1888-1970
Waddell Gallery
Esther-Robles Gallery
Biographical Materials
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2, FC 34
1945-1995
Scope and Contents
Biographical materials consist of appointment and address books, curriculum vitae, a fellowship application, a video recording of an awards ceremony at Long Island University, and 24 interviews, six with transcripts. Interviewers include Karl Fortress, Sylvan Cole, and Kitty Gellhorn, who conducted a 9 part interview over the course of two years. There is also a recording of Will Barnet's children interviewing each other in reportage style. Audio and video recordings are on 6 videocassettes (VHS), 1 videocassette (U-matic), 1 videocassette (Betacam), 9 sound tape reels (1/4 in.), and 15 sound cassettes.
Arrangement
Items are arranged by document type. Interviews are filed in chronological order.
Existence and Location of Copies
The Hirschl and Adler interview and exhibition opening 8mm motion picture film has been transferred to VHS and digital Betacam for research access.
Address Books
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1955
1
1
Appointment Books
Archival Resource Key
1968-1977
1
2-3
Awards Ceremony, Long Island University
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1995
1
4
Curriculum Vitae
Archival Resource Key
1971-1983
1
5
Guggenheim Fellowship Application
Archival Resource Key
1945
1
6
Interview with Anne and Janet
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound tape reels
Includes transcript.
circa 1950-1975
1
7
Interview with Colette Roberts
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
circa 1950-1970
1
8
Interview with Karl Fortress
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
circa 1950-1970
1
9
Interview with Unknown Interviewer (panal discussion)
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1 Sound tape reel
circa 1950-1970
1
10
Interview with Casper Citron
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1965
1
11
Interview and Exhibition Opening at Hirschl and Adler Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1 Film reel
8mm
1966
FC 34
Existence and Location of Copies
Access copy available on VHS and digital Betacam cassettes.
Interview and Exhibition Opening at Hirschl and Adler Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (Digital Betacam)
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1966
1
12
Interview with M. Alexenberg
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1968
1
13
Interview with WFLN-AM, "Know Your Art"
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2 Sound tape reels
1969
1
14
Interview with Unknown Interviewer (at Birch Wathen Lenox school)
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1 Sound cassette
circa 1970s
1
15
Interview with Unknown Interviewer
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1 Sound cassette
circa 1970s
1
16
Interview with Natalie Feldman
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
1974
1
17
Interview with Unknown Interviewer (on Dick Waddell)
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound cassettes
1974
1
18
Interview with Kitty Gellhorn, #1-4
Archival Resource Key
1975
1
19-20
Interview with Kitty Gellhorn, #5-6
Archival Resource Key
1976
2
1
Interview with Kitty Gellhorn, #7-8
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound cassettes
Includes transcript.
1976
2
2
Interview with Kitty Gellhorn, #9
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
Includes transcript.
1976
2
3
Interview with Artscene
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
1981
2
4
Interview with Channel 13
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (Betamax)
1982
2
5
Interview with Jacquie Saul
Archival Resource Key
1982
2
6
Interview with Connie Goldman
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2 Sound cassettes
1986-1987
2
7
Interview with Sylvan Cole
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1 Sound cassette
circa 1988
2
8
Interview with Cathy Barnett
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1988
2
9
Interview with Annette Scherman
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1988
2
10
Interview with O'Farrell Gallery
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1 Sound cassette
1988
2
11
Interview with Joyce Johnson
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1990
2
12
Interview with Ray Steiner
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1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1992
2
13
Interview with Unknown Interviewer
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3 Sound cassettes
1995
2
14
Will Barnet's Children Interviewing Each Other
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
1968
2
15
Untitled (Hirshl & Adler Exhibition)
Archival Resource Key
1 Film reel
8mm
1966
FC 34
Correspondence
Series 2
Archival Resource Key
3 Linear feet
Boxes 3-5, OV 12
1940-2001
Scope and Contents
Correspondence is primarily with Barnet's family, friends, fellow artists, and business associates discussing personal relationships, teaching and lecturing appointments, gallery sales, and exhibitions. Correspondents of note include Cameron Booth, Henry Pearson, Angelo Savelli, Harry Sternberg, Jon Von Wicht, Esther Robles Gallery, and the Waddell Gallery (formerly Grippi and Waddell). There is substantial correspondence from mentored artists Christina Bothwell, George Lloyd, and Ik-Song Jin, and contemporary artist and friend Arnold Singer. The series also includes cards with original artwork sent by Barnet's friends.
Arrangement
All correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, followed by unidentified, illegible, unsigned letters, and fragments.
A-Az, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
3
1-2
Allentown Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
1973-1990
3
3
American Federation of Arts
Archival Resource Key
1956-1983
3
4
Arkansas Arts Centers
Archival Resource Key
1973-1975
3
5
Arpol Travel Agency
Archival Resource Key
1970
3
6
Art Students League of New York
Archival Resource Key
1940-2001
3
7
Art Students League of New York
Ascher, Mary
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1961
3
8
ASPCA
Archival Resource Key
1978-1979
3
9
Associated American Artists
Archival Resource Key
1971-1982
3
10
B-Bz, Miscellaneous
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circa 1950-2000
3
11-13
Baranik, Rudolph and Stevens, May
Archival Resource Key
1963-1974
3
14
Barnet Family
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
3
15
Barnet, Will
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1990
3
16
Barr, Daisy
Archival Resource Key
1963-1980
3
17
Billotte, Bill
Archival Resource Key
1968-1994
3
18
Booth, Cameron
Archival Resource Key
1949-1980
3
19
Bothwell, Christina
Archival Resource Key
1980-2001
3
20-21
Boyle, Richard J.
Archival Resource Key
1962-1997
3
22
Brooklyn Museum
Archival Resource Key
1955-1987
3
23
C-Cz, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
3
24-25
Century Association
Archival Resource Key
1975-1982
3
26
Cincinnati Art Museum (Boyle, Richard)
Archival Resource Key
1956-1970
3
27
Columbia University (Gellhorn, Walter)
Archival Resource Key
1970-1993
3
28
Committee of Religion and Art in America Inc. (Vatican)
Archival Resource Key
1976
3
29
Cooper Union
Archival Resource Key
1964-1999
3
30
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Archival Resource Key
1960-1968
3
31
Cornell University
Archival Resource Key
1966-1980
3
32
D, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1999
3
33
Day, Worden
Archival Resource Key
1964-1976
3
34
Denyer, Ted
Archival Resource Key
1967-2000
3
35
E, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1999
3
36
Eastern Washington State Historical Society
Archival Resource Key
1963
3
37
Esther Robles Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1957-1963
3
38
Eyerly, Frank
Archival Resource Key
1969-1982
3
39
F, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1999
3
40
Faiers, Edward Spencer (Ted)
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1955-1978
3
41
Scope and Contents
Includes a thesis with a chapter on Barnet by Constance Wolfe.
Famous Artists Schools
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1953-1975
3
42
Farrell, James T.
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1948-1949
3
43
Fisher, Ethel
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1962-1999
3
44
Ford Foundation
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1959-1974
3
45
Freeman, Mrs. Gaylord
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1980-1981
3
46
G-Gz, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
4
1-2
Galleria Trastevere
Archival Resource Key
1959-1961
4
3
Green, Eric
Archival Resource Key
1995-1999
4
4
Grippi and Waddell Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1965-1966
4
5
Guggenheim Museum
Archival Resource Key
1956-1987
4
6
H-Hz, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
4
7-8
Haass, Terry
Archival Resource Key
1964-1972
4
9
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1982-1987
4
10
Hirschl and Adler
Archival Resource Key
1975-1978
4
11
I, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-2000
4
12
Institute of Contemporary Art (Levitt, Janice)
Archival Resource Key
1959-1965
4
13
J, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
4
14
Jin, Ik-Song
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1990-1997
4
15
K, Miscellaneous
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circa 1950-2000
4
16
Kane, Robert and Eva
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circa 1950-1990
4
17
L, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
4
18
Levitt, Janice
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1957-1962
4
19
Library of Congress
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1982-1987
4
20
Lloyd, George
Archival Resource Key
1993-1998
4
21
M-Mz, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
4
22-23
MacDonald, Jock
Archival Resource Key
1958-1959
4
24
Mary Harriman Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1963-1964
4
25
Masurovsky, Gregory
Archival Resource Key
1987-2001
4
26
Mayer, Bena Frank
Archival Resource Key
1979-1982
4
27
Memphis Academy of Arts
Archival Resource Key
1967
4
28
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1950-1987
4
29
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Archival Resource Key
1954-1991
4
30
Museum of Modern Art
Archival Resource Key
1945-2000
4
31
N, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
4
32
National Academy of Design
Archival Resource Key
1976-1999
4
33
Neuberger Museum
Archival Resource Key
1975-1991
4
34
Nevelson, Mike
Archival Resource Key
1971-1998
4
35
Nicoll, Marion and Jim
Archival Resource Key
1957-1981
4
36
O, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
4
37
P, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
4
38
Pearson, Henry
Archival Resource Key
1960-1994
4
39
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Archival Resource Key
1950-1990
4
40
Pennsylvania State University
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966
4
41
Print Club
Archival Resource Key
1952-1987
4
42
R, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
4
43
Romano, Clare and John
Archival Resource Key
1968-2001
4
44
S-Sz, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
5
1-3
Savelli, Angelo
Archival Resource Key
1959-1994
5
4-6
Scoville, Jonathan A.
Archival Resource Key
1969-1976
5
7
Singer, Arnold
Archival Resource Key
1966-2000
5
8-11
Smithsonian Institution
Archival Resource Key
1967-1981
5
12
Sternberg, Harry
Archival Resource Key
1978-2000
5
13
Sullivan, Tom
Archival Resource Key
1967-1981
5
14
Syracuse University
Archival Resource Key
1964-1987
5
15
T, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
5
16
Taft, Stan
Archival Resource Key
1967-1998
5
17
U, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
5
18
U.S. Department of State
Archival Resource Key
1967-1968
5
19
University of Minnesota (Boyce, William)
Archival Resource Key
1958-1984
5
20
University of Notre Dame
Archival Resource Key
1963-1967
5
21
V, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-1999
5
22
Vogel, Dorothy and Herb
Archival Resource Key
1976-1995
5
23
Von Wicht, John
Archival Resource Key
1946-1972
5
24
Von Wicht, John
Vranesh, George
Archival Resource Key
1962-1998
5
25
W, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
5
26
Waddell Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1966-1975
5
27
Wechsler, Elaine
Archival Resource Key
1989-1999
5
28
White House
Archival Resource Key
1962-1993
5
29
Whitney Museum
Archival Resource Key
1940-1993
5
30
Wichita State University
Archival Resource Key
1971-1975
5
31
Wingate, George
Archival Resource Key
1979-2001
5
32
Woodward, Hildegard
Archival Resource Key
1971-1972
5
33
X-Z, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
5
34
Zutrau, Ed
Archival Resource Key
1959-1963
5
35
Cards, Birthday
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990-2000
5
36
Cards, Original Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1999
5
37
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in OV 12.
Unknown and Illegible
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2000
5
38
Oversized Cards, Original Artwork from Box 5, Folder 37
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1999
OV 12
Writings
Series 3
Archival Resource Key
3.1 Linear feet
Boxes 5-9
1940-2000
Scope and Contents
Writings by Barnet consist of 7 essays, 45 teaching lectures (14 with transcripts), 3 notebooks, and 4 speeches.
Lectures include "Personal Reflection on the Spiritual Aspects in American Art" given at the Vatican, a series of 22 taped lectures given at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 1970 and 1973, and a draft notebook of a proposed work on color lithography. Barnet's lecture recordings are on 4 videocassettes (VHS), 18 sound tape reels, and 25 sound cassettes. Only 14 of the 45 lectures have transcripts. Most are found only on original audio and video recordings. Three of the four speeches by Barnet are recorded on 1 VHS videocassette and 2 audio tape reels.
The bulk of writings by others are biographical essays and memoirs of Barnet, including a copy of Peter Barnet's dissertation, Will Barnet: Artist and Teacher, and a copy of Katharine Kuh's essay, "Sitting for Will." This subseries also includes 4 exhibition guest registers and creative fiction by others, including a play and poems. A portion of the writings by others are recorded on 1 videocassette (VHS) and 2 sound cassettes.
Arrangement
This series is arranged as 2 subseries.
Missing Title
- 3.1 By Will Barnet, 1945-1998
- 3.2 By Others, 1940-2000
By Will Barnet
3.1
Archival Resource Key
1945-1998
Essay, "Aims in Teaching"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1975
5
39
Essay, "Aspects of American Abstract Painting"
Archival Resource Key
1956
5
40
Essay, "Creative Approach to Graphic Arts"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1975
5
41
Essay, "Future Directions"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1975
5
42
Essay, "My Philosophy of Art"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1975
5
43
Essay, "My Self Portrait"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1983
5
44
Essay, "Painting Without Illusion"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1975
5
45
Essay Drafts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1980
5
46
Lecture, "20th Century: American Contemporary Artists"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1958
6
1
Lecture, "20th Century: Leger and Juan Gris"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1958
6
2
Lecture, "Abstraction in Old Masters"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1963
6
3
Lecture, Art Students League
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1998
6
4
Lecture, Art Survey (slide show)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
1969
6
5
Lecture, "Color as Form"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1958
6
6
Lecture, "Horizontal and Vertical"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1958
6
7
Lecture, "Ingres, Memling, Poussin"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1961
6
8
Lecture, "Ingres, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, and Utamaro"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1957
6
9
Lecture, "My Work"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1958 June 27
6
10
Lecture, "My Work"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1958 August 5
6
11
Lecture, "Old Masters and Composition"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
1988
6
12
Lecture, On Artistic Practice
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound cassettes
1975
6
13
Lecture,"On Rembrandt"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
1965
6
14
Lecture,"Personal Reflection on the Spiritual Aspects in American Art"
Archival Resource Key
1976
6
15
Lecture,"Portrait and Abstract Art"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
1969
6
16
Lectures, Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts
Archival Resource Key
22 Sound cassettes
circa 1970-1973
7
1
Lecture, "Space"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1958 July 3
7
2
Lecture, "Space"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
1961 February 2
7
3
Lecture, "Survey of Painting"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1958
7
4
Lecture, Truro Congregational Church
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1990
7
5
Lecture, "Two Spatial Concepts"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1961
7
6
Lecture, "Vermeer"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
Includes transcript.
1958
7
7
Lecture, Woodstock School of Art (slide lecture)
Archival Resource Key
2 Videocassettes (VHS)
1992
7
8
Lecture Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1975
7
9
Notebook, Art Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1970
8
1
Notebook, Color Lithography Book Contents
Archival Resource Key
1945-1949
8
2
Notebook, Color Lithography Book Cover
Archival Resource Key
1945-1949
8
3
Notebook, Neuberger Exhibition List
Archival Resource Key
1958
8
4
Speech, At ASL Dinner Honoring Barnet and Julian Levi
Archival Resource Key
1979
8
5
Speech, "Aspects of the Modern Portrait"
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
circa 1950-1970
8
6
Speech, Honoring Lou Zorna
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1996
8
7
Speech, On Art
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound tape reel
circa 1950-1970
8
8
Miscellaneous Notes
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-2000
8
9-10
Miscellaneous Writings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1970
8
11-15
By Others
3.2
Archival Resource Key
1940-2000
Barnet, Peter, Will Barnet: Artist and Teacher
Archival Resource Key
1974
8
16
Farnesworth Art Museum, Docent Talk
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1996
8
17
Farrell, James T., Writings on Will Barnet
Archival Resource Key
1940-1949
8
18
Flexner, James, "Will Barnet"
Archival Resource Key
1990
8
19
Frankel, Jack, Providers (play)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990-2000
8
20
Grant, Daniel, On Becoming an Artist (draft)
Archival Resource Key
2000
8
21
Gray, Robert, "Will Barnet... Remembrance of Things Present"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1975
8
22
Gursoy, Ahmet, A New Yorker by Choice
Archival Resource Key
2000
8
23
Kuh, Katharine, "Sitting for Will"
Archival Resource Key
1983
8
24
Kuh, Katharine, "Sitting for Will"
MacDonald, Michael, "Eighth Street Past"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1990
8
25
Morley, Grace, "Abstract Art on the Pacific Coast"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1975
8
26
Newsom, Patricia, "Will Barnet"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1975
8
27
Rehl, Beatrice, "World in a Frame"
Archival Resource Key
1990
8
28
Savelli, Angelo, Lecture
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
1973
8
29
Stillwell, Mary Kathryn, Poems
Archival Resource Key
1987
8
30
Wolfe, Townsend, Speech at Arkansas Art Center
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
1992
8
31
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
cirac 1960-1975
8
32
Exhibition Guest Register
Archival Resource Key
1968
8
33
Exhibition Guest Register
Archival Resource Key
1970-1976
9
1-3
Personal Business Records
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
5 Folders
Box 9
1950-1981
Scope and Contents
Personal business records include sales and teaching contracts, gift acknowledgements, price lists, and income tax forms that pertain to art sales and income.
Arrangement
Items are arranged by document type.
Contracts and Forms
Archival Resource Key
1950-1975
9
4
Gift Acknowledgements
Archival Resource Key
1952-1976
9
5
Income Tax
Archival Resource Key
1966-1975
9
6
Price Lists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1980
9
7-8
Printed Material and Publications
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
2.3 Linear feet
Boxes 9-11
1938-2001
Scope and Contents
Printed material and publications include auction catalogs, clippings, audio recordings (2 sound cassettes), video documentaries (15 VHS videocassettes), exhibition announcements and catalogs, newsletters, press releases, programs, and reproductions of artwork. Publications also include two books, including Will Barnet, Prints 1932-1964 and Artist's Cookbook, which includes a recipe from Barnet. Documentaries of note include Artist's Eye and Lasting Impressions, both of which Barnet contributed interviews to, and an audio tour of Stuart Davis' 1992 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Arrangement
Items are arranged by document type.
Printed Material
5.1
Archival Resource Key
1938-2001
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1980
9
9
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1937-1972
9
10-14
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1973-1977
9
15-19
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1978-1982
9
20-24
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1983-2001
9
25-30
Press Releases
Archival Resource Key
1952-1991
9
31
Program Flyers
Archival Resource Key
1958-1979
9
32
Reproduction of Artwork, Prints
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1980
9
33
Reproductions of Artwork, Publication Reprints
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1980
9
34
Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1980
9
35
Publications
5.2
Archival Resource Key
1938-2001
Audio Exhibition Tour, Stuart Davis
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
1992
9
36
Audio Talks, Mars Hill Tapes
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound cassette
circa 1980-1989
9
37
Auction Catalog, Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Archival Resource Key
1976
9
38
Auction Catalog, National Arts Club
Archival Resource Key
1997
9
39
Book, Artist's Cookbook
Archival Resource Key
1977
9
40
Book, Will Barnet, Prints 1932-1964
Archival Resource Key
1965
9
41
Documentary, Artist's Eye, panel discussion
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
1997
9
42
Documentary, Artist's Eye
Archival Resource Key
4 Videocassettes (VHS)
1997
10
1-2
Scope and Contents
3 VHS cassettes are additional copies
Documentary, Lasting Impressions
Archival Resource Key
5 Videocassettes (VHS)
1997
10
3-4
Scope and Contents
3 VHS cassettes are additional copies
Documentary, Lasting Impressions, unedited version
Archival Resource Key
3 Videocassettes (VHS)
1997
10
4
Documentary, Joseph Stapleton
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassette
circa 1980-1990
10
6
Documentary, Roy Neuberger
Archival Resource Key
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
circa 1980-1990
10
7
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930-1980
10
8
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1938-1968
10
9-13
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1970-1976
10
14-18
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1977-1981
11
1-5
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1982-1989
11
6-10
Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1990-1994
11
11-14
Guide, College Board Collection of Prints by American Artists
Archival Resource Key
1987
11
15
Journal, Rhthmes et Couleurs
Archival Resource Key
1960
11
16
Newsletters
Archival Resource Key
1950-1990
11
17
Photographic Materials
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
0.5 Linear feet
Box 11, OV 12
1939-2001
Scope and Contents
Photographic materials document people, artwork, exhibition installations, and works of art. There are early photos of Barnet teaching at the Art League, as well as photos of Barnet in his studio and with friends and family. Views of exhibition installations and events mainly document solo shows, award ceremonies, and Barnet's reception after receiving the National Arts Club's Gold Medal.
Arrangement
Items are arranged by material type.
Will Barnet with Others
Archival Resource Key
1939-1969
11
18-21
Will Barnet with Others
Archival Resource Key
1970-2001
11
22-24
Scope and Contents
Oversized material housed in OV 12.
Friends and Others
Archival Resource Key
1943-1970
11
25
Event, National Arts Club Gold Medal Award
Archival Resource Key
1990
11
26
Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts
Archival Resource Key
1967
11
27
Exhibition, Associated American Artists Retrospective
Archival Resource Key
1972
11
28-29
Exhibition, Art Student's League
Archival Resource Key
1973
11
30
Exhibition, Benjamin Galerie
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1970
11
31
Exhibition, Grippi Waddell
Archival Resource Key
1965
11
32
Exhibition, Hirschel and Adler
Archival Resource Key
1973
11
33
Exhibition, Hirschel and Adler
Archival Resource Key
1976
11
34
Exhibition, Jane Haslem Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1977
11
35
Exhibition, Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai
Archival Resource Key
1952
11
36
Exhibition, Neuberger Museum
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1970
11
37
Exhibition, Unidentified
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1970
11
38
Photographs of Artwork, Abstracts, 1930s-1960s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1970
11
39
Photographs of Artwork, Figurative, 1930s-1960s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1970
11
40
Photographs of Artwork, Groups and Animals, 1960s-1970s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1970
11
41
Photographs of Artwork, Men, 1960s-1970s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1970
11
42
Photographs of Artwork, Woman and Child, 1960s-1970s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1970
11
43
Photographs of Artwork, Young Girl, 1960s-1970s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1970
11
44
Photographs of Artwork, Young Woman, 1960s-1970s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1970
11
45
Photographs of Artwork, Women, 1960s-1970s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1970
11
46
Photographs of Artwork, Circular Frames, 1970s
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1979
11
47
Photographs of Artwork, Woodcuts
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1970
11
48
Negatives of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1990
11
49
Slides of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1959-1967
11
50
Photographs of Slides and Artwork by Others
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1970
11
51
Oversized Photographs from Box 11, Folder 22 and 24
Archival Resource Key
1970-2001
OV 12
Artwork
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
3 Folders
Box 11
1938-1983
Scope and Contents
Artwork consists of ink, pencil, and pen sketches by Will Barnet, and a drawing by Bill Smith.
Arrangement
Items are arranged by document type.
Ink and Wash Sketches
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938
11
52
Pencil and Pen Sketches
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1983
11
53
Drawing by Bill Smith
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-1983
11
54
Addition to the Will Barnet Papers
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
7.24 Gigabytes
19.7 Linear feet
1897
1929-2016
Arrangement
The series is arranged as 8 subseries.
Missing Title
- 8.1: Biographical Material, circa 1960-2013
- 8.2: Correspondence, 1949-2016
- 8.3: Writings, circa 1940-2011
- 8.4: Diaries and Daybooks, 1952-2010
- 8.5: Gallery and Exhibition Files, 1942-2014
- 8.6: Project and Professional Files, 1897, 1952-2013
- 8.7: Printed Material, 1929-2013
- 8.8: Photographic Material, circa 1940-2010
Scope and Contents
The addition to the Will Barnet papers received in 2016 includes biographical material, correspondence, writings, diaries and daybooks, gallery and exhibition files, project and professional files, printed material, and photographic material. Measuring 19.7 linear feet and 7.24 gigabytes, the addition greatly expands on the original donation, particularly in the diaries and daybooks, which include entries from over five decades. Barnet's long career and professional activities are also well documented in the gallery, exhibition, project, and professional files.
Additional biographical material includes over twenty interview transcripts, address books, mailings lists, mementos from birthdays and Barnet's memorial, and dozens of resumes and chronologies.
Correspondence in the addition is similar in scope to that received in the original donation and is primarily with Barnet's family, friends, fellow artists, and business associates. Birthday, congratulation, and sympathy cards are also included here.
Writings include dozens of artist and biographical statements, essays, lectures, memorials, condolences, notes, speeches, talks, statements, tributes, and writings about other artists, some of which are duplicates or alternate drafts of writings from the original donation.
Forty-four diaries and daybooks capture Barnet's daily agenda, activities, and reflections.
Gallery and exhibition files contain a wide variety of material that relates to Barnet's exhibition activities both in galleries and museums. Material includes correspondence, checklists, price lists, loan and consignment agreements, shipping receipts, announcements, press releases, wall text, and other writings.
Project and professional files include documentation of a wide variety of printing and publishing projects, professional activities, as well as administrative and business activities.
The additional printed material includes announcements and exhibition catalogs, Art Students League publications, clippings, newsletters, periodicals, press releases, programs, publications related to Barnet's teaching activities, published illustrations, and assorted other printed matter.
Additional photographic material is primarily color photographic prints, along with a few negatives and transparencies. One folder includes photographs of Will Barnet with family, friends, and colleagues. Several dozen packets of photographs from the 1990s-2000s were taken as source photographs that Barnet used to create his paintings. Other photographs document Barnet's artwork in the later part of his career.
Biographical Material
8.1
Archival Resource Key
0.9 Linear feet
Box 13
831.1 Megabytes
ER01-ER02
circa 1960-2013
Scope and Contents
The addition of biographical material consists of addresses and mailing lists; mementos relating to Barnet's birthdays including signed books and a digital video recording of a dance performance; material relating to two of Barnet's children, over twenty interview transcripts; records and mementos relating to Barnet's memorial; and several resumes, chronologies, and biographical summaries. The folder for Peter Barnet contains exhibition announcements and computer printouts of his artworks.
Addresses and Mailing Lists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1985-2012
13
1
Birthday Books
Archival Resource Key
2005-2011
13
2-4
Birthday Dance Tribute, "Dancing without Illusion"
Archival Resource Key
2011
13
5
Scope and Contents
Includes born digital records, see ER01
"Dancing without Illusion," Digital Video Recording
Archival Resource Key
812 Megabytes
1 computer file
2011
ER01
Family, Ona Barnet (daughter), Watercolor
Archival Resource Key
1989
13
6
Family, Peter Barnet (son)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-2010
13
7
Scope and Contents
Includes born digital records, see ER02
Digital Images of Peter Barnet's Artworks
Archival Resource Key
19.1 Megabytes
50 computer files
2010
ER02
Interviews with Will Barnet, Transcripts
Archival Resource Key
13
Interview Questions, Natalie Feldman
Archival Resource Key
1974
13
8
Ann Peacock and Celeste Hotaling
Archival Resource Key
1977
13
9
New York Newsday
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980
13
10
"Conversation and Reflection on 50 Years of Teaching," Unknown Interviewer
Archival Resource Key
1981
13
11
Caril Dreyfuss
Archival Resource Key
1981
13
12
Barbara Flug Colin
Archival Resource Key
1983
13
13
Unknown Interviewer, "CM"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990
13
14
Lori A. Verderame
Archival Resource Key
1993
13
15
Matthew Spencer regarding Arshile Gorky
Archival Resource Key
1994-1995
13
16
Pam Koob
Archival Resource Key
1999
13
17
Doug Dreishpoon
Archival Resource Key
2001
13
18
David Finn
Archival Resource Key
2003
13
19
Michael Pellettieri regarding Robert Blackburn
Archival Resource Key
2003
13
20
Michael Pellettieri regarding Robert Blackburn
Janet Hays
Archival Resource Key
2005
13
21
Colin Russell for Art Spirit Foundation
Archival Resource Key
2005-2006
13
22
Ira Goldberg regarding the Art Students League
Archival Resource Key
2006
13
23
Steve Fredricks
Archival Resource Key
2007
13
24
Cassia Cogger
Archival Resource Key
2009
13
25
Pam Koob regarding the Art Students League
Archival Resource Key
2009
13
26
James L. McElhinney
Archival Resource Key
2009
13
27
Jenny Field
Archival Resource Key
2012
13
28
Gaetano LaRoche
Archival Resource Key
2012
13
29
Memorial
Archival Resource Key
13
Attendee Book
Archival Resource Key
2012
13
30
Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
2012-2013
13
31
Speeches
Archival Resource Key
2011-2013
13
32
Resumes, Chronologies, and Biographical Material
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-2005
13
33-34
Correspondence
8.2
Archival Resource Key
1.9 Gigabytes
ER03
2.3 Linear feet
Box 13-16
1949-2016
Scope and Contents
Correspondence in the addition is similar in scope to that received in the original donation (series 2) and is primarily with Barnet's family, friends, fellow artists, and business associates. Additional correspondence with galleries and museums can be found in subseries 8.5: Gallery and Exhibition Files. Correspondents of note include Cameron Booth, Worden Day, Nancy Grossman, Wolf Kahn, William King, Thomas Messer, Gregory Masurovsky, Henry Pearson, Angelo Savelli, Harry Sternberg, May Stevens, John Updike, and June Wayne. There is also correspondence from mentored artists Christina Bothwell, George Lloyd, and Ik-Song Jin, and contemporary artist and friend Arnold Singer. The folder for friend and collector Frank Ribelin contains a digital video recording commemorating the marriage of Ribelin and his wife Kathleen. Birthday, congratulation, and sympathy cards are filed at the end of the series.
A, General
Archival Resource Key
1963-2012
13
35
Barnet, Will (Outgoing)
Archival Resource Key
1958-2012
13
36
Bothwell, Christina
Archival Resource Key
1994-2012
13
37
B, General
Archival Resource Key
1949-2012
14
1-2
Boyle, Richard
Archival Resource Key
1966-2012
14
3
Connelly, Thomas
Archival Resource Key
2002-2010
14
4
Critics
Archival Resource Key
1985-2004
14
5
C, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1973-2012
14
6
Dumm, Thomas
Archival Resource Key
2009-2011
14
7
D-E, General
Archival Resource Key
1963-2012
14
8
Fisher, Ethel
Archival Resource Key
1989-2006
14
9
F, General
Archival Resource Key
1975-2009
14
10
Grogan, Kevin
Archival Resource Key
1990-2010
14
11
Grossman, Nancy
Archival Resource Key
2003-2010
14
12
Guggenheim Museum
Archival Resource Key
1965-1987
14
13
G, General
Archival Resource Key
1966-2012
14
14
Haas, Terry
Archival Resource Key
2002-2011
14
15
Hynes, Frances
Archival Resource Key
2003-2011
14
16
H-I, General
Archival Resource Key
1984-2012
14
17
Jin, Ik-Song
Archival Resource Key
1997-2012
14
18
Johnson, William
Archival Resource Key
2002-2012
14
19
J, General
Archival Resource Key
1961-2011
14
20
K, General
Archival Resource Key
1979-2012
14
21
Levitt, Bino
Archival Resource Key
1985-1996
14
22
L, General
Archival Resource Key
1959-2012
14
23
Masurovsky, Gregory
Archival Resource Key
1989-2012
14
24
M, General
Archival Resource Key
1984-2012
14
25
Nevelson, Mike
Archival Resource Key
1989-2010
14
26
Nicoll, Marion
Archival Resource Key
1960-1963
14
27
N-O, General
Archival Resource Key
1988-2011
14
28
Pearson, Harry
Archival Resource Key
1964-2008
14
29
P, General
Archival Resource Key
1962-2012
14
30
Ribelin, Frank
Archival Resource Key
1986-2011
14
31
Scope and Contents
Includes born digital records, see ER03
"Frank and Kathleen," Digital Video Recording
Archival Resource Key
1.9 Gigabytes
1 computer file
2009
ER03
Robb, Carole
Archival Resource Key
2003-2007
14
32
R, General
Archival Resource Key
1963-2012
14
33
Savelli, Angelo
Archival Resource Key
1995-2004
15
1
Semba, Sebastien Tomojii
Archival Resource Key
1993
15
2
Solum, John
Archival Resource Key
2004-2005
15
3
S, General
Archival Resource Key
1985-2012
15
4
T, General
Archival Resource Key
1985-2008
15
5
Updike, John
Archival Resource Key
1989-2004
15
6
U-Z, General
Archival Resource Key
1957-2013
15
7
Birthday Cards and Letters
Archival Resource Key
1990s-2000s
15
8-9
Birthday Cards and Letters, 100th Birthday
Archival Resource Key
2011
15
10-13
Congratulations, National Medal of Arts
Archival Resource Key
2012
15
14-15
Fan Letters and Cards
Archival Resource Key
2001-2005
15
16
Sympathy Cards and Letters to Elena and Ona Barnet
Archival Resource Key
2012-2016
15
17
Sympathy Cards and Letters to Elena and Ona Barnet
Archival Resource Key
2012-2016
16
1-5
Unknown and Illegible
Archival Resource Key
2000s
16
6
Writings
8.3
Archival Resource Key
1.3 Linear feet
Box 16-17
circa 1940-2011
Scope and Contents
Additional writings include dozens of artist and biographical statements, essays, lectures, memorials, condolences, notes, speeches, talks, statements, tributes, and writings about other artists. The bulk of writings by others are essays, dissertations, and reviews about Barnet. Some of the writings here are duplicates or alternate drafts of writings from the original donation, found in series 3.
Artist and Biographical Statements
Archival Resource Key
circa 1955-1990
16
7
Essays
Archival Resource Key
16
"Aspects of American Abstract Painting"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
16
8
"My Self Portrait"
Archival Resource Key
1960s
16
9
"A Personal Reflection of the Spiritual Aspects in American Art"
Archival Resource Key
1976
16
10
"Painting without Illusion"
Archival Resource Key
1950
16
11
"A Philosophy of Painting"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960
16
12
"What I Think about Painting"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950
16
13
Drafts and Fragments
Archival Resource Key
1960s-1990s
16
14
Published Versions (photocopies)
Archival Resource Key
1940s
16
15
Lectures
Archival Resource Key
16
Famous Artists School
Archival Resource Key
1956-1957
16
16
"Matisse"
Archival Resource Key
1951
16
17
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1950s
16
18
Lecture Notes
Archival Resource Key
1940s-1990s
16
19
Memorials and Condolences
Archival Resource Key
circa 1978-2010
16
20-21
Notes, General
Archival Resource Key
1940s-1990s
16
22-23
Speeches and Talks
Archival Resource Key
1970-2006
16
24
"Statement for Tennessee Heritage Mural Brochure"
Archival Resource Key
1987
16
25
Tributes and Writings about Others
Archival Resource Key
1970-2011
16
26
Scope and Contents
Includes writings about Romare Bearden, Lois Dodd, Milton Resnick and others
Tributes and Writings about Others
Archival Resource Key
1970-2011
17
1
Subject, Portraits
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-1990
17
2
Subject, Prints
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s-2000s
17
3
Writings by Others
Archival Resource Key
1950s-2000s
17
4-7
Diaries and Daybooks
8.4
Archival Resource Key
2.7 Linear feet
Box 17-20
1952-2010
Scope and Contents
Forty-four diaries and daybooks capture Barnet's daily agenda, activities, and reflections. Some entries provide a succinct agenda with bulleted activities, engagements, and do-to lists, while other entries are more expansive in describing and detailing the day's activities including meetings, dinner parties, travel, and personal encounters.
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1952
17
8
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1959
17
8
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1969
17
9
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1971
17
10
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1972
17
11
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1973
17
12
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1974
17
13
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1975
17
14
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1976
17
15
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
circa 1978
17
16
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1978
17
17
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1979
18
1
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1980
18
2
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1980
18
2
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1981
18
3
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1983
18
4
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1984
18
5
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1985
18
6
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1987
18
7
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1988
18
8
Diary/Daybook, Sarasota Visit
Archival Resource Key
1988
18
9
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1989
18
10
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1990
18
11
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1991
18
12
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1992
19
1
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1993
19
2
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1994
19
3
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1995
19
4
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1995
19
4
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1996
19
5
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1997
19
5
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1998
19
6
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
1999
19
6
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
2000
19
7
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
2001
19
7
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
2002
19
8
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
2003
19
8
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
2004
19
9
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
2005
19
9
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
2006
19
10
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
2007
19
10
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
2008
20
1
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
2009
20
1
Diary/Daybook
Archival Resource Key
2010
20
2
Gallery and Exhibition Files
8.5
Archival Resource Key
4.5 Gigabytes
ER04
5.4 Linear feet
Box 20-25
1942-2014
Scope and Contents
Gallery and exhibition files contain a wide variety of material that relates to Barnet's exhibition activities both in galleries and museums. Material includes correspondence, checklists, price lists, loan and consignment agreements, shipping receipts, announcements, press releases, wall text, and other writings. Also found here are cards and letters congratulating Barnet on certain exhibitions. Items of correspondence and records also document additional interactions between Barnet and the institution, particularly concerning gifts and donations of works of art. Digital video and audio recordings, included in a scrapbook for Barnet from Gail Stavitsky, curator at the Montclair Art Museum, document student performances of musical compositions inspired by Barnet's artwork. One sound cassette contains a radio broadcast featuring Barnet, who speaks about his exhibition at the Montclair Art Museum.
Aaron Galleries
Archival Resource Key
1989-1991
20
3
Acme Fine Art and Design
Archival Resource Key
2007
20
4
Alice Bingham Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1989-1992
20
5
Alice Simsar Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1988-1989
20
6
Amon Carter Museum
Archival Resource Key
2005-2012
20
7-8
Andrew Edlin Fine Arts
Archival Resource Key
1999-2003
20
9
Anita Shapolsky Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1992
20
10
Arkansas Arts Center
Archival Resource Key
1989-2012
20
11-13
Arlene Bujese Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1997-2005
20
14
Art in the Embassies Program
Archival Resource Key
1962-1968
20
15
Art Students League
Archival Resource Key
2001-2014
20
16-17
Ashmolean Museum and British Museum
Archival Resource Key
1992-2011
20
18
Aucocisco Contemporary Fine Art
Archival Resource Key
2012
20
19
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1989-1992
20
20
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
2000-2012
20
21
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1989-1999
20
22
Butler Institute of American Art
Archival Resource Key
1989-1998
20
23
Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA)
Archival Resource Key
2010
20
24
Cochran Collection
Archival Resource Key
1991-2008
20
25
Colby Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
2008-2010
20
26
Currier Gallery of Art (Robert M. Doty)
Archival Resource Key
1981-1992
20
27
Digital Sandbox Gallery
Archival Resource Key
2003-2004
20
28
EBO Gallery
Archival Resource Key
2009-2013
21
1
Endicott College
Archival Resource Key
2009-2012
21
2
Erlich Gallery
Archival Resource Key
2010
21
3
Farnsworth Museum
Archival Resource Key
1982-2008
21
4-5
Galleria Trastevere
Archival Resource Key
1960
21
6
Glenn Horowitz Bookseller
Archival Resource Key
1995-1998
21
7
Harmon-Meek Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1980-2013
21
8
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
Archival Resource Key
1960-1982
21
9
Hollis Taggart Galleries
Archival Resource Key
circa 2008
21
10
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Archival Resource Key
1961
21
11
Jo Ann Perse Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1989-1994
21
12
Kennedy Galleries
Archival Resource Key
1980s
21
13-14
Kornbluth Art Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1980-2008
21
15
Leiber Museum
Archival Resource Key
1998-2009
21
16
Lyle Evan Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1989
21
17
Madeleine Fortunoff Fine Prints
Archival Resource Key
1997-1998
21
18
Maine Coast Artists
Archival Resource Key
1993-2006
21
19
Mongel Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1987-1989
21
20
Margo Feiden Galleries
Archival Resource Key
1972-2009
21
21
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Archival Resource Key
1974-2010
21
22
Meridian International Center
Archival Resource Key
2002
21
23
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1977-2010
21
24
Montclair Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990-2012
21
25-28
Scope and Contents
Includes 1 sound cassette in folder 25, Will Barnet on WNYC radio broadcast
Montclair Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990-2012
22
1
Montclair Art Museum, Scrapbook Made by Curator Gail Stavitsky
Archival Resource Key
2011-2014
22
2
Scope and Contents
Includes born digital material, see ER04
Music Inspired by Will Barnet's Inauguration, Digital Video and Audio Recordings
Archival Resource Key
4.5 Gigabytes
10 computer files
2011
ER04
Montserrat College of Art
Archival Resource Key
1992-2005
22
3-4
Morris Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
2010-2012
22
5
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Archival Resource Key
1963-2012
22
6
Museum of Modern Art
Archival Resource Key
1961-2011
22
7
Naples Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
1995-2009
22
8
National Academy Museum, The Artist's Eye (1997)
Archival Resource Key
1997-1998
22
9-12
National Academy Museum, Will Barnet at 100 (2011)
Archival Resource Key
2010-2012
22
13-16
National Academy Museum, Will Barnet at 100 (2011)
Archival Resource Key
2010-2012
23
1-4
National Museum of American Art
Archival Resource Key
1985-2014
23
5
New Britain Museum
Archival Resource Key
2007-2011
23
6
Neuberger Museum
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1995
23
7-8
New York Public Library
Archival Resource Key
1978-2005
23
9
Ogunquit Museum
Archival Resource Key
1992-2013
23
10
Palmer Museum
Archival Resource Key
2003-2008
23
11
Portland Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
circa 1995-2011
23
12-13
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Archival Resource Key
2000-2011
23
14
Ringling Museum School of Art and Design
Archival Resource Key
1979-1989
23
15
Silvermine Guild Arts Center
Archival Resource Key
1983-1999
23
16
Smith College Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
2007-2014
23
17
Smithsonian Institution
Archival Resource Key
1942-2010
23
18
Sordoni Art Gallery
Archival Resource Key
2001-2002
23
19
Springfield Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
2000-2001
23
20
Susan Conway Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1989-2003
23
21
Susan Teller Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1990-2012
23
22
Sylvan Cole Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1971-2007
24
1
Terry Dintenfass Gallery
Archival Resource Key
24
Selections (1991)
Archival Resource Key
1991-1993
24
2
Five Major Paintings and Related Works on Paper (1994)
Archival Resource Key
1993-1995
24
3
New Paintings (1996)
Archival Resource Key
1996
24
4
General
Archival Resource Key
1980s-1990s
24
5-6
Tibor de Nagy Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1998-2001
24
7-9
Tom Veilleux Gallery
Archival Resource Key
2005-2007
24
10
Virginia Museum
Archival Resource Key
1991
1964
24
11
VisArts Center
Archival Resource Key
2011
24
12
Waddell Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1964-1974
24
13
Wenniger Graphics
Archival Resource Key
1977-1989
24
14
The West Collection
Archival Resource Key
1982-1990
24
15
Whitney Museum of American Art
Archival Resource Key
1965-2012
24
16
Wichita Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
1982-1990
24
17
Williams College Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
2008-2009
24
18
Worcester Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
1993-2007
24
19
Yale University Art Gallery
Archival Resource Key
1992-2009
24
20
General Gallery and Exhibition Files
Archival Resource Key
1950s-2000s
25
1-9
Project and Professional Files
8.6
Archival Resource Key
29.1 Megabytes
ER05-ER06
3.4 Linear feet
Box 25-28
1952-2013
1897
Scope and Contents
Project and professional files include documentation of a wide variety of printing and publishing projects, professional activities, as well as a few administrative and business activities. Material relating to book projects and printmaking activities include correspondence, agreements, inventories, writings, and mock-ups. Several files relate to the establishment and administration of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. Barnet's professional activities in numerous organizations and institutions including the Academy of Arts and Letters, Art Students League, Century Association, College Art Association, Lotos Club, National Academy, and National Arts Club are documented through correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and other administrative records. Correspondence pertaining to Barnet's participation in panels, lectures, and appearances are also among the professional files. The administrative and business activities documented include copyright, reproduction requests, recommendations, and donations. Information regarding various teaching positions can be found in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Vermont College, and Teaching Files folders. Born digital material includes a book for new members of the Century Association, as well as documents and photographs pertaining to the National Academy Gala. One item, a book about the history of Barnet's birth place, Beverly, Massachusetts, dates from 1897.
Academy of Arts and Letters
Archival Resource Key
1982-2009
25
10
Scope and Contents
Includes material related to Centennial Portfolio Project
Agreements and Contracts
Archival Resource Key
1953-1985
25
11
Antiques & Fine Arts
Archival Resource Key
2007-2010
25
12
Archives of American Art
Archival Resource Key
1983-2010
25
13
Art Hamptons Fine Art Fair
Archival Resource Key
2008
25
14
Art Students League
Archival Resource Key
1952-2014
25
15
Art Students League
Associated American Artists, Print Editions
Archival Resource Key
1981-1994
25
16
Auctions
Archival Resource Key
1989-2014
25
17
Awards
Archival Resource Key
1993-2012
25
18
Ballet, "Women and the Sea: A Tribute to Will Barnet"
Archival Resource Key
2005-2008
25
19
Beverly, Massachusetts, Public Library Barnet Gallery and McKay School
Archival Resource Key
1958-2012
1897
26
1-2
Black River Press, Print Edition
Archival Resource Key
2004
26
3
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, General
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980-1999
26
4
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, General
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, General
Archival Resource Key
2000-2003
26
5
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, General
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Tributes to Blackburn
Archival Resource Key
2003-2008
26
6
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Tributes to Blackburn
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Blackburn Estate Documents
Archival Resource Key
2003-2004
26
7
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Blackburn Estate Documents
Archival Resource Key
2005-2011
26
8
Book-of-the-Month Club
Archival Resource Key
1983-1986
26
9
Book Projects
Archival Resource Key
26
Abrams Original Editions
Archival Resource Key
1977-1985
26
10
"Will Barnet: Artist and Humanist" by Richard Boyle
Archival Resource Key
2007-2009
26
11
Barnet Portraits
Archival Resource Key
2009-2012
26
12
"Will Barnet: A Sketchbook, 1932-1934"
Archival Resource Key
1998-2008
26
13
"The Rose Haggadah"
Archival Resource Key
1995-1996
26
14
A Wave by John Ashbery, Illustrated by Will Barnet
Archival Resource Key
2003-2005
26
15
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
2008
26
16
Century Association
Archival Resource Key
1975-2012
26
17-21
Scope and Contents
Includes born digital material, see ER05; Includes many letters of recommendation for new members
Voices of the Century, Book by George Newlin
Archival Resource Key
18.2 Megabytes
3 computer files
2010
ER05
Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center
Archival Resource Key
1983-1989
27
1
Cleveland Museum of Art and The Print Club of Cleveland
Archival Resource Key
1999-2002
27
2
College Art Association (CAA)
Archival Resource Key
1989-2007
27
3
Copyrights
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980-2002
27
4
Creative Artists Network
Archival Resource Key
1988-2002
27
5
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Archival Resource Key
2006-2011
27
6
Dahesh Museum of Art
Archival Resource Key
2005
27
7
Dickinson, Emily related Projects
Archival Resource Key
1988-2008
27
8
Donations
Archival Resource Key
1977-2012
27
9
Donations, Henry Pearson Artworks
Archival Resource Key
1979-1999
27
10
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
Archival Resource Key
1990-2008
27
11
Famous Artists School
Archival Resource Key
1958-1986
27
12
Four O'clock Forums
Archival Resource Key
circa 1954-1990
27
13
Film Project, Dale Schierholt
Archival Resource Key
2010
27
14
George Washington University
Archival Resource Key
1989
27
15
Indian Space Painters
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-2004
27
16
Judith Rothschild Foundation
Archival Resource Key
1993-1996
27
17
Kuh, Katherine regarding Barnet's Portrait
Archival Resource Key
1986-2003
27
18
Kuh, Katherine regarding Barnet's Portrait
Library of Congress
Archival Resource Key
1964-1996
27
19
London Arts Incorporated, Portfolio Project
Archival Resource Key
1988-1991
27
20
The Lotos Club
Archival Resource Key
1991-2011
27
21
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Archival Resource Key
2008-2010
27
22
National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
Archival Resource Key
1984-2012
27
23-24
Scope and Contents
Includes born digital material, see ER06
National Academy Gala
Archival Resource Key
10.9 Megabytes
17 computer files
2009
ER06
National Arts Club
Archival Resource Key
1984-2011
27
25
New York Artists Equity Association
Archival Resource Key
1988-2008
27
26
New York Society of Etchers
Archival Resource Key
2002-2006
28
1
The Old Print Shop
Archival Resource Key
2008-2013
28
2
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
Archival Resource Key
1986-1994
28
3
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Archival Resource Key
1989-1999
28
4
Postcards, Published by Pomegranate
Archival Resource Key
2004-2006
28
5
The Print Club of New York
Archival Resource Key
1996-2012
28
6
Print Editions
Archival Resource Key
circa 1975-2000
28
7-8
Recommendations
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950-2010
28
9-11
Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper
Archival Resource Key
2004-2012
28
12
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Archival Resource Key
1990-1991
28
13
Teaching Files, General
Archival Resource Key
1940-2012
28
14
Vatican Conference and Museum
Archival Resource Key
1975-1988
28
15
Vermont College of Norwich University, Artist-Teacher
Archival Resource Key
1991-1992
28
16
Visual Artists and Galleries Association (VAGA)
Archival Resource Key
1979-2007
28
17
Vogel Collection
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990-2013
28
18
Printed Material
8.7
Archival Resource Key
2.6 Linear feet
Box 28-31
1929-2013
Scope and Contents
Additional printed material includes announcements and exhibition catalogs, Art Students League publications, clippings, newsletters, periodicals, press releases, programs, publications related to Barnet's teaching activities, published illustrations, and assorted other printed matter. The Art Students League publications include course catalogs, calendars, newsletters, and their magazine, The League.
Announcements and Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
undated
1930s-1980s
28
19-23
Announcements and Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1980s-2000s
29
1-9
Art Students League Publications
Archival Resource Key
1929
1930s-1990s
29
10-15
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1960s
1949
29
16
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1960s-2013
30
1-11
Newsletters and Bulletins
Archival Resource Key
1970s-2013
30
12-13
Periodicals
Archival Resource Key
1956
1949
30
14
Periodicals
Archival Resource Key
1990s-2013
30
15
Press Releases
Archival Resource Key
circa 1963-2000
31
1
Programs
Archival Resource Key
1978-2012
31
2
Publications related to Teaching Activities
Archival Resource Key
1940s-1980s
31
3
Published Illustrations
Archival Resource Key
1963-2012
31
4
Other Printed Matter
Archival Resource Key
1950s-2000s
31
5-7
Photographic Material
8.8
Archival Resource Key
1.1 Linear feet
Box 31-32, OV 33
circa 1940-2010
Scope and Contents
Additional photographic material is primarily color photographic prints, along with a few negatives and transparencies. One folder includes photographs of Will Barnet with family, friends, and colleagues. Here, Barnet is captured in portraits, in his studio, teaching, and in group photographs. Several dozen packets of photographs from the 1990s-2000s were taken as source photographs that Barnet used to create his paintings. In these photographs, family members and friends serve as models, and preliminary stages of drawings and paintings are captured in process. Other photographs document Barnet's artwork in the later part of his career.
Will Barnet, Family, and Friends
Archival Resource Key
circa 1960-2010
31
8
Scope and Contents
Oversized photographs housed in OV 33
Source Photographs of Family, Works in Progress
Archival Resource Key
1940s
1990s
31
9
Source Photographs of Family, Works in Progress
Archival Resource Key
1990s-2000s
31
10-15
Source Photographs of Family, Works in Progress
Archival Resource Key
2003-2005
31
16
Source Photographs of Family, Works in Progress
Archival Resource Key
2006-2008
32
1
Photographs of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1980s-2000s
32
2-4
Photographs of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
2000s
32
5
Oversized Photographs of Will Barnet from Box 31, Folder 8
Archival Resource Key
OV 33