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Fine Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 162 Collections and/or Records:

Pays de la Nouvelle Albion

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5031
Abstract

Engraving of the Pacific Coast at 45°N latitude with Cape Lookout, Oregon, and the Three Brothers in the distance, circa 1750-1799, 26.9 x 35 cm. Titles are in French.

Dates: circa 1750-1799

Lucius Pease sketches of Alaskan miners

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5351
Abstract

Pen, ink, and pencil sketches of miners at Seventy Mile, Alaska, inscribed by the artist. Lucius Curtis Pease (1869-1963), an American editorial cartoonist and journalist during the first half of the 20th century. He was a miner in Alaska for 5 years before beginning a career in art, and was an illustrator for the Oregonian newspaper.

Dates: 1899

Oral history interviews conducted by Robert H. Peirce about the Portland Art Museum

 Collection
Identifier: SRC 3
Abstract

Audio recordings of oral history interviews and conversations with people associated with the Portland Art Museum. The interviews were conducted over a period of three years, from approximately 1990 to 1993. Most were conducted by Robert Peirce, who was then the librarian at the art museum. Interviewees include Bob Sitton, Bill Foster, Clyde Rice, William Givler, Pietro Belluschi, Marian Kolisch, Francis J. Newton, Robert O. Lee, and members of the Portland Art Museum Women's Council.

Dates: circa 1990-1993

Edith Penman etching

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5320
Abstract

Etching depicting a stream and a small bridge. Edith Penman (1860-1929) was a British-born artist known for floral still-life paintings and pottery.

Dates: circa 1875-1929

The Pioneer Courthouse: home of the U.S. Court of Appeals

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5142
Abstract

Photocopy pen and ink drawing of the Pioneer Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, by Alec Stern.

Dates: 1977

Portland Art Class records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1680
Abstract

Portland Art Class was an organization devoted to the appraisal of art and to the stimulation of art interests in Portland. Records include minutes, membership accounts, financial documents, programs, constitution, ephemera, correspondence, and membership rosters.

Dates: 1898-1971

Portland Hotel lithograph

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5390
Abstract

Lithograph depicting the Portland Hotel in Portland, Oregon, and horse-drawn vehicles traveling by in the foreground.

Dates: circa 1890-1893

Portland scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5339
Abstract

Watercolor reproductions of Newman Myrah's "Portland Scenes" series. Scenes include the Pioneer Courthouse, the Skidmore Fountain, the U.S.S. Oregon, the Portland Hotel, streetcars, and the Morrison Bridge.

Dates: circa 1974

Portland: the Rose City

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5389
Abstract

Color poster featuring a photograph by A. M. Prentiss of Portland, Oregon, with Mount Hood in the distance.

Dates: circa 1917-1925

La poste aux chiens des Kamtschadales

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5054
Abstract

Color lithograph depicting people of Kamchatka with a dogsled. Titles in French.

Dates: circa 1750-1850