Walker, John, 1906-1995
Person
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Walter Arensberg to John Walker, 1950 July 12
Object — Box: 13, Folder: 24
Identifier: WLA_B013_F024_012
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Walter Arensberg to John Walker, Chief Curator at the National Gallery of Art (U.S.).
Dates:
1950 July 12
Identification photos given to John Walker, 1950
Object — Box: 13, Folder: 24
Identifier: WLA_B013_F024_017
Scope and Contents
Identification photos given to John Walker, Chief Curator at the National Gallery of Art (U.S.).
Dates:
1950
List of photographs given to John Walker, 1950
Object — Box: 13, Folder: 24
Identifier: WLA_B013_F024_016
Scope and Contents
List of photographs given to John Walker, Chief Curator at the National Gallery of Art (U.S.).
Dates:
1950
List of photographs given to John Walker, 1950
Object — Box: 13, Folder: 24
Identifier: WLA_B013_F024_018
Scope and Contents
List of photographs given to John Walker, Chief Curator at the National Gallery of Art (U.S.).
Dates:
1950
Walker, John, 1958, 1962
File — Box: 18, Folder: 59
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
As the correspondents in this sub-subseries make evident, McIlhenny cultivated a social network that reached across noted names in all the arts, as well as titled gentry, royalty and political figures. Whenever celebrities of the stage, screen or concert hall were performing in Philadelphia, McIlhenny would invite them to his home at Rittenhouse Square, just a stone's throw away from the major theatres and hotels. Although they could not always accept the offer, invitees included Noel...
Dates:
1958, 1962
Walker, John. and Macgill James. Great American paintings from Smibert to Bellows, 1729-1924 (1943). Autographed volume, 1943
File — Box: 2000
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
While many of the titles in this subseries represent works devoted to the life and works of Thomas Eakins, a significant number are the catalogs or handbooks published by museums with holdings that include works by Eakins. In regard to the former, Goodrich acquired several of Gordon Hendrick's studies. From the numerous annotations made to one of his copies of Hendrick's 1974 work, Goodrich considered it a significant resource for his own studies. Another book heavily annotated is that by...
Dates:
1943
Walker, John. "Eakins in Washington." Art in America 49, no. 3 (1961), 1961
File — Box: 2000
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Periodical writings about Thomas Eakins's life and work are the major elements of this subseries. In addition to Alan Burroughs's 1924 catalog for the Arts magazine, which Goodrich often referenced in his research of Eakins, there are several writings each by noted Eakins scholars, Gordon Hendricks and William Inness Homer. Another contributing writer to this subseries is a student of Eakins, Charles Bregler, who later compiled a major collection of his teacher's works....
Dates:
1961
Walker, John. "Eakins in Washington." Art in America 49, no. 3 (1961). Annotated photocopy, undated
File — Box: 22, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Periodical writings about Thomas Eakins's life and work are the major elements of this subseries. In addition to Alan Burroughs's 1924 catalog for the Arts magazine, which Goodrich often referenced in his research of Eakins, there are several writings each by noted Eakins scholars, Gordon Hendricks and William Inness Homer. Another contributing writer to this subseries is a student of Eakins, Charles Bregler, who later compiled a major collection of his teacher's works....
Dates:
undated
Walker, John. MacGill, James. Great American paintings from Smibert to Bellows (1943). Photocopied excerpts, undated
File — Box: 24, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
While many of the titles in this subseries represent works devoted to the life and works of Thomas Eakins, a significant number are the catalogs or handbooks published by museums with holdings that include works by Eakins. In regard to the former, Goodrich acquired several of Gordon Hendrick's studies. From the numerous annotations made to one of his copies of Hendrick's 1974 work, Goodrich considered it a significant resource for his own studies. Another book heavily annotated is that by...
Dates:
undated
Walker, John. Paintings from America (1951). Photocopied excerpts, undated
File — Box: 24, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
While many of the titles in this subseries represent works devoted to the life and works of Thomas Eakins, a significant number are the catalogs or handbooks published by museums with holdings that include works by Eakins. In regard to the former, Goodrich acquired several of Gordon Hendrick's studies. From the numerous annotations made to one of his copies of Hendrick's 1974 work, Goodrich considered it a significant resource for his own studies. Another book heavily annotated is that by...
Dates:
undated