Biography
Henri Gabriel Marceau, an internationally known scholar, art historian and architect, was the Director of the Museum from 1955 to 1964. In 1926, Henri Marceau was appointed assistant curator of the Johnson Collection. Two years later he was promoted to curator. He also maintained a position as an assistant professor at University of Pennsylvania's School of Fine Arts from 1925 until 1929, when he took on the additional role of Curator of Fine Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In 1933 his position at the Museum was revised to Curator of Paintings, and then to Chief, Department of Paintings and Sculpture in 1937. At this time Marceau also became Associate Director, handling much of the Director's work when Fiske Kimball was away on acquisition missions or on vacations in Europe during the summers. Marceau worked closely with Kimball at other times, and took on full directorship after Kimball's retirement. Marceau maintained his role as Curator of the Johnson Collection throughout these various appointments, and beyond them, until his death.
Found in 215 Collections and/or Records:
Object — Box: 180, Folder: 11
Identifier: FKR_B180_F011_019
Scope and Contents
Draft correspondence from Fiske Kimball, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to Walter Arensberg.
Dates:
1953 November 12
Object — Box: 23, Folder: 16
Identifier: MAR_B023_F016_007
Scope and Contents
Envelope addressed from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to Henri Marceau, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Dates:
1957 March 13
Object — Box: 43, Folder: 32
Identifier: WLA_B043_F032_001
Scope and Contents
Jayne, Horace Howard Furness. Marceau, Henri. "Fiske Kimball (1888-1955). Reprint from "Year book of the American Philosophical Society," p. 466-469.
Dates:
1955
File — Box: 129, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The bulk of material in this subseries is internal correspondence, most often between Kimball and the particular staff member. As noted previously, additional correspondence between museum personnel and individuals or organizations outside the museum remain in the "General correspondence and related material" series. Except for Henri Marceau, the individuals represented here held non-curatorial positions. In addition to being the museum's curator of the Johnson Collection and Fine...
Dates:
1931-1935, undated
File — Box: 129, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The bulk of material in this subseries is internal correspondence, most often between Kimball and the particular staff member. As noted previously, additional correspondence between museum personnel and individuals or organizations outside the museum remain in the "General correspondence and related material" series. Except for Henri Marceau, the individuals represented here held non-curatorial positions. In addition to being the museum's curator of the Johnson Collection and Fine...
Dates:
1936-1938
File — Box: 129, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The bulk of material in this subseries is internal correspondence, most often between Kimball and the particular staff member. As noted previously, additional correspondence between museum personnel and individuals or organizations outside the museum remain in the "General correspondence and related material" series. Except for Henri Marceau, the individuals represented here held non-curatorial positions. In addition to being the museum's curator of the Johnson Collection and Fine...
Dates:
1939-1945
File — Box: 129, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The bulk of material in this subseries is internal correspondence, most often between Kimball and the particular staff member. As noted previously, additional correspondence between museum personnel and individuals or organizations outside the museum remain in the "General correspondence and related material" series. Except for Henri Marceau, the individuals represented here held non-curatorial positions. In addition to being the museum's curator of the Johnson Collection and Fine...
Dates:
1947-1950
File — Box: 129, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The bulk of material in this subseries is internal correspondence, most often between Kimball and the particular staff member. As noted previously, additional correspondence between museum personnel and individuals or organizations outside the museum remain in the "General correspondence and related material" series. Except for Henri Marceau, the individuals represented here held non-curatorial positions. In addition to being the museum's curator of the Johnson Collection and Fine...
Dates:
1951-1952
File — Box: 129, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The bulk of material in this subseries is internal correspondence, most often between Kimball and the particular staff member. As noted previously, additional correspondence between museum personnel and individuals or organizations outside the museum remain in the "General correspondence and related material" series. Except for Henri Marceau, the individuals represented here held non-curatorial positions. In addition to being the museum's curator of the Johnson Collection and Fine...
Dates:
1953-1954
File — Box: 11, Folder: 58
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:
1949-1959
