The Hendricks Band is posing for a picture holding their instruments. Thirteen members are dressed in coat and ties holding instruments, drums, trumpets, clarinets, and tubas.
Several young men and women are singing from the Best Hymns Hymnbook. They are all dressed up and with a blackboard on the wall it looks as though they are in a school building.
Artists' League of Minneapolis; Minneapolis School of Art Alumni Association
Date Created:
1917?
Description:
Title from caption. "The third annual exhibition ... under the auspices of the Artists' League of Minneapolis, the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, the Attic Club of Minneapolis, the Twin City Keramic Club, and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts ... under the following divisions: 1. Painting, 2. Sculpture, 3. Prints and drawings, 4. Commercial art, 5. Applied arts". Includes a list of conditions governing the exhibition, members of the jury who also serve as members of the Committee on Arrangements. 1 sheet (1 unnumbered leaf).
Variant title: Annual exhibition by the Artists' League of Minneapolis. Title from cover. Art work, titled "Miss Caroline and Master John" by Frances Cranmer, was loaned by Mrs. J.A.C. Leland.--Page 2. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Announcement for an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts announces a private view of an ... " "Wednesday evening, March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, in the gallery of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Public Library building, Tenth Street at Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis"."... works by sixty-four leading American illustrators in black and white, oil and water color. The assembling of the collection was done by an expert jury of the Society of American Illustrators and is sent out by the American Federation of Arts. The exhibition has been shown at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, the City Art Museum of St. Louis and at the Public Library, Denver ... [and the New York Public Library]"--Pages 2-3.Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Variant titles: Work of local artists, October 1922 [rules]; Annual exhibition of the work of St. Paul and Minneapolis artists. Title from cover. "The eighth annual exhibition of the work of Minneapolis and St. Paul Artists will be held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art from September 30 to October 30, 1922"--Page 2. Includes a list of conditions governing the exhibition. "Any example of painting, sculpture, drawing, etching, engraving or other form of graphic art (not including photographic prints) is eligible provided it be the work of an artist whose residence, studio, or place of business is in the cities of Minneapolis or St. Paul."--Page 2. Illustration of a stylized Thyrsus staff with ribbon printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Association of Arts in Industry", "Minneapolis Institute of Art". In outline form for group study. Advertisement on back cover for John S. Bradstreet & Co., Minneapolis, with a circular peacock dragon logo. Part of a series of study outlines issued by the Association of Arts in Industry of Minneapolis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 5-7). "The continued demand ... has led the [Minneapolis] Institute [of Arts] to arrange for a course of twelve lecture on this subject [of home decoration] to be given ... by Miss Floy Donaldson"--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume IX, number 8 (November 1920), Supplement, page 3. 7 pages.
Variant title: Trip through the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. Offprint. "Originally published in the Minneapolis Journal of May 6, 1916"--Page 2. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Calendar of proposed exhibitions for 1911-1912 organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts announces the following special exhibitions to be on view from October, 1911, to April, 1912, in the gallery of the Society at the Public Library building"--Pages 2-3. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Calendar of proposed exhibitions for 1912-1913 organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The following exhibitions will be on view at the gallery of the society in the Public Library building"--Pages 2-3. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. Includes a list of the Exhibition Committee of the society. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Calendar of proposed exhibitions for 1910-1911 organized by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from cover. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts announces the following exhibitions to be on view in the gallery of the Society at the Public Library building from September, 1910, to May, 1911"--Pages 2-3. Rectangular logo of the society with headless winged figure printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Variant Title: Work of Minneapolis artists, December 4-31, 1915 [rules]. Title from caption. "The first annual exhibition ... under the auspices of the Artists' League of Minneapolis, the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, the Attic Club of Minneapolis, Smock and Smudge [Club], the Twin City Keramic Club, and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts ... under the following divisions: 1. Painting, 2. Sculpture, 3. Prints and drawings, 4. Commercial art, 5. Applied arts". Includes a list of conditions governing the exhibition, members of the jury, and members of the Committee on Arrangements. 1 sheet (1 unnumbered leaf).
Symons, George Gardner, 1861-1930; Hopkins, James Roy, 1877-1969; Frieseke, Frederick C. (Frederick Carl), 1874-1939
Date Created:
1917?
Description:
Price list of the Symons Hopkins Frieseke exhibition. Title from caption. Manuscript (typescript, original copy). Penciled at head of caption: "MIA Dec 24, 1917-Jan 30, 1918"-- Price list from an exhibition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, entitled "Paintings by F.C. Frieseke, James R. Hopkins and Gardner Symons", December 24, 1917-January 30, 1918. "An exhibition consisting of ten works by each of the following painters, Gardner Symons, James R. Hopkins and Frederic Carl Frieseke, has been arranged by Mr. Robert B. Harshe, Director of the Carnegie Institute, and after being shown in Detroit and Toledo it is to go to the Albright Gallery, Buffalo, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Milwaukee Art Institute, the City Art Museum, St. Louis, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh and the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, between November and July."--The American Magazine of Art (Volume 9, Issue 3 (January, 1918)), page 124. 1 sheet (1 unnumbered leaf)."
Exhibition checklist from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from caption; penciled "10/04/11-11/5/11" on verso of leaf. Typescript (mimeographed). 1 sheet (1 unnumbered leaf).
Title from cover. "An address made at the celebration of the semi-centennial of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 10, 1920"--Page 2. Reprinted from the American magazine of art, August 1920, with the permission of the author and the American Federation of Arts by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts"--Page 2. Illustration of a stylized Thyrsus staff with ribbon printed on front cover. 7 unnumbered pages.
Variant titles: Charles Jairus Martin Memorial Collection of Tapestries; Art in America (1913). Title from caption. Detached from: Art in America. Volume 3 (1915). "Mrs. Charles J. Martin of that city [Minneapolis] announced her intention of assembling ... a collection of tapestries which would be presented, as acquired, to the [Minneapolis] Institute [of Arts] ... will be known as the Charles Jairus Martin Memorial Collection of Tapestries ... one of these ... was woven in the ateliers of Arras about 1450, and forms the subject of the present notes."--Page 223. 1 unnumbered leaf, pages 223-226: color illustration.
Title from cover. Reprint. Originally published: Proceedings of the American Association of Museums. Vol. 11 (1908). Koehler gives a presentation on the requirements and considerations for establishing an art museum based on his experiences for planning facilities at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Minnesota State Art Society. 1 unnumbered page, pages 125-131.
Title from caption. Manuscript (typescript, original copy). Penciled at head of caption: "Mar 3-28 1917 John Alexander"--Price list from an exhibition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, entitled "Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by John W. Alexander", March 3-28, 1917."A memorial exhibition of paintings by John White Alexander is to be given in the galleries of the Institute during March. The death of Mr. Alexander, May 31, 1915 ... "--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Volume VI, number 3 (March, 1917)), page 22. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. 2 sheets (2 unnumbered leaves).
Variant titles: Catalogue, a selection from the St. Paul Institute's first annual exhibition of the work of northwestern artists; First annual exhibition of the work of northwestern artists. Title from cover. At head of title: "Catalogue". The St. Paul Institute's first annual exhibition was originally held in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The St. Paul Institute was originally named the St. Paul Institute of Science and Letters. The name was later changed to the St. Paul Institute, the St. Paul Institute of General and Applied Science, the Science Museum of the St. Paul Institute, and the Science Museum. Since 1970, it has been known as the Science Museum of Minnesota. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Exhibition checklist from an exhibition sponsored by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, parent and governing body of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Title from caption (leaf 1). Typescript (mimeographed). Written notation at head of caption: "March 15-29, 1911". Publisher and date from written notation at head of caption. 7 unnumbered leaves.
Variant titles: Minneapolis Institute of Art exhibition of watercolors by Charles John Collins; Exhibition of water colors by Charles John Collins. Title from caption. Includes artist biographical information. Foreword signed C.J.C. Items lent by James McDiarmid, Fletcher Andrews, and C.H. Enderton, all of Winnipeg. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Title from cover. Catalog of an exhibition held November, 1921. "It is through the kindness of Mr. Martin A. Ryerson of Chicago and certain anonymous friends of New York that the Institute has been able to secure these ... [for exhibition]"--Page 3. Foreword signed "R.A.P." 8 unnumbered pages.
"Public Library building, Minneapolis, 1895"--Cover. Besides a list of patrons, life members, directors, and officers of the society, a full list of membership is included. Includes annotations and additions. The 1895 membership directory of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts (incorporated 1883 and existing to the present), which is the parent and governing body for the Minneapolis Institute of Art (opening in 1915 and existing to the present) and the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts (established in 1886 and existing under the society's governance until 1988). In 1970, the school changed its name to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and in 1988 it became an independent organization. 16 unnumbered pages.
Variant Title: Annual exhibition by the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art. Title from cover. At head of title: "Minneapolis Institute of Art". Penciled on front cover: "Prices". Prices penciled in for some items. Stylized illustration printed on front cover. 1 folded sheet (6 unnumbered pages).
Variant titles: Typed note inserted: Sculptures by Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney; Typed note inserted: Flower studies in water color by Miss Mabel Key; Catalogue of sculptures and flower studies in water color; Catalogue of sculptures and flower studies in watercolor. Typed note inserted: "Sculptures by Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney & Flower studies in water color by Miss Mabel Key; date not available"; penciled on note: 10/2/17-10/30/17. Typescript (mimeographed). Includes artist biographical information. Prices included with Key's works. Exhibition catalog from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 4 unnumbered leaves.
Title from cover. "Supplement to the Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, September, 1915." Includes a list of the officers and members of the Board of Trustees, list of the Trustees, list of ex-officio members, list of classes of membership, and list of members. A 1915 overview of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts (incorporated 1883 and existing to the present), which is the parent and governing body for the Minneapolis Institute of Art (opening in 1915 and existing to the present) and the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts (established in 1886 and existing under the society's governance until 1988). In 1970, the school changed its name to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and in 1988 it became an independent organization. 21 pages: illustrations.
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Board of Trustees
Date Created:
1914?
Description:
Variant title: Memorials, William Hood Dunwoody. Tribute to William Hood Dunwoody, long-time president of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, businessman, and patron of the arts during the 19th and early 20th centuries. 14 unnumbered pages.
Title from cover. At head of title: "The Minneapolis Institute of Art". Illustrated front cover with stylized vines in red. "Lent by P.W. French & Co. of New York"--Page 1. Preface signed: J.B. 11 pages.
Title from cover. Penned on front cover: "Priced catalogue". Prices penned in with some items; additional items, numbers 33-36, penned in with prices. Item number "32. 'Azalea Gardens (Tryptych)' lent by Mrs. George C. Christian"--Page 4. Includes artist biographical information. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Artists' League of Minneapolis; Minneapolis School of Art Alumni Association
Date Created:
1916?
Description:
Variant title: Work of Minneapolis artists, November 4-30, 1916. Title from cover. "The exhibition is under the auspices of the Artists' League of Minneapolis, the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, the Attic Club of Minneapolis, the Twin City Keramic Club, and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts."--Page 2. Includes a list of the jury on admission which also served as a Committee on Arrangements. 8 unnumbered pages.
Variant title: Early American paintings. At head of title: "Minneapolis Institute of Art". Title from cover. Illustration of a stylized coptic cross printed on front cover. Preface signed: J.B. Includes artist biographical information. "The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Joseph Breck, Director ... "--Back cover. 8 unnumbered pages.
Variant Title: Paintings by Jonas Lie. Title from caption. Penciled on front: "1918". "An exhibition of paintings by Jonas Lie will occupy the end gallery on the Second Floor during April."--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume VII, number 2 (February, 1918), page 32. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, April 4-28, 1918. Typescript (ditto copy). Includes artist biographical information. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Exhibition catalog list from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Penned on front cover: "July-August 1916". Title from cover. Manuscript (typescript, original copy). 4 unnumbered pages.
Variant title: Work of Minneapolis artists, November 3-30, 1917 [catalog]. Title from cover. "The exhibition is under the auspices of the Artists' League of Minneapolis, the Alumni Association of the Minneapolis School of Art, the Attic Club of Minneapolis, the Twin City Keramic Club, and the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts."--Page 2. Prices included with some items. Includes a list of the jury on admission which also served as a Committee on Arrangements. 8 unnumbered pages.
Boronda, Lester D. 1886-1953, Bellows, George, 1882-1925
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Variant title: Catalogue, Paintings by Lester D. Boronda, Paintings by George Bellows. Title from cover. At head of title: "Catalogue". Item number 15, "Departure of the Wedding Party" was lent by Louis W. Hill of St. Paul. Advertisement for the Minneapolis School of Art on back cover. Includes artist biographical information. 8 unnumbered pages: illustrations.
Variant title: Paintings by French, Dutch and English artists, and by contemporary American artists. Title from cover. At head of title: "The Minneapolis Institute of Art". 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).
Industrial Exposition Association (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1893
Description:
Catalog from the eighth exhibition organized by the Industrial Exposition Association, Minneapolis. Title from cover. "Other local artists were included among the exhibitors at the Industrial Expositions, and in 1900 the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts began holding its own annual exhibitions of American artists works."--Conforti, Michael, editor. Minnesota 1900: art and life on the Upper Mississippi 1890-1915, 1994, page 98. Advertisements at back (pages 54-55, p. 4 of cover). Prices included with some items; some prices have penciled annotations. Includes names of organizations and individuals that lent items to the exhibition. MIA Library Archives copy missing front and back covers. 52 pages, 3 unnumbered pages: illustrations.
At head of title: "The Minneapolis Institute of Art". Advertisement for the Minneapolis School of Art at back. Includes artist biographical information. 16 unnumbered pages: illustrations, portrait.
Variant titles: Catalogue, Paintings by Birge and Alexander Harrison, Paintings by artists of Chicago and vicinity; Catalogue of the April exhibitions; Exhibition of Works by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity (19th: 1915: Chicago, Illinois). Title from cover. At head of title: "Catalogue". The second section is a selection from the nineteenth annual Exhibition of Artists of Chicago and Vicinity held at the Chicago Art Institute in March, 1915. Advertisement for the Minneapolis School of Art on back cover. Item number 24, "Drifting" was lent by the St. Paul Institute. Includes artist biographical information for Birge and Alexander Harrison. 15 pages.
Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910; Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
Date Created:
1918?
Description:
Variant title: Catalogue of the exhibition of Homer-Sargent watercolors. Includes artist biographical information. Penciled on page 4: "Mar 2-Apr 2 1918". "The most important exhibition of the season is our exhibition during March of watercolors by ... Winslow Homer and John S. Sargent. ... These paintings have been lent by many private collectors notably Mrs. N.T. Pulsifer of Mountainville, New York, Mr. Martin A. Ryerson of Chicago, Mrs. Desmond Fitzgerald of Brookline, Massachusetts, Colonel Frank J. Hecker of Detroit, and also by public galleries including the Smithsonian Institution of Washington (Freer Collection), the Cincinnati Museum Association, the Brooklyn Museum and the Worcester Art Museum."--Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Volume VII, number 3 (March, 1918), page19-20. Typescript (mimeographed). 4 unnumbered pages.
Variant title: French and Belgian art. "The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts is glad to acknowledge its indebtedness to ... the Panama-Pacific International Exposition ... and to the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and Albright Art Gallery under whose auspices the collection is on circuit."--Page 5. Penciled on front cover: "H. Boulen box list"; includes penciled annotations throughout the catalog. 37 pages, 3 unnumbered pages: illustrations, portraits.
Title from caption. "This collection of printed fabrics, often known under the name of Toile de Jouy, has been made by Miss Frances Morris, of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and by Miss Elinor Merrell of New York who have kindly lent them for exhibition here."--Page 1. Tapestries on exhibit are chiefly from France, with selections from India, Java, England, and Italy and range from 1765-1830. 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages).