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Title: Jean-François Raffaëlli papers
Date (inclusive): 1870-1929
Number: 860758
Creator/Collector:
Raffaëlli, Jean François, 1850-1924
Physical Description:
220.0 items
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: French painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and author of Italian descent. Raffaëlli introduced technical innovations
in ink drawing colors, drypoint, and color engraving. The archive documents Raffaëlli's art (especially his innovations in
printmaking), exhibits, art criticism, and his literary and socio-political writings through correspondence, manuscripts,
photographs, clippings, and ephemera.
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Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850-1924) was a French painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and author. He introduced technical
innovations in ink drawing, drypoint, and the printing of color engravings. As founder and president of the Société de la
gravure originale en couleurs he promoted his own and other artists' work in this medium. He was a prolific writer in various
genres, including political commentary, art criticism, humor, and travel writing. A number of his essays and drawings were
published in
Harper's new monthly magazine (New York) and the
Studio (London), as well as in a variety of French journals. His book
Les types de Paris (1889) includes texts by Edmond de Goncourt and others.
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Jean-François Raffaëlli papers, 1870-1929, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 860758.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa860758
Acquired in several acquisitions, 1986, 2001, 2002.
Processed and arranged by Onica Busuioceanu.
Manuscripts and documents of Jean François Raffaëlli, 1878-1914, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession
no. 930076.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises 220 items, including 96 letters sent (1883-1916), 17 letters received (1883-1919) and 16 manuscripts.
Documents include a list of Raffaëlli's art work with titles and prices (8 pp.), and 34 documents regarding his copyright
account (1920-1922) and insurance policies (1876-1920). The printed materials (49 items) include an original Raffaëlli print
(1907?); 11 reproductions of his paintings and drawings (1885-1897); five portraits of Raffaëlli, including three studio photographs
(1870, 1895, 1902), a clipping from a magazine (1910?), and a lithograph by A. Villette. Twenty-five clippings about his life
and work include obituaries from 1924. Among the seven miscellaneous items is a commemorative banquet menu with a drypoint
cover by Gaston de Latenay. The publication series contains seven items, including auction and exhibition catalogs.
The papers are arranged in 5 series:
Series I. Correspondence, 1883-1919;
Series II. Manuscripts, 1886-1918;
Series III. Personal documents, 1876-1922;
Series IV. Printed materials, 1870-1929;
Series V. Publications, 1895-1929
Ajalbert, Jean, 1863-1947
Child, Theodore, 1846-1892
Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929
Clément-Janin, 1862-1947?
Geffroy, Gustave, 1855-1926
Goncourt, Edmond de, 1822-1896
Hennique, Léon, 1851-1935
Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907
Marcke, Emile van, 1827-1890
Monet, Claude, 1840-1926
Montesquiou-Fézensac, Robert, comte de, 1855-1921
Montorgueil, Georges, 1857-1933
Mourey, Gabriel, 1865-1943
Petit, Georges, art dealer
Raffaëlli, Jean François, 1850-1924
Richepin, Jean, 1849-1926
Artists as authors--France
Artists' illustrated books--France
Engraving, French--19th century
Engraving, French--20th century
Harper's new monthly magazine L'accident de M. Hébert Le Grand journal Les petites marchandes des rues Les types de Paris Studio (London, England)
Correspondence
Drypoints--France--19th century
Drypoints--France--20th century
Engravings--France--19th century
Engravings--France--20th century
Essays--France--19th century
Essays--France--20th century
Etchings--France--19th century
Etchings--France--20th century
Manuscripts--France--19th century
Manuscripts--France--20th century
Prints--France--19th century
Prints--France--20th century
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911
Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929
Geffroy, Gustave, 1855-1926
Goncourt, Edmond de, 1822-1896
Gréville, Henry, 1842-1902
Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl), 1848-1907
Latenay, Gaston de, b. 1859
Monet, Claude, 1840-1926
Montesquiou-Fézensac, Robert, comte de, 1855-1921
Richepin, Jean, 1849-1926
Villette, Adolphe Léon, 1857-1927