Fernand Lungren papers mssLungren
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
June 2020
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Fernand Lungren papers
Creator:
Lungren, Fernand,
1857-1932
Identifier/Call Number: mssLungren
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1897-1928
Abstract: A collection of manuscripts,
correspondence, ephemera related to the life and work of Western American artist Fernand
Lungren.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Fernand Lungren papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino,
California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, November 1959.
Fernand Lungren (1857-1932) was a Western American artist who originally came from
Maryland. He enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia in 1876, and his first
illustrations were published in Scribner's Magazine in 1879. Many of his works appeared in
the pages of prominent magazines over the years, including Century, St. Nicholas, Harper's,
and McClure's; other pieces were exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. Lungren
visited the Western United States for the first time in 1891, and moved to Los Angeles in
1903. In 1906, at the prompting of Stewart Edward White, Lungren moved to Santa Barbara and
in 1920 he became the president of the Santa Barbara School of the Arts.
The collection consists of 94 items and includes essays, diary entries, letters and
ephemera pertaining to the life and work of Fernand Lungren. All essays and journal entries
were authored by Lungren and principally address artistic topics. Most of the correspondence
is addressed to Lungren and is from fellow artists, authors, and periodical editors.
Subjects addressed within the collection include Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Hamlin Garland,
Charles Fletcher Lummis, Stewart Edward White, William Allen White, Owen Wister, 20th
century art in California, 19th and 20th century art in the United States, art schools in
Pennsylvania, Impressionism in the United States, Indians of the Yucatán Peninsula, the
rubber industry and trade in the Yucatan, the water-supply of Los Angeles and water transfer
from the Owens River Valley. Correspondents include Albert Augustus Boyden, Elizabeth Bacon
Custer, Hamlin Garland, Emerson Hough, Joseph Barlow Lippincott, Charles Fletcher Lummis,
Ernest Thompson Seton, Frank de Thoma, Stewart Edward White, William Allen White, Caspar
Whitney, and Owen Wister.
Processed by Marisa E. Diehl in 2001. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid
derived from legacy in-house finding aid.
The collection has been arranged with the essays and journal entries first, followed by the
correspondence. The correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by author.
Formerly call number: mssLungren papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art, American -- California -- 20th century
Art, American -- 19th century
Art, American -- 20th century
Art schools -- Pennsylvania
Artists -- United States
Impressionism (Art) -- United
States
Indians of Mexico -- Yucatán Peninsula
Periodical editors -- United States
Rubber industry and trade -- Yucatán Peninsula
Water-supply -- California -- Los
Angeles
Water transfer -- California -- Owens Valley
Diaries -- United States -- 20th century
Ephemera -- United States -- 20th century
Essays -- United States -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century
Boyden, Albert A. (Albert
Augustus), 1875-1925
Custer, Elizabeth Bacon,
1842-1933
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940
Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923
Lippincott, Joseph Barlow,
1864-1942
Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
Thoma, Frank de
White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946
White, William Allen, 1868-1944
Whitney, Caspar,
1862-1929
Wister, Owen, 1860-1938
Box 1, Folder 1-22
Fernand Lungren papers 1897-1928