Paul De Longpre Collection, 1890-1905

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Summary

Title:
Paul De Longpre Collection
Dates:
1890-1905
Creators:
Longpré, Paul de and Lummis, Charles Fletcher
Extent:
1 folder
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Paul De Longpre Collection, 1890-1905, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MSA.523; [folder number][folder title][date].

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of published material and personal papers. The published materials include magazine and newspaper articles about De Longre's 50th birthday celebration, which includes a poem dedicated to the artist by Theo M. Carpenter; biographical note on De Longre; the theft of De Longre's "bric-a-brac" during an exhibit held at his Hollywood home; and an article about De Longpre's flower paintings. Personal papers in this collection include correspondence to Moses King and Charles F. Lummis. Also included is a color postcard of De Longpre's residence in Hollywood, California. The postcard was printed by A.C. Bossleman and Company.

Biographical / historical:

Paul De Longpré was born in 1855 in Lyons, France and died in 1911. He was a self taught painter who emigrated to the United States, first to New York in 1880 and then to California in 1899. The home he built in Hollywood, California became to be celebrated for its magnificent flower gardens. Among his most famous paintings are "Double Peach Blossoms" and "White Fringed Poppies (1902). In a journal entry written by Charles Lummis, "Paul de Longpre, the only painter of flowers that ever amounted to much in my estimation, and the real social founder of Hollywood" (See MS.1 Lummis Collection, MS.1.2.735, page 14).

Custodial history:

The collection was artificially created from various collections within the Braun Research Library, including the newspaper clippings collection and the Charles Fletcher Lummis library.

Arrangement:

All the material in this collection are in one folder and arranged by type of material and then by date.

  • 1. A.C. Bossleman and Company color postcard of De Longre's Hollywood home, undated
  • 2. Correspondence to Moses King from De Longpre, 1898-1902. Two are undated. One letter includes a newspaper article from San Francisco Chronicle, November 22, 1899.
  • 3. Invitation and admissions to a De Longre exhibit addressed to Lummis, February 18th, 1900
  • 4. Calling card addressed to Lummis, December 7, 1903
  • 5. Newspaper article, "Hospitality abused by raids on rare bric-a-brac," Los Angeles Examiner, May 7, 1905
  • 6. Magazine article, "Paul de Lonpre, Flower Painter" by Gustav Stickley, The Craftsman, July 1905.
  • 7. Newspaper articles about De Longre's 50th birthday celebration, includes poem by Theodore M. Carpenter, 1905.
  • 8. Biographical note on De Longpre published in The Art Interchange, undated

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Braun Research Library staff. Revised by James Foster.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-06-16 20:02:33 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives and fill out the Researcher Application Form.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Paul De Longpre Collection, 1890-1905, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MSA.523; [folder number][folder title][date].

Location of this collection:
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027, US
Contact:
(747) 201-8448
rroom@theautry.org
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