Conditions Governing Access
Arrangement
Biographical Note
Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Use
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Paul De Longpre Collection
Creator:
Longpré, Paul de
Creator:
Lummis, Charles Fletcher
Identifier/Call Number: MS.523
Physical Description:
1 folder
Date (inclusive): 1890-1905
Language of Material:
English
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Conditions Governing Access
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
Biographical Note
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).
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].
Conditions Governing Use
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.
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Art, American
Flowers in art
Botanical illustration