Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Source of Acquisition
Accruals and Additions
Preferred Citation
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & University Archives
Title: John and Jane Adams Artwork Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS-0052
Physical Description:
2.26 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1890-1936
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Contents
The collection contains a number of pieces of artwork (etchings, oil, watercolor, acrylic, and others) by early twentieth
century American and European artists.
A San Diego contingent of landscape artists is headed by Charles Arthur Fries (1854-1940), called the "Dean of San Diego Painters."
Ivan Messenger (1895-1983) was a member of the San Diego Moderns and was also a printmaker of some renown. Rounding out the
San Diego scene is Helen Johnston Balfour (1847-1925) known for her watercolors of California scenery.
Also included in the collection is a piece by one of the most prominent western artists in United States history, Charles
Marion Russell (1864-1926). The final American artist of note represented in the collection is George Taylor Plowman (1869-1932),
best known for his etchings of covered bridges in New England.
Represented in the collection are pieces by two European artists of particular interest. The first is a piece by Pierre Bonnard
(1867-1947), who has been compared to Henri Matisse (1869-1954). There is a color etching by German expressionist Conrad
Felixmuller (1897-1977), whose companion piece to this, "Einsame Frau," is not in this collection.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Source of Acquisition
John and Jane Adams
Accruals and Additions
1989-002
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, folder title, box number, John and Jane Adams Artwork Collection, Special Collections and University
Archives, San Diego State University Library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art, American--20th century
Art, American--19th century
Art, European--20th century
Art--Private collections--California--San Diego
Adams, John R., 1900-1994--Art collections
Adams, Jane Ford--Art collections