Scope and Contents
The Arnold Ronnebeck papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, artwork, photographs, and printed and other materials documenting the career and life of the Prussian-born artist. Correspondence in the collection includes letters from other artists, family, and organizations, and includes letters from well-known modernist-era artists, such as George Grosz, Marsden Hartley, Wassily Kandinsky, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alfred Stieglitz. Manuscripts include notebooks, journals Ronnebeck kept while in Paris from 1910 to 1912, and loose notes. Original artwork in the collection includes lithographs and busts of Hartley. Photographs include images of Ronnebeck's sculptures and the artwork of others, images of the artist at work and with other people, and images from the war years, 1914 through 1917, such as urban and rural landscapes, architectural sites of interest, and soldiers. Printed materials include art catalogs, ephemera, and clippings, and other materials include biographical information, personal papers, and childhood sketchbooks.
Dates
- 1896 - 1952
- Majority of material found within 1910 - 1947
Creator
Language of Materials
Chiefly in English; some materials in German and French.
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available for portions of the collection.
Conditions Governing Use
The Arnold Ronnebeck Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Louise Ronnebeck, 1952-1972.
Arrangement
Organized into six series: I. Correspondence, 1915-1952. II. Manuscripts, 1900-1948. III. Artwork, 1913-1947. IV. Photographs, 1909-1923. V. Printed Materials, 1909-1948. VI. Other Materials, 1896-1938.
Extent
5.84 Linear Feet ((16 boxes) + 3 art, 1 broadside folder)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The Arnold Ronnebeck papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, artwork, photographs, and printed and other materials documenting the life and career of the Prussian-born artist. Correspondence in the collection includes letters from other artists, family, and organizations, and includes letters from well-known modernist-era artists, such as George Grosz, Marsden Hartley, Wassily Kandinsky, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alfred Stieglitz. Manuscripts include notebooks, journals Ronnebeck kept while in Paris from 1910 to 1912, and loose notes. Original artwork in the collection includes lithographs and busts of Hartley. Photographs include images of Ronnebeck's sculptures and the artwork of others, images of the artist at work and with other people, and images from the war years, 1914 through 1917, such as urban and rural landscapes, architectural sites of interest, and soldiers. Printed materials include art catalogs, ephemera, and clippings, and other materials include biographical information, personal papers, and childhood sketchbooks.
Arnold Ronnebeck (1885-1947)
Arnold Ronnebeck (1885-1947), born in Nassau, Germany (then Prussia), was a modernist sculptor and lithographer. Ronnebeck studied sculpture with Aristide Maillol and Émile-Antoine Bourdelle in Paris between 1907 and 1913 and emigrated to the United States in 1923. He is best known for his lithographs of New York City in the 1920s and depictions of western life in Colorado and New Mexico from the 1920s through 1940s. He settled in Denver, Colorado and worked as an art advisor to the Denver Art Museum from 1926 to 1931.
Biographical information taken from The Art of Arnold Ronnebeck <http://www.arnoldronnebeck.com/> accessed 17 January 2013.
Biographical information taken from The Art of Arnold Ronnebeck <http://www.arnoldronnebeck.com/> accessed 17 January 2013.
Processing Information
This collection received a basic level of processing, including in some instances rehousing and minimal organization, when it arrived at the library. As a rule, descriptive information found in the Collection Contents section is drawn in large part from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. During baseline processing of the collection in 2013, materials were identified with the series listed below.
Former call number: Za Ronnebeck.
Former call number: Za Ronnebeck.
- Artists
- Artists -- France -- Paris
- Grosz, George, 1893-1959
- Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943
- Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944
- Lithographers
- Lithographers
- Lithographs
- O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
- Photographic prints
- Ronnebeck, Arnold, 1885-1947
- Sculptors
- Sculptors
- Sculpture (visual work)
- Sculpture, Modern -- 20th Century
- Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Guide to the Arnold Ronnebeck Papers
- Author
- by Beinecke staff
- Date
- January 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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