Guide to the William Wendt Letters to Guy and Lucia Edwards
Processed by Adrian Turner; machine-readable finding aid created by
Adrian Turner
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Note
Arts and Humanities--Art--Painting
Geographical (By Place)--California--Los Angeles Area
Guide to the William Wendt Letters to Guy and Lucia Edwards
Collection number: MS-R54
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
Contact Information
- Special Collections and Archives
- The UCI Libraries
- P.O. Box 19557
- University of California
- Irvine, California 92623-9557
- Phone: (949) 824-3947
- Fax: (949) 824-2472
- Email: spcoll@uci.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.uci.edu/rrsc/speccoll.html
- Processed by:
- Adrian Turner
- Date Completed:
- 2001
- Encoded by:
- Adrian Turner
© 2001 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: William Wendt letters to Guy and Lucia Edwards,
Date (inclusive): 1930-1946
Collection number: MS-R054
Creator:
Wendt, William, 1865-1946
Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection consists of 39 holograph letters written by Laguna Beach landscape painter William Wendt to Guy and Lucia
Edwards of Pasadena. While many of these letters are personal, some relay information about Wendt's art coursework and exhibitions.
The collection also includes the exhibit catalog for a Wendt show held at the Los Angeles Museum in Exposition Park in 1939,
and an assortment of newspaper and magazine clippings featuring Wendt and his work. Other clippings document the work of Wendt's
wife, the sculptor Julia Bracken Wendt.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
William Wendt Letters to Guy and Lucia Edwards. MS-R54. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine,
California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Lucia Edwards, 1968 and 1975.
Processing History
Processed by Adrian Turner in 2001.
Biography
William Wendt was a renowned Orange County landscape painter. He was born in Bentzen, Prussia, on February 20, 1865. After
working in Chicago as a commercial artist, he joined the community of artists living in Laguna Beach. He opened Wendt Studios
in 1918, which developed into a flourishing center for local artists. He was in contact with the Edwards until his death on
December 29, 1946.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of 39 holograph letters written by Laguna Beach landscape painter William Wendt to Guy and Lucia
Edwards of Pasadena. While many of these letters are personal, some relay information about Wendt's art coursework and exhibitions.
The collection also includes the exhibit catalog for a Wendt show held at the Los Angeles Museum in Exposition Park in 1939,
and an assortment of newspaper and magazine clippings featuring Wendt and his work. Other clippings document the work of
Wendt's wife, the sculptor Julia Bracken Wendt.
The letters are arranged chronologically.
Separation Note
One monograph was removed from this collection and cataloged separately:
- Anderson, Antony et al.
William Wendt and his work (Los Angeles: Stendahl Art Galleries, 1926).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Wendt, William, 1865-1946--Correspondence.
Landscape painters--California--Laguna Beach--Archival resources.
Orange County (Calif.)--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Exhibition catalogues.
Occupations
Painters.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Edwards, Lucia, former owner.
Edwards, Guy, former owner.
Collection Contents
Box 1 : 5
Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1930-1946
Box 1 : 6
Retrospective exhibition: William Wendt, A.N.A., 1939.
Note
Catalog of paintings exhibited at the Los Angeles Museum in Exposition Park.
