Object Details
sova.naa.ms1999-13
- Local Numbers
- NAA MS 1999-13
- Variant Title
- Previously titled: "Frank W. Stokes artwork collection."
- Creator
- Stokes, Frank Wilbert, 1858-1955
- Names
- Peary Relief Expedition of 1892
- Place
- Arctic regions
- Antarctica
- Greenland
- Creator
- Stokes, Frank Wilbert, 1858-1955
- Culture
- Inuit
- Inughuit [Cape York]
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- MS 1999-13 Frank W. Stokes paintings and drawings
- Biographical Note
- Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858-1955) was an American artist best known for his paintings of the polar regions. Stokes began his studies under Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, followed by five years in France as a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Art, the Academie Colarossi and Academie Julian. He accompanied the Peary Relief Expedition to Greenland in 1892 and returned a year later as part of the North Greenland Expedition of 1893-1894. In 1902 he joined the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskjöld.
- Extent
- 12 Drawings (visual works) (portraits , charcoal, pencil, crayon and chalk on paper)
- 11 Paintings (visual works) (oil on canvas)
- Date
- 1893-1905
- undated
- Custodial History
- Frank W. Stokes bequethed over 200 works of art to the National Collection of Fine Arts (also known as the National Museum of American Art (NMAA) and now known as the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)) prior to his death in 1955. The 23 drawings and paintings in this collection were transferred from SAAM to the National Anthropological Archives in 1998.
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.MS1999-13
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Drawings (visual works)
- Paintings (visual works)
- Works of art
- Paintings
- Drawings
- Citation
- MS 1999-13 Frank W. Stokes paintings and drawings, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Processing Information
- Six (6) picture frames dating from the 1960s which held small oil paintings were discarded in 2023.
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Genre/Form
- Works of art
- Paintings
- Drawings
- Scope and Contents
- The collection consists of a total of twenty-three (23) paintings and drawings by Frank W. Stokes dating from 1893-1905. There are four (4) oil paintings of Inuit subjects, seven (7) small studies in oil of Arctic and Antarctic scenery, and twelve (12) portraits in charcoal, pencil, crayon, and chalk of Inughuit men and women in Northern Greenland. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
NAA.MS1999-13
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NAA.MS1999-13
NAA
- Record ID
- ebl-1538098816944-1538098816946-0
