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MS 1999-13 Frank W. Stokes paintings and drawings

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MS 1999-13 Frank W. Stokes paintings and drawings
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Object Details

sova.naa.ms1999-13
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39abf81e3-bd5a-4e12-a135-555e2ecc2334
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.
Related Materials
The Smithsonian American Art Museum holds additional paintings by Frank W. Stokes. The Department of Anthropology holds objects collected on the Peary expedition, including clothing, sleds, and tools.
NAA.MS1999-13
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39abf81e3-bd5a-4e12-a135-555e2ecc2334
NAA.MS1999-13
NAA
Record ID
ebl-1538098816944-1538098816946-0

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  • Eh-Lee

  • Sipsoo

  • Looking N. E. To Right of Cape York, Greenland

  • O-To-Ne-Ah

  • Ki-U-Wung-Wah

  • The Men's Quarters in Anniversary Lodge--Bowdoin Bay, Greenland

  • An Arctic Twilight Encampment

  • Ko-Man-Op-Ik

  • Cape York, Melville Bay

  • The Arctic Night--Sketch by Moonlight--Entrance B[owdoin] Bay, Greenland

  • Eskimo in Kayak

  • Ah-Ring-Ah-Doh--Wife of O-To-Ne-Ah

  • Bowdoin Bay, Greenland--Looking Across Bay from Camp

  • Kashoo

  • Ung-Meh-Duk-Toe--Boy

  • Ok-Ha-Meh-Ding-Wah (Man) and Tah-He-Ah-Wung-Wah (Boy)

  • In Weddell Sea, Antarctica

  • Ung-Meh-Duk-Toe

  • Solitude

  • Drawings

  • East End Herbert Island and Greenland Mainland, Inglefield Gulf--Looking South

  • Ah-Me-Ang-O-Nah

  • Innuit [sic] Seamstresses

  • An Eskimo Mending His Sled--Greenland


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