HAV-01-403-Z-G-303
GUSN-358072
Design portfolio of L.E.R. Bumpus, a student at the Vesper George School of Art. The portfolio measures 13 1/4 x 20 3/4 inches and contains design drawings of fireplace mantles, graded assignments, preliminary sketches and other assorted pieces of art, and printed ephemera such as a booklet on Leonardo da Vinci. The majority of the materials are dated circa 1926. The booklet on Leonardo da Vinci is dated 1950 and was added at a later date. The materials in this portfolio provide insight into the experience of an art student in Boston during the 1920s, as well into the educational practices of the Vesper George School of Art in the years following its founding.
portfolios (groups of works)
portfolios (containers)
preliminary sketches (sketches)
sketches
paintings (visual works)
design drawings
fireplaces
mantels
women (female humans)
flower (motif)
Nature
printed ephemera
catalogs
patterns (design elements)
motifs
floral patterns
portfolios (containers)
portfolios (groups of works)
sketches
design drawings
designs (concepts)
1 portfolio
GC001
Original art collection
2021
GC001.USMA.Everett.784
Gift
1926, 1950
Bequest of Christopher P. Monkhouse, 2021
Everett (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Bumpus, L.E.R. (Artist)
portfolios (containers)
portfolios (groups of works)
sketches
design drawings
designs (concepts)
George, Vesper Lincoln, 1865-1934
Benjamin-Constant, 1845-1902
Lefebvre, Jules, 1836-1911
Doucet, Henri Lucien, 1856-1895
Capp, Al, 1909-1979
Everett, Bill, 1917-1973
Grant, Vernon, 1902-1990
Merritt, Francis Sumner, 1913-2000
Miner, Jan
Fulton Ross, Gale, 1947-
Boston Art Club
Lowell Textile School
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Art
School
art education
Art schools
Materials were removed from the portfolio and kept in their original order. A piece of archival paper was interleaved between the portfolio materials and portfolio.
Overall in good condition. Some materials are very fragile as they are on tracing paper. Handle with care.
Item
HAV-01-403-Z-G-303
The Vesper George School of Art was founded in 1924 by Vesper Lincoln George, a Boston-born painter. He was born on June 4, 1865. He grew up and was educated in Boston before pursuing an art education in New York and Paris, studying under painters like Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Jules Lefebvre, and Lucien Doucet. He studied at the Art Students League in New York from 1888-1889 and at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1889-1892.
In 1897 George was selected to head to Decorative Art Department at the Lowell Textile School, where he worked until 1907. George was a member of the Mural Painters' Society and of the Architectural Society of New York, Boston Art Club, and Boston Chamber of Commerce. He died in 1934. During his life, he was known for his landscapes, portraits, and, most notably, his murals.
The Vesper George School of Art served the Boston art community by providing steady income to working artists who served as instructors and training the next generation of artists. Some notable alumni of the school are comic-book artists Al Capp, Bill Everett, and Vernon Grant, painter and printmaker Francis Sumner Merritt, actress Jan Miner, and visual artist Gale Fulton Ross. The Vesper George School of Art remained open in Boston until 1983.
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