| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | William H. Eckman Papers
| | | | Creator: | Eckman, William H. | | | | Dates: | 1865-1885 | | | | Abstract: | William H. Eckman was probably a member of the Cleveland Art Club, formed in 1876 by Archibald M. Willard, the celebrated painter of The Spirit of '76, the most popular painting of The Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876. Primarily a group of young artists, the Art Club (also known as the Old Bohemians) provided Cleveland with its first nucleus of notable artists, most of them the sons of German immigrants. The members met at Willard's studio in the Union Natl. Bank Bldg. to discuss art and draw from live models, and club members fostered the Cleveland Art School, which operated out of the clubrooms until 1868. Frederick Carl Gottwald, the dean of Cleveland painters and a long-time instructor at the Cleveland School of Art (later the Cleveland Institute of Art), founded the Art Club along with Willard in 1876. George Grossman later left Cleveland to found a New York City artists colony, and Daniel Wehrschmidt eventually taught and painted in Bushey, near London. The collection consists of a journal (1870) containing brief notes on Eckman's daily activities, scrapbook containing drawings, sketches, and watercolors by members of the Cleveland Art Club, and other papers. Persons represented in the scrapbook include Otto H. Backer, George P. Bradley, William H. Eckman, George Grossman, George C. Groll, Daniel A. Wehrschmidt, Sion L. Wenban, and Archibald M. Willard. Includes manuscripts on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. | | | | Call #: | MS 0820 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Eckman, William H. | Willard, Archibald M., 1836-1918. | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination. | Artists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Drawing -- 19th century -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Watercolor painting -- 19th century -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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