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Virginia B. Evans, Artist, Papers, 1916-1984 A&M 3256

Virginia B. Evans, Artist, Papers, 1916-1984 A&M 3256


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 3256
Title
Virginia B. Evans, Artist, Papers 1916-1984
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195784
Quantity
0.8 Linear Feet, 9 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.); (17 artworks in secure storage)
Creator
Evans, Virginia B., 1894-1983
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Virginia B. Evans, Artist, Papers, A&M 3256, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Papers and artwork of Virginia B. Evans, a landscape painter and glassware designer of the upper Ohio Valley. She was a native of Moundsville, West Virginia who at one time headed the art department at West Liberty State College. Her art was widely exhibited regionally and nationally. Although she preferred working in a variety of styles and media, she was most noted for her rather representational landscapes and her fusion of traditional Chinese sensibilities with modern Western industrial glassware design. Collection also includes a white confirmation dress from Mount de Chantal where Evans completed a degree in art in 1914.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Art and artists
  • Evans, Virginia B., 1894-1983
  • Ohio River and Valley.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Evans, Virginia B., 1894-1983
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Ohio River and Valley.
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Biographical Information
1916, 1936, 1972-1938, undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Carnegie Institute of Technology -- Transcript
    1916, 1936
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    West Liberty State Teachers College Newsletter -- Article Regarding Her Faculty Appointment
    October 1936
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Business Card
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Vitae (6 items)
    1972-1983, undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Obituary
    1983
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Funeral Card
    1983
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Correspondence (regarding employment and exhibitions; chronologically scattered)
1934–1974
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Writings -- Virginia Evans Authorship "On Set Design" (ms; approx. 120 pp.)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Lecture Notes -- (regarding the arts; mss and typescripts)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Programs and Announcements
1930-1942, undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
    Ohio River Art Classes at Marietta, OH (2 items)
    ca. 1940
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
    Classes and Lectures by Virginia Evans (12 items; chrono. scattered)
    1934-1942, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
      Annual Art Colony of Woman's Club of Wheeling
      1935, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
      Art Guild; Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation (attended by Virginia Adams)
      1930
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Exhibits -- Virginia Evans
1929-1948, 1961
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Hughes Design (Glen Dale, WV)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Carriage House, Oglebay Park (Wheeling, WV)
    1961 August 13
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Parkersburg Fine Arts Center (Parkersburg, WV; Virginia Evans as Juror)
    1942 May 30
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Town or Country (Norfolk, VA; fashion and gift store)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Annual Exhibition of Allied Artists of WV (Charleston, WV; 2 items)
    1937–1948
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    First Annual Pasadena National (Pasadena Art Institute)
    1946
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    "Exhibition of Paintings by Western Pennsylvania Artists Presented to the Pittsburgh Public Schools by One Hundred Friends of Pittsburgh Art" (Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA)
    1937
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation; Tenth Exhibition (Anderson Galleries; New York City)
    1929
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7-8
Clippings (regarding Virginia Evans exhibits, art education, etc.; includes Fontainebleau Alumni Bulletin)
1928–1984
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
Designs for Imperial Glass Co. by Virginia Evans (includes correspondence and clippings; some notes also)
1988, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Exhibition -- Shirk, Jeannette (includes program, clipping, and 9 prints)
February-March 1960
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Photographs -- Virginia Evans Paintings
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Prints -- Virginia Evans (4 items)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Publications -- Magazines (3 items)
1923
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
    "International Studio"
    May 1923
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
    "Magazine of Art"
    January 1938
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
    "International Studio"
    March 1923
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Slides -- Virginia Evans Paintings (21 items)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Sketchbook -- Pencil
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Sketches -- Pencil (loose in folder)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Certificate -- "Wonderful Neighbor on the Gulf" (from southwest Florida radio station)
1961 August 19
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Certificate -- "The Ad Chat Award...for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Art in the Wheeling School District"
1938
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Certificate -- "Order of the 35th Star of the State of West Virginia" (from WV Secretary of State, A. James Manchin)
1982 November 23
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Poster Board Sketches (for glass ware; 3 items)
undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed
Item No. 4. Moonlight Sonata #1 [Abstract blue swirls] oil on hardboard, 24 x 16 inches, signed lower left, "Virginia B. Evans", inscribed on reverse "Moonlight Sonata 1" "1 of 3".
undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed
Item No. 5. Moonlight Sonata #2 [Abstract pink swirls] oil on hardboard, 24 x 16 inches, signed lower left, "Virginia B. Evans". Inscribed on reverse "Moonlight Sonata 2".
undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed
Item No. 11. [Ruin of House] Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, unsigned.
undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed
Item No. 12. Plaster Cast Still Life [Woman's Head] Oil on canvas, 28 x 26 inches, singed lower right, Virginia B. Evans. Label on reverse: "Plaster Cast Still Life 200.00 #9."
undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed
Item No. 13. Still Life [Bottles, Figure, Mask] Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches, signed lower right Virginia B. Evans. Label on reverse on stretcher: "Dorsey's Knob by Virginia B. Evans" [does not appear to relate to this painting].
undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed
Item No. 15. Gloucester Harbor, gouache, 9 ½ x 11 inches, signed lower right.
undated
Mixed Materials Unboxed
Item No. 16. Home of Miss India Evans and Sister, Twelfth St. Moundsville W. Va. Gouache, approx. 19 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches. Inscribed on reverse: "Home of Miss India Evans and Sister, Twelfth St. Moundsville W. Va. Painted by Virginia B. Evans, her niece. Method Gouache painting."
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3
White confirmation dress from Mount de Chantal (On evidence of photographs and text in Mount de Chantal yearbooks dating from 1914, 1916, 1922, 1924, and 1948, this dress was likely worn at May Day pageants and distribution ceremonies; it was probably also worn at confirmations as well. Photocopies of pages from these yearbooks containing evidence are stored with the dress in an acid-free folder.)
ca. 1914
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Broadside illustrated by Harrison Fisher
1918