 | |
 | |
|  |
|  |
|  |
|  |
 |  |
|  |
|  |
|  |
|  |
| |
|  |
|  |
|  |
|  |
|  |
 |
|
   
|
|
|
||
|
||||
|
|
Eulabee Dix Papers 5.5 linear feet; 6 containers Eulabee Dix (1878-1961) was born in Greenfield, Illinois. In 1899, Dix moved to New York City to study and begin her professional career as a miniature painter. Wealthy patrons commissioned portraits by Dix of themselves and their children. Dix’s portraits were part of a growing interest in miniature painting – a continuation of the nostalgia and romanticism of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Dix had solo exhibitions of both commissioned works and portraits of her children. She also painted larger works of flowers. Dix’s work is in several institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon; the National Museum of American Art, Washington DC; and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC. The National Museum of Women in the Arts houses over 86 paintings by Dix in its permanent collection. Included in the Eulabee Dix Papers are a variety of materials from Dix’s professional life. Correspondence with artist friends, patrons, and galleries are included. Many photographs, news-clippings, and other types of reproductions of Dix’s work were collected by the artist. Two scrapbooks consist of many of these reproductions. Several portraits of Eulabee Dix are also part of the collection. The collection’s writings are mainly manuscripts – both handwritten and typescripts – by Dix of a memoir and a history of miniatures. A version of the memoir was privately published by Dix’s family after her death. Other writings included are a few short stories by Dix and one typescript story about Dix’s studio by Ruth von Phule. Several medals won by Dix are part of the collection, as is her palette and brush. A pencil sketch by John Butler Yeats is included in the collection. The Eulabee Dix Papers collection is divided into seven series: Correspondence, Printed Matter, Writings, Clippings, Photographs, Memorabilia, and Sketch by John Butler Yeats. The collection is housed in six boxes located in the Library and Research Center. Prior to the acquisition by National Museum of Women in the Arts, the collection was kept by the artist and her family. Most of the collection was inherited by Dix’s children, Joan Becker Gaines and Philip Dix Becker, and Dix’s nephew, Samuel Dix. The Eulabee Dix Papers was part of a larger gift to the National Museum of Women in the Arts by Joan Becker Gaines, the daughter of Eulabee Dix, and her extended family in 1989. Finding Aid for the Eulabee Dix
Papers as PDF Back to Special Collections | ||
|  Open by appointment only to researchers: Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. To schedule an appointment or submit an information request, please call 202-783-7365. 
|