Box: 1 Fold: 25 Charles Quest News Clippings 1983-1985
Box: 1 Fold: 26 Charles Quest News Clippings 1986-1992 Box: 1 Fold: 27 Charles Quest News Clippings 1993
Box: 2 Fold: 1 Charles Quest Photographs Box: 2 Fold: 2 Charles Quest Photographs 1948-1972
This folder contains b/w portrait photographs of Quest, some with Dorothy Quest's handwritten notes on the back. Includes photo used as a model for Mrs. Quest's oil portrait of Charles.
Box: 2 Fold: 3 Charles Quest: Photographs- Quest Gallery Box: 2 Fold: 4 Charles Quest: Photographs of Various Works
Box: 2 Fold: 5 Charles Quest: "Free World" Illustrations. Box: 2 Fold: 6 Charles Quest: Publications containing his works. Box: 2 Fold: 7 Charles Quest: Reproductions of various works. Box: 2 Fold: 8 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1930-1949. Box: 2 Fold: 9 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1950. Box: 2 Fold: 10 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1951 Box: 2 Fold: 11 Charles Quest: Smithsonian Exhibition- Woodcuts. 1951 Box: 2 Fold: 12 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1952 Box: 2 Fold: 13 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1953-1954 Box: 2 Fold: 14 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1955 Box: 2 Fold: 15 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1956 Box: 2 Fold: 16 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1957-1958 Box: 2 Fold: 17 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1960-1961 Box: 2 Fold: 18 Charles Quest: "Spot in the Square" Exhibition. 1961 Box: 2 Fold: 19 Charles Quest: Manuel Ocaranza Gallery Exhibit. 1961 Box: 2 Fold: 20 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1962 Box: 2 Fold: 21 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1963 Box: 2 Fold: 22 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1964 Box: 2 Fold: 23 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1965
Box: 2 Fold: 24 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1966 Box: 2 Fold: 25 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1967 Box: 2 Fold: 26 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1968-1969 Box: 2 Fold: 27 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information. 1970-1990 Box: 2 Fold: 27.1 Charles Quest - Polk Co. Library Exhibition - 1989 Box: 2 Fold: 28 Charles Quest: Exhibition Information- Undated Box: 2 Fold: 29 Charles Quest - Copies of Early Drawings 1922-1952 Box: 2 Fold: 30 Quest, Charles - As Sketched by Friends
Box: 3 Fold: 1 SAGA Exhibition Information Box: 3 Fold: 2 Charles Quest - SAGA Exhibition Information. 1955-1991
Box: 3 Fold: 3 Art In The Embassies Program - Exhibition Information. 1968-1989
Box: 3 Fold: 4 Charles Quest Gallery at St. Louis Club - Related materials Box: 3 Fold: 5 Charles Quest: Personal and Exhibition Records 1930-1949. Box: 3 Fold: 6 Charles Quest: Personal and Exhibition Records 1950-1959 Box: 3 Fold: 7 Charles Quest: Personal and Exhibition Records 1960-1969 Box: 3 Fold: 8 Charles Quest: Personal and Exhibition Records 1972-1988 Box: 3 Fold: 9 Charles Quest: Personal Records & Inventories- Undated. Box: 3 Fold: 9.5 Charles Quest - List of Prizes and Awards Won Box: 3 Fold: 10 Charles Quest: Biographical Material Box: 3 Fold: 11 Charles Quest: Interviews - Radio and Newspaper Box: 3 Fold: 12 Charles Quest: Articles on Specific Works Box: 3 Fold: 13 Charles Quest: Art Organization Solicitations Box: 3 Fold: 14 Carpenter Branch Mural - Related materials Box: 3 Fold: 15 "Crucifixion" Painting for the Old Cathedral. 1960 Box: 3 Fold: 16 "Crucifixion" - Painting for the Old Cathedral (2). 1960
Charles Quest News Clippings 1983-1985
DESCRIPTION: Includes articles on the occasion of Quest's 80th birthday.
Charles Quest News Clippings 1986-1992
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains miscellaneous news clippings relating to Charles Quest from 1986-1992.
Charles Quest News Clippings 1993
DESCRIPTION: Contains Quest's obituaries.
Charles Quest Photographs
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains photos of Charles Quest and his works at his Maryville College exhibition as well as his demonstration for KMOX-TV. Dorothy Quest's handwritten notes are on the back.
Charles Quest Photographs 1948-1972
DESCRIPTION:
Charles Quest: Photographs - Quest Gallery
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains photographs of those paintings by Charles Quest which are exhibited in the Quest Gallery of the St. Louis Club.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1925]? - [12/31/1937]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains photographs of selected works by Charles Quest. Included are: the mural at St. Mary's Church, Helena, Arkansas (1935), "Indian Massacre" (1936), "Travels of the Great Cantor" (1937), the Hartzog School mural (1936), "The Adulteress Before Christ" (1925), and the Carpenter Branch Library mural (1934). Dorothy Quest's handwritten notes are on the back of the photos.
DATE SPAN: [07/01/1944]? - [08/01/1944]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains two issues of "Free World" which contain illustrations by Charles Quest.
DATE SPAN: [02/01/1955]? - [04/01/1958]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains publications which include Quest's works. Included are "Aircraft Observer," the Washington University Parent's Letter, and the Washington University Magazine.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1929]? - [12/31/1953]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains reproductions of Charles Quest's works, some of which were published in "Prologue." Also included are copies of the Paris Series of 1929, and reproductions of "Who's a Nazi," "Firing Squad" and "The Bourgeois, the Proletariat and Me" published in the Post-Dispatch.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1930]? - [12/31/1949]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains printed materials concerning exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated during the 1930's and 1940's. Included are handwritten notes detailing which works he submitted. Some of the exhibits covered are "America in the War" and the Pennell Exhibits at the Library of Congress.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1950]? - [12/31/1950]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to those exhibits in which Charles Quest participated in 1950. Handwritten notes detail the works Quest submitted and awards he won.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1951]? - [12/31/1951]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated during 1951. Included are catalogues of "Les Peintres Graveurs Actuels Aux Etats-Unis," "Contemporary American Painting," and the Annual Exhibition of Western Art.
DATE SPAN: 10/29/1951 - 11/25/1951
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains material concerning Quest's one-man exhibit of woodcuts and wood engravings at the Smithsonian Institution in 1951. Included are publicity articles, invitations and an inventory of works.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1951]? - [12/31/1951]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains miscellaneous materials relating to exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated during 1952. Included are catalogues and entry forms which include handwritten notes detailing Quest's works. Organizations include SAGA, the PA Academy of Fine Arts, and multiple museums.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1953]? - [12/31/1954]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information on those exhibitions in which Quest participated during 1953-54. Included are catalogues and entry forms, including handwritten notes detailing Quest's entries. Exhibits include "Amerikansk Grafik" and the Contemporary American Prints Exhibit organized for the Museums in Israel.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1955]? - [12/31/1955]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated in 1955. Included are catalogues and entry forms which contain handwritten notes detailing Quest's entries.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1956]? - [12/31/1956]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated in 1956. Included are catalogues and entry forms containing handwritten notes detailing Quest's entries.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1957]? - [12/31/1958]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated in 1957-58. Included are catalogues and entry forms including handwritten notes describing Quest's entries. The Boston Public Library Exhibition for the U.S.I.A. is included.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - [12/31/1961]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated in 1960-1961. Included are catalogues and entry forms with handwritten notes detailing Quest's entries.
DATE SPAN: [10/15/1961]? - [11/15/1961]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to Charles Quest's private exhibition (his first one-man show in St. Louis) at the "Spot in the Square" Gallery in 1961. Included are the list of his works, various business records, invitations, a photograph album of the works exhibited and Quest himself, and publicity articles.
DATE SPAN: [02/18/1961]? - [03/12/1961]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information (some in Spanish) on Charles Quest's one-man show at the Manuel Ocaranza Gallery in Mexico in 1961. Included are news clippings, brochures, and photographs of oil paintings by Quest in the show. One brochure is inscribed "For my Teacher, Charles Quest..." by the author Jose Maria Paredes.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1962]? - [12/31/1962]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated in 1962. Included are catalogues and entry forms including handwritten notes detailing Quest's entries. Included is the 20th Anniversary Exhibition of "Group 15."
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1963]? - [12/31/1963]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information on those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated in 1963. Included is the St. Louis Artists' Guild Exhibition schedule relating to the city's 200th anniversary.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1964]? - [12/31/1964]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated in 1964. Included are catalogues and entry forms with handwritten notes detailing Quest's entries. Included is the Tanasko Milovich and Charles Quest joint exhibition at the St. Louis Artists' Guild (including signatures in Quest's Guest Book).
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1965]? - [12/31/1965]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information on those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated in 1965. Included are invitations, entry forms and catalogues.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1966]? - [12/31/1966]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated in 1966. Exhibitions included those at Maryville College and Carleton College. Also included is the list of works donated by the professional artists of St. Louis for the restoration of art in Florence, Italy.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1967]? - [12/31/1967]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated in 1967. Included are announcements and inventory lists as well as a listing of prints in Quest's joint exhibition with Edward Boccia at the Painters Gallery.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1968]? - [12/31/1969]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated in 1968-1969. Included is the exhibition at the Spanish Pavilion in St. Louis.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1970]? - [12/31/1990]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information pertaining to those exhibitions in which Charles Quest participated from 1970-1990. Included are various announcements, mostly from the Bethesda Art Gallery.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1989]? - [12/31/1989]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains material concerning Charles Quest's exhibition at the Polk County Library in 1989.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1930]? - [12/31/1990]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information on exhibitions (undated) in which Charles Quest participated. Catalogues include "Incisori Degli Stati Uniti," "La Gravure Contemporaine Aux Etats-Unis," and "Graphik Aus Den USA."
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1922]? - [12/31/1952]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains copies of some of Charles Quest's early drawings, including sketches of neighbors and friends and caricatures of friends at art school, including Carl Holty, Peter Geist and Tomasko Milovich.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1926]? - [12/31/1926]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains copies of sketches of Charles Quest by Fred Conway, Milton Wellply and Tonasko Milovich in 1926.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1953]? - [12/31/1983]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information on the Society of American Graphic Artists' exhibitions. Included are announcements, entry forms and catalogues. Handwritten notes detail Charles Quest's entries.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1955]? - [12/31/1991]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains miscellaneous information on the Society of American Graphic Artists and its exhibitions. Included are records of meetings, membership lists, exhibition announcements, and newsletters. Of note is the donation of Quest's "Embrace" to the Frederick Castellon Memorial Collection in 1975.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1968]? - [12/31/1989]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information on the Art In The Embassies Program, a State Department service providing art for various embassies. Quest's "Still Life with Flowers" was exhibited in Cameroon, Columbia and Peru.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1969]? - [12/31/1983]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information concerning the Charles Quest Gallery (also known as the Lewis and Clark room) at the St. Louis Club. Quest's oil paintings of St. Louis scenes were hung in the Gallery in 1967, the Quest Gallery was first dedicated in 1969, and rededicated in 1982. Included in this folder are news clippings, programs, handwritten notes by Dorothy Quest, photographs of the gallery and details of the rededication ceremony. Quest's works in the gallery include historical scenes (oils) and preparatory drawings for his mural "Louisiana Purchase."
DATE SPAN: 05/29/1932 - 03/17/1949
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains Charles Quest's personal exhibition records, including shipping notices and receipts, from 1930-1949. Acknowledgements of gifts to museums are included.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1950]? - [12/31/1959]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains Charles Quest's inventories and exhibition records (including shipping notices). Also included are handwritten lists of works at certain museums and purchase receipts.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - [12/31/1969]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains Charles Quest's personal exhibition records, including inventories and purchase receipts.
DATE SPAN: 09/07/1972 - [01/01/1988]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains Charles Quest's personal records of those paintings which he gave to his wife Dorothy in 1972 as well as lists of museums which owned Quest's works and loan agreements.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1940]? - [12/31/1990]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains Charles Quest's personal records, inventories and receipts. The material is undated and mostly handwritten.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1923]? - [12/31/1953]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains lists of prizes and awards won by Charles Quest.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1950]? - [12/31/1990]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains articles relating to general biographical information about Charles Quest. Included are articles, both printed and handwritten, that describe Quest's career, the prizes he won, and those institutions which have collected his art. Also included is Quest's statement about his work.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1944]? - [03/01/1980]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains texts of interviews of Charles Quest. Included are the following interviews: with Arthur Kress for KFUO (1944), with Charles Nagel for KFUO (1945), with Linda Harvey, and with Mary Schweder for the "Arts Journal" (1980).
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1945]? - [09/02/1992]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains commentaries by Charles Quest, his wife Dorothy, and other sources about particular works of his. Images referred to include: "The Politicians," "Blue and Green Forms," "Composition in Blue," the murals done for the baptistry in the Church of St. Michael and St. George, "Girl Before the Mirror," "Air Raid," "Embrace," the painting of the Polk Co. Courthouse, "Morning Recess," "By The Road," and "Attic Forms."
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1934]? - [08/17/1972]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information from various art organizations soliciting Charles Quest's involvement.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1934]? - [02/01/1964]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information about Charles Quest's "Louisiana Purchase" mural done for the Carpenter Branch Library. The mural was painted in 1934 and destroyed in 1964. Included here are copies of the mural, news clippings, and an article concerning the destruction written for the St. Louis Globe.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - [12/31/1991]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains information concerning Charles Quest's commission to provide a Crucifixion painting for the Old Cathedral in St. Louis in 1960. Included are copies (postcards/ photos) of the painting, news clippings and releases and references to Quest's lecture on his recreation of the Velazquez painting. Additional material in Folder 15.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - [12/31/1991]?
DESCRIPTION: This folder contains additional information on Quest's "Crucifixion," a commissioned painting done for the Old Cathedral in St. Louis in 1960. Included is the program for the dedication, several articles on the painting and on Quest's lecture on the painting.
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