Carlin Art Galleries
Collection
Identifier: W-0013
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials dealing with the Carlin Art Galleries from its beginnings in 1959 to its closing in 1990. Her shop was one of the first private galleries in Texas dedicated to art, predating both the Kimbell and the Amon Carter Museums. Mrs. Carlin was especially interested in artists from Fort Worth and the Southwest, but these papers also contain a large amount of material related to the larger art world. She was a pioneer in the presentation of Eskimo art and was one of the first dealers outside of Canada to show their prints and sculptures.
Dates
- 1959-1987
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
Electra Marshall Carlin (1912-2000), the owner of the Carlin Art Galleries, was a member of a pioneer Fort Worth family. She attended the University of Oklahoma, Beaver College in Pennsylvania and George Washington University, in Washington D C, where she met her husband, H. Lee Carlin. After his death, she returned to Fort Worth and in 1959 took over a shop called Wonderful Things. She renamed the business the Carlin Galleries, purchased an old Laundromat and developed it into a proper space for displaying art.
Extent
29 Linear Feet (64 Boxes)
Physical Location
Archives: 3G4
- Title
- Carlin Art Galleries
- Status
- Completed
Repository Details
Part of the Fort Worth Public Library Archives Repository
