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Ericson (born Axel David Ericson in Sweden) lived for much of his life in Duluth, Minnesota, and the Tweed Museum of Art at the University of Minnesota-Duluth is presenting a retrospective of his work plus a book on the artist. An earlier catalog published by the Tweed in 1963 indicates that Ericson lived briefly in Provincetown in 1916; then returned in 1919 to Provincetown where he and his wife Susan bought a home. They remained there until 1924 when they moved to Europe (with the $9,000 he made from the Hibbing commission). Articles in the Duluth and Hibbing newspapers and in the International Studio magazine (February 1924) discuss his painting the 3 x 5 foot panels in Provincetown, and the Intl Studio also described the Ericsons' "center of cultured sociability" at their year-round Provincetown home.
Do you have any information in your registry on Ericson in Provincetown? I am interested in anything that might help flesh out the information above. And if there are other repositories in town that I should contact, I would appreciate your suggestions. I have tried the PAAM but got only a rather curt reply listing standard artist reference books; I am waiting for a reply from the Public Library. Given Provincetown's eminence in American art history, I can't help but think there would be some documentary trace of Ericson there if the period articles I mention are correct. I would really appreciate any help you can provide. Also, if you would like a photocopy of the International Studio article for your registry files, I will be happy to send it to you.
Thank you for your assistance.
TO'S
Thomas O'Sullivan
651-488-0724
osull@mindspring.com
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