Bianca Todd Collection
Scope and Contents
The Bianca Todd Collection contains photographs, portraits, pastels, pen and ink drawings, pencil sketches, and art clippings related to Todd's work as an artist in the first half of the 20th century. Original pastel drawings appear to be Todd's, and include scenes of places in Italy, France, and Belgium. Her sketches include people, buildings, and angels. The angels appear to be wall painting sketches. Todd collected clippings of artworks from a variety of time periods. She pasted many of them in a scrapbook, but a number are also loose. The photographs document Todd's artwork, dates of the work, and the names of painting purchasers. Several photographs of her wall paintings were taken by Peter A. Juley and Son and George Haight. One of the photographed wall paintings also has Hildreth Meière's name on the verso. There are also a small number of portrait photographs and prints including Bianca Todd, Hildreth Meière, and other unidentified women.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1920-1948
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
Bianca Todd studied at the Art Student League in New York. She served as President of the National Association of Women Artists (formerly known as the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors) from 1939-1942, and as Vice President in 1943. During World War II she was Executive Secretary for Artists for Victory.
Full Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Bianca Todd Collection contains photographs, portraits, pastels, pen and ink drawings, pencil sketches, and art clippings related to Todd's work as an artist in the first half of the 20th century.
Processing Information
Mallory Furnier, 2025
Genre / Form
- Title
- Guide to the Bianca Todd Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2025-06-30
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge CA 91330-8326 USA
818-677-4594
asksca@csun.edu
