Woodstock artists oral interviews, 1968-1985.

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Woodstock artists oral interviews, 1968-1985.

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Interviews conducted by Karl Fortess with fifty-two Woodstock artists, covering their background and training, identification with society, work patterns, artistic interests, teachers and/or influences, teaching experiences, and opinions of contemporary trends. Artists include Adolf Dehn, Alexander Brook, Dorothy Varian, Henry Mattson, William Pachner, and Sally Avery. Also, a radio interview, 1985, with fourteen Woodstock artists discussing painting under the auspices of the WPA in the 1930s.

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Pachner, William, 1915-

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Brook, Alexander B. (Alexander Bacon), 1922-

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Mattson, Henry E. (Henry Elis), 1887-1971

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Henry Mattson (1887-1971) was a painter from Woodstock, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Henry Mattson, 1964 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657040385 From the description of Oral history interview with Henry Mattson, 1963 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 657040861 Henry Mattson, b. 1887; d. 1971, Painter of Woodstock, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Henry Mattson, 1963 Aug. 2. (Unknown). Worl...

AVERY, SALLY

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Painter; widow of painter Milton Avery. From the description of Oral history interview with Sally Michel Avery, 1967 Nov. 3 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 422876351 Painter, widow of Milton Avery; New York and Long Island. From the description of Sally Avery interview, 1982 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220208627 Painter; interviewee married Milton Avery. From the description of Oral history interview with Sally M...

Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907-

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Fortess was a painter and printmaker, b. 1907 in Belgium. [Fortess died in 1993.]. From the description of Karl E. Fortess taped interviews with artists, [1963-1985]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81173100 Nathaniel Kaz (1917- ) is an American sculptor and artist known for his bronze pieces and religious drawings; he studied at the Art Students League of New York and the Cooper Union Art School, and later taught at the Art Students League. Karl Fortess (1907-1993) was a Bel...

Varian, Dorothy, 1907-

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Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968

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Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. From the description of Adolf Dehn letters, [ca. 1932-1987]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122355167 Painter, lithographer (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Adolf Dehn interviews, 1963 Jan. 23-1964 Feb. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220179288 Artist; was a concientious objector in World War I, performed alternative service at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S.C., the bulk of this correspondence was written d...