Oral history interview with Balcomb Greene

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Oral history interview with Balcomb Greene

1972 Mar. 13

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An interview of Balcomb Greene conducted 1972 Mar. 13, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Greene speaks of his background as the son of a minister and growing up in various parish towns in Iowa; attending Syracuse University as a psychology major; beginning to draw and write; teaching at Dartmouth College; going to Paris in 1930-1931; his involvement with the Federal Art Project; getting his Master's at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; teaching at Carnegie Institute; the American Abstract Artists group; working with models and photographs; the development of his own painting; collages;

Sound recording: 2 sound tape reels (3 hr. 30 min.) ; 5 in.Transcript: 56 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7609625

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