Oral history interview with Norman Bluhm

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Oral history interview with Norman Bluhm

1969 October 23-November 12

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Interviews of Norman Bluhm conducted 1969 October 23-November 12, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Bluhm speaks of studying architecture with Mies van der Rohe at Armour Institute of Technology; his early interest in architecture; the quality of art education; how he started painting; living in Paris and the effect it had on him and his career; subject matter in his paintings; returning to New York; earning a living as a painter; his painting methods and materials; the way painters live; and collectors he has known.

Sound recordings: 2 sound tape reels ; 7 in.Transcript: 67 p.

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Bluhm, Norman, 1921-1999

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d. February 3, 1999. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 80848781 Norman Bluhm (1921-1999) was a painter from Millbrook, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Norman Bluhm, 1969 Oct. 23-Nov. 12 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595117 Painter; Millbrook, New York. b. 1920, in Chicago, Ill. d. Feb. 3, 1999, in East Wa...

Cummings, Paul (Singer)

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Littlefield was a painter, writer and art collector; New York, N.Y. Died 1969. Cummings, an art historian, was an expert on drawings and prints. From the description of William Horace Littlefield letters and photographs to Paul Cummings, 1951-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122390381 Art historian and editor; New York, N.Y. From the description of Paul Cummings papers, 1967-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594609 ...

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969

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German born architect. From the description of Manuscript fragment (n.d.) and letter, 1962 Nov.30. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82217577 Architect. From the description of Reminiscences of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631918 Architect. Born in Aachen, Germany (1886). From the description of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe collection, 1929-1969....