Oral history interview with Laurence E. Schmeckebier

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Oral history interview with Laurence E. Schmeckebier

1974 June 7-July 15

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Interview of Laurence E. Schmeckebier, conducted by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Lyme, New Hampshire on June 7 and July 15, 1974. Schmeckebier speaks of his education; his training as an art historian in Germany; the influence of Heinrich Wölfflin on his art historical training; his interest in art history and art criticism; his books Art in Red Wing and John Steuart Curry's Pageant of America; and his career as a professor, administrator, and collector at the University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, Cleveland Art Institute, and University of Syracuse. Schmeckebier also recalls Oskar Hagen, Carl Horst, José Clemente Orozco, John Steuart Curry, George Grosz, Jean Charlot, and others.

Sound recording: 3 sound tape reels ; 5 in.

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Brown, Robert F.

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Archives of American Art Regional Director of the New England office. From the description of Robert Brown interview, 1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83873055 ...

Schmeckebier, Laurence Eli, 1906-

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Laurence E. Schmeckebier (1906-1984) was an art historian and sculptor from Lyme, N.H. From the description of Oral history interview with Laurence E. Schmeckebier, 1974 June 7-July 15 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596722 From the description of Oral history interview with Laurence E. Schmeckebier, 1974 June 7-July 15 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744429667 Art historian and sculptor; Lyme, New Hampshire. Died 1984. ...