Oral history interview with Warren Rohrer

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Oral history interview with Warren Rohrer

1989 March 9-June 1

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An interview of Warren Rohrer conducted 1989 March 9-June 1, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Rohrer speaks of his early life as a Mennonite and his schooling on a farm in Lancaster, Pa.; his art studies at Eastern Mennonite College, James Madison College, Pennsylvania State University with Hobson Pittman, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Francis Speight, and art history classes at the University of Pennsylvania; the development of his work, his efforts at portraiture, and the importance of landscape to his art for most of his career as a painter; his teaching in the Education Department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia College of Art; his exhibitions at the Robert Carlen Galleries, the Makler Gallery, the Pennsylvania Academy's Morris Gallery, the Marian Locks Gallery in Philadelphia, as well as the Lamagna Gallery and CDS Gallery in New York City; his collectors, and critics' reactions to his work in New York and Philadelphia.

Sound recording 7 sound cassettes.Transcript 258 p.

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Makler Gallery

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Art gallery; Philadelphia, Pa. Founded in 1960 by Dr. Paul Todd Makler and his wife Hope; exhibited primarily pre-1960s painting and contemporary sculpture. From the description of Makler Gallery records, 1957-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557318 ...

Philadelphia College of Art

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Pittman, Hobson Lafayette, 1899 or 1900-1972

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Painter, educator; Philadelphia, Penn. From the description of Warren Rohrer interviews, 1989 Mar. 9-June 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192999 Rohrer, Warren, Painter and educator of Philadelphia, Penn. From the description of Oral history interview with Warren Rohrer, 1989 Mar. 9-June 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397963 ...

Marian Locks Gallery

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Art gallery; Philadelphia, Pa. Est. 1968. Name changed to Locks Gallery ca. 1990. Mainly showed the work of contemporary Philadelphia area artists. From the description of Locks Gallery records, 1968-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122595103 ...

State College (Pa.)

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Pennsylvania academy of the fine arts

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Speight, Francis, 1896-1989

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Francis Speight was born in North Carolina, and fought in World War I. He was educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and later taught at the Academy for many years. He made his name as a realist, painting gritty landscapes of suburban Philadelphia and the mill towns of Manayunk and Conshocken. He preferred to paint on location, and won several local and national awards for his work. Late in his career he moved to Greenville, North Carolina, to serve as artist-in-residence at East Car...

Pacini, Marina.

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