Oral history interview with William Thon

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Oral history interview with William Thon

1992 December 15-16

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An interview of William Thon conducted 1992 December 15-16, by Robert Brown for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's home at Port Clyde, Maine. Thon discusses his childhood and education; early exhibitions; service in the Navy during World War II; being represented by Midtown Galleries from 1943 on; his dealers Alan and Mary Gruskin; moving to Maine; the importance to his art of Europe and his time spent at the American Academy in Rome; his painting technique; and his watercolors.

Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes (3 hr.) : analog.Transcript: 52 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8223659

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Gruskin, Alan D. (Alan Daniel), 1904-1970

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Midtown Galleries (New York, N.Y.)

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Midtown Galleries (est. 1932. Closed 1995) was an art gallery in New York, N.Y. Founded by Alan D. Gruskin and Francis C. Healey, specializing in contemporary American art; sold to John Whitney Payson, 1985, and name changed to Midtown-Payson Galleries, 1990. From the description of Midtown Galleries records, 1904-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83293403 ...

American Academy in Rome

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Art school; Rome, Italy. Organized in 1894 as the American School of Architecture in Rome. In 1897, it was dissolved and its assets turned over to the newly established American Adademy in Rome, not a traditional school, but a place where architects, painters, and sculptors could work in close association. After merging with the American School of Classical Studies (f. 1895) on the last day of 1912, the American Academy in Rome consisted of the School of Fine Arts and th...

Thon, William, 1906-2000

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d. December 6, 2000. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 83820797 Thon, William, 1906-2000, Painter of New York, N.Y. and Port Clyde, Maine. Thon died December 6, 2000, at age 92. Studied at the Art Students League. Served as a trustee and artist in residence at the American Academy in Rome. From the description of Oral history interview with William ...

Gruskin, Mary J.,

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Art dealers; New York. From the description of Mary J. Gruskin interview, 1992 October 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220204239 Mary J. Gruskin and her husband Alan Gruskin were art dealers in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Mary J. Gruskin, 1992 October 27 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 422876214 ...

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 ...