Oral history interview with Van Day Truex

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Oral history interview with Van Day Truex

1971 November 15

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An interview of Van Day Truex conducted 1971 November 15, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Discusses his youth in the midwest; art studies at New York School of Fine and Applied Arts; life in New York; studies in Paris; Parson's School of Design; his interest in interior design; his affiliation with Tiffany's; exhibitions; and his return to France to live for seven months of the year.

Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel (2 hr.) ; 5 in.Transcript: 53 p.

Archives of American Art

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SNAC Resource ID: 8223780

Archives of American Art

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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 ...

Truex, Van Day, -1979

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Van Day Truex (1904-1979) was a painter and designer from Menerbes, France and New York, N.Y. Truex spent his youth in Wyoming and Idaho and went to New York to study art. From the description of Oral history interview with Van Day Truex, 1971 Nov. 15 [sound recording]. (Smithsonian Archives of American Art). WorldCat record id: 495596745 Painter, designer; Menerbes, France and New York, N.Y. Spent his youth in Wyoming and Id...