Sterling Strauser interview

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Sterling Strauser interview

1989 Aug. 10

An interview of Sterling Strauser conducted by Lynda Hartigan. Strauser speaks of his art education, and about his folk art collecting. He discusses some of the artists with whom he has worked, including Justin McCarthy, Jack Savitsky, Old Ironside Pry and Victor Joseph Gatto. He also speaks of collectors he has been associated with, including Herbert Hemphill, Red Grooms and Tom Armstrong.

1 sound cassette + transcript (41 p.) (on partial microfilm reel)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8283946

Archives of American Art

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Grooms, Red

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Red Grooms (1937- ) is a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Red Grooms, 1967 Sept. 5 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394293 Marisol (b. 1930) is a wood sculptor and Grooms (b. 1937) is a painter in New York, N.Y. From the description of Red Grooms and Marisol interviews, [ca. 1965.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79631666 Painter; New York, N.Y. Born Charles Grooms, 1937. From...

Armstrong, Tom, 1932-2011

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Strauser, Sterling, 1907-1995

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Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe

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McCarthy, Justin, 1891-1977

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Hemphill, Herbert Waide

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Savitsky, Jack, 1910-

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Pry, Lamont Alfred, 1921-1987.

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Gatto, Victor Joseph, 1893-1965.

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Victor Joseph Gatto (1893-1965), known as Joe Gatto, was an American primitive painter best known for his images of New York city life. Although he showed artistic talent as a child, he followed a variety of career paths ranging from plumbing to professional boxing to service in the U.S. Navy before turning to painting full time in 1938. His work was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art and other major galleries in the United States and From the guide to the Victor Joseph ...