Anne Bowen Parsons collection of interviews on art

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Anne Bowen Parsons collection of interviews on art

1967-1968

The interviews are of artists, educators, art administrators, and dealers. Topics covered include the Federal Art Project, the Artists' Union, the Club, the influence of French emigre artists, and political activism among artists. The transcripts range from 1 to 4 pages in length.

30 transcripts.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8289317

Archives of American Art

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Thaw, Eugene Victor, 1927-2018

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Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was an American art collector and art dealer based in New York City with additional residences in Cherry Valley, N.Y. and Santa Fe, N.M. He married his former gallery assistant Clare Eddy in 1954. They remained married until Clare's death in 2017. His personal collection featured more than 400 drawings, including rare works by Goya, Van Gogh and Andrea Mantegna and price-setting items by Rembrandt and Samuel Palmer. Mr. Thaw also earned distinction as the co-au...

Club (New York, N.Y.)

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Lasker, Joe

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After winning the Prix de Rome, working free lance and as a visiting professor, Joseph Leon Lasker began illustrating Miriam Schlein books in the 1960s. He later began illustrating his own titles, beginning with Mothers Can Do Anything (1972), focusing on histories and books about special children. From the description of What do I do? : production material, 1967. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62496891 From the description of My house : producti...

Parsons, Anne Bowen

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Vicente, Esteban, 1903-2001

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Painter; New York, N.Y. Born 1903; died January 2001. From the description of Esteban Vicente papers, 1951-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594052 D. January 10, 2001. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82058406 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Esteban Vicente interview, 1982 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220209009 From the descriptio...

Kadish, Reuben, 1913-1992

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Kadish, Reuben, 1913-1992, Painter, sculptor and mural painter of New York, N.Y.; d. 1992. From the description of Oral history interview with Reuben Kadish, 1992 Apr. 15 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401374 Painter, mural painter; New York, N.Y.; d. 1992. From the description of Oral history interview with Reuben Kadish, 1964 Oct. 22 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81787825 Painter, sculptor and mural painter; Ne...

Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975

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Painter, sculptor; New York, N.Y. Died 1975. From the description of George L. K. Morris interview, 1968 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220188357 George L.K. Morris (1905-1975) was a painter and sculptor in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with George L.K. Morris, 1968 Dec. 11 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458411404 Painter, sculptor, designer and educator; New York, N.Y. Died 1975. ...

Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984

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Painter; Easthampton, N.Y. From the description of Lee Krasner interview, 1966 July 31 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82561305 Painter; Easthampton, N.Y.; b. 1908. From the description of Lee Krasner interview, 1972 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77755808 Painter; interviewee married Jackson Pollock, d.1984. From the description of Reminiscences of Lee Krasner : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In...

Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990

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Balcombe (John Wesley) Greene (1904-1990) was an American artist known for his modernist landscapes and collages. From the guide to the Balcombe Greene Papers, unspecified, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Balcomb Greene (1904-1990) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Balcomb Greene, 1972 Mar. 13 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595043 Painter; New Y...

Marca-Relli, Conrad, 1913-2000

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d. August 29, 2000. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 81540644 Collagist, New York, N.Y. Born in Boston, Mass. Taught at Yale University, University of California at Berkeley and the New College in Sarasota, Fla. Developed collage to a high art form. Died Aug. 28, 2000, at age 87. From the description of Conrad Marca-Relli letter, 1963 Aug 22. (Unkn...

Gwathmey, Robert, 1903-1988

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Robert Gwathmey (1903-1988) was a painter from Amagansett, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Gwathmey, 1968 Mar. 5 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595178 Painter, serigrapher, teacher; New York, N.Y. From the description of Robert Gwathmey writings, [ca. 1960]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455814 Painter; Amagansett, N.Y. From the description of Robert Gwathmey interview, 1968 Mar. 5. (U...

Barnet, Will, 1911-2012

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Will Barnet (1911- ) is a painter and printmaker from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Will Barnet, 1964 Jan. 20-1964 Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 767864603 Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Will Barnet, 1964 Jan. 20-Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122600031 From the description of Oral History Interview with Will Barnet, 1993 Apr. 9. (Unknown). Wor...

Levine, Jack, 1915-2010

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Jack Levine interview, 1968 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187653 Artist. From the description of Reminiscences of Jack Levine : oral history, 1956. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309738074 Painter; Boston, Mass. and New York, N.Y. Exponent of Social Realism during the 1930s. He resided in Boston until 1942. Married to painter Ruth Gik...

Miller, Dorothy Canning, 1904-2003

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MoMA curator (1935-1969) and honorary trustee (1984-), art advisor, editor. From the description of Dorothy C. Miller papers, 1929-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122569190 Art museum curator; New York, N.Y.; b. Feb. 6, 1904, Hopedale, Mass.; d. July 11, 2003, Greenwich Village, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Dorothy C. Miller, 1970 May 26-1971 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80691316 Museum curator, art consultant...

Ernst, Jimmy, 1920-1984

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Painter, educator; New York, N.Y. Died 1984. From the description of Jimmy Ernst interview, 1974 Sept. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220185787 Jimmy Ernst (1920-1984) was a painter and educator from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Jimmy Ernst, 1974 Sept. 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595156 ...

Nakian, Reuben, 1897-1986

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Sculptor; Stamford, Ct. Died 1986. From the description of Reuben Nakian interviews, 1981 June 9-June 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220188656 Sculptor; Stamford, Conn. Died 1986. From the description of Reuben Nakian interview, 1981 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84555292 Sculptor; Stamford, Conn.; d. 1986. From the description of Reuben Nakian interviews, 1981 June 9-June 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394238 Reu...

Baker, Mildred, 1905-

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Baker was assistant to the director, Holger Cahill, on the Federal Art Project. Prior to that appointment, she worked for College Art Association and a gallery on 57th Street. Baker's early role in FAP was to scout directors for regional programs in Ohio, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa. She later was involved in exhibitions and Community Art Centers. From the description of Mildred Baker interview, 1965 July 22 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80376619 ...

Cavallon, Giorgio, 1904-1989

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Giorgio Cavallon (1904-1989) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Giorgio Cavallon, 1974 Feb. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 245522762 Painter; New York, N.Y.; d. December 22, 1989. From the description of Giorgio Cavallon papers, 1910-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80756345 Painter; New York, N.Y. Died 1989. From the description of Oral history interview with Giorgio Cavallon, 1974 F...

Stamos, Theodoros, 1922-1997

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d. Feb. 2, 1997, Yiannina, Greece. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 84607001 Theodore Stamos (1922-1997) was an Abstract Expressionist painter and educator in N.Y. and Greece. From the description of Theodoros Stamos papers, 1922-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744426362 Theodros Stamos, Abstract Expressionist Painter; NY and Lefkada Greece, 1922-1997; James ...

Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005

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Philip Pavia, a sculptor, New York, N.Y. Born 1912. Died 2005. Pavia attended the Beaux Arts School, 1930, the Art Students League, 1931-1933, and traveled and studied in Europe from 1931-1937. In 1948 he founded The Club, a group devoted to discussion of modern art. Pavia was the group's driving force, organizing and leading Wednesday and Friday night lectures and members-only panel conversations and other events at the 39 E. 8th St. location. In 1958 he founded and edited the publication It Is...

Geist, Sidney.

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Sculptor, critic. Born 1914. From the description of Sidney Geist papers, 1938-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86132900 Sidney Geist (1914-2005), sculptor, writer and critic was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He was an apprentice to Paul Feine in Woodstock between 1931-1937, studied with William Zorach, Jose de Creeft and Ossip Zadkine in 1945-46. He taught at Brooklyn College, the University of California at Berkeley, and Southern Illinois University, among...

McNeil, George, 1908-1995

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George McNeil (1908-1995) was a painter and printmaker from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with George McNeil, 1968 Jan. 9-1968 May 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007040 Painter, printmaker; New York, N.Y. Died 1995. From the description of George McNeil interviews, 1968 Jan. 9-1968 May 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220244497 George McNeil (1908-1995) was a painter and a print...

Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974

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Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974) was a painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Adolph Gottlieb, 1967 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646398642 Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Adolph Gottlieb papers, 1929-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122545836 From the description of Adolph Gottlieb interview, 1967 Oct. 25 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82919384 ...

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997

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Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was an abstract artist from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Willem De Kooning and others, 1979 Sept. (Smithsonian Archives of American Art). WorldCat record id: 688855147 Abstract artist; New York. 1904-1997. From the description of Oral history interview with Willem DeKooning and others, 1979 September [sound recording]. (Smithsonian Archives of American Art). WorldCat record id: 123944643 ...

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969

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Painter, photographer; Roosevelt, N.J. From the description of Ben Shahn interview, 1964 Apr. 14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82606033 Artist Ben Shahn was a Russian Jewish immigrant to New York. He apprenticed with a lithographer, studied at several New York colleges, and toured Europe, acquiring the skills to express his artistic ability. He is chiefly remembered as a muralist, painter, photographer, and printmaker, visually chronicling America during ...

Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003

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Sculptor; East Hampton, N.Y.; b. May 4, 1913, Alexandria, Egypt; d. Dec. 30, 2003 at the age of 90. From the description of Ibram Lassaw papers, 1928-2003. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82983829 From the description of Ibram Lassaw interview, 1968 Aug. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220187509 Ibram Lassaw (1913-2003) was a sculptor in East Hampton, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Ibram Lassaw, 1968 Aug. 26 [sound recording]....

Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969

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Painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Paul Burlin interviews, 1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220185199 From the description of Paul Burlin interview, 1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220185174 From the description of Oral history interview with Paul Burlin, 1962 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312024996 Landscape, mural, and figure painter; New York, N.Y. Spent much time in the Southwest, partic...

Hacker, Seymour

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d. Dec. 12, 2000. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78575061 ...

Holtzman, Harry

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Harry Holtzman was born in New York, and studied at the Art Students League under Hans Hoffman. In the early 1930s Holtzman traveled to Paris where he met the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), and in 1940 sponsored Mondrian's immigration to the United States. From 1950 to 1975 Holtzman taught at Brooklyn College. He was the author and editor of several books on Mondrian and was executor of the painter's estate. From the guide to the Harry Holtzman papers, 1945-1987, (Beinecke ...

Schanker, Louis, 1903-1981

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Printmaker, painter; Stamford, Conn. From the description of Louis Schanker interview, [ca. 1963] [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81966418 From the description of Oral history interview with Louis Schanker, [circa 1963] [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026329 Printmaker and painter; Stamford, Conn. Trained at Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and the Educational Alliance School of Art. Between 1934 ...

Brooks, James, 1906-1992

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Painter; East Hampton, N.Y.; d. 1992. From the description of Oral history interview with James Brooks, 1965 June 10 and 12 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79604582 James Brooks (1906-1992) was a painter from East Hampton, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with James Brooks, 1965 June 10 and June 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646401425 Painter; East Hampton, N.Y. Died 1992. Brooks studied ...

Benson, Emanuel, 1904-1971.

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Educator, writer, and lecturer; Philadelphia, Pa. Was a consultant for the WPA Federal Art Project. Began a book on the project and died before it was finished. Francis V. O'Connor edited and completed the book, ART FOR THE MILLIONS. From the description of Emanuel Benson papers, 1924-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779476912 Educator, writer, and lecturer; Philadelphia, Pa. Was a consultant for the WPA Federal Art Proje...

Holty, Carl, 1900-1973

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Carl Holty (1900-1973) was a painter and writer from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Holty, 1968 Sept. 25-Oct. 1 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596637 Painter and writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Holty, 1965 June 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81548756 From the description of Oral history interviews with Carl Holty interviews, 1968 Sept. 25-Oct...

Tworkov, Jack

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Jack Tworkov was a painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1900; d. 1982. Bramberger and Tworkov were friends. From the description of Jack Tworkov letters to Troy-Jjohn Bramberger, 1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81952814 Jack Tworkov, 1900-1982, painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Jack Tworkov, 1981 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007167 Painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1900; d. 1982. From the descrip...

Federal Art Project

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The FAP projects included a broad range of events and activities which generated the various publications and materials found in the central files of the general subject series. ART FOR THE MILLIONS was a publication project about the accomplishments of the FAP consisting of a series of articles by Project workers. In addition to creating work for artists, the FAP sought to increase art appreciation as well as art sales among the general public. In doing so it devised a plan which created Nation...

Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)

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