Oral history interview with Alex Katz

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

OralHistoryResource

Oral history interview with Alex Katz

1969 Oct. 20

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91e8ecdfd-3510-4c73-85c4-71e163711a13

An interview of Alex Katz conducted 1969 Oct. 20, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Katz speaks of his early education; his family's interest in art; his U.S. Navy service; his education at the Cooper Union School and at Skowhegan; styles and methods in painting; his work in collage, portraiture and book illustration; theater set design; teaching at Yale, Skowhegan and the Studio School; his interest in poetry; and his current painting style. He recalls Fairfield Porter and Henry Varnum Poor and reminisces about The Club and the Tenth Street group of artists.

Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel (2 hr.) ; 7 in.Transcript: 69 p.

Archives of American Art

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8304795

Archives of American Art

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Porter, Fairfield, 1907-1975

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x1715v (person)

Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) was a painter and critic from Southampton, N.Y. Fairfield Porter was born near Chicago in 1907, the fourth of five children of James and Ruth Furness Porter. His father was an architect, his mother a poet from a literary family, and Porter grew up in an environment where art and literature were highly valued. His father designed the family homes in Winnetka, Illinois and on Great Spruce Head Island, an island in Maine that he purchased for the family in 1912....

Club (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6747grp (corporateBody)

Cummings, Paul (Singer)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66m39mt (person)

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 ...

Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6np2636 (person)

Also contains correspondence from Bessie Breuer Poor, wife of Henry Varnum Poor. From the description of Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1929-1939. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155893302 Henry Varnum Poor, painter and ceramic artist, earned his A.B. in graphic arts at Stanford University in May 1910. As a student he was a member of the Art Club and the Gym Club, on the varsity track team, and on the executive committee of the associated stu...

Katz, Alex, 1927-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g73q5n (person)

Painter; New York City. From the description of Alex Katz papers, 1953-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78054299 Artist. From the description of Reminiscences of Alex Katz : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122343168 Painter (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Alex Katz interview, 1969 Oct. 20 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83634712 Alex Katz (1927- ) ...