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Interviewee:
Coggins, Robert P., 1924-1989  Search this
Interviewer:
Kirwin, Liza  Search this
Names:
Chambers, Willie M.  Search this
Daingerfield, Elliott, 1859-1932  Search this
Jones, Nell Choate, 1879-1981  Search this
Richards, T. Addison (Thomas Addison), 1820-1900  Search this
Extent:
2 Items (sound files, digital, wav file)
16 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1985 September 26
Scope and Contents:
An interview with Robert Powell Coggins conducted 1985 September 26, by Liza Kirwin, for the Archives of American Art.
Coggins speaks of his family and educational background; growing up in Marietta, Georgia; his first purchase of English portraits and Dutch still lifes; his decision to concentrate on collecting Southern American art; his interest in various southern painters including Willie M. Chambers, Nell Choate Jones, Elliott Daingerfield, and Thomas Addison Richards; efforts to refine and expand the collection by acquiring art that captures the "tranquil, slow, relaxed politeness of the true South"; and his continuing struggle to be accepted by art historians and museum officials.
Biographical / Historical:
Robert Powell Coggins was a physician and art collector from Marietta, Georgia.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 4 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Georgia -- Marietta -- Interviews  Search this
Art -- Southern States  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.coggin85
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fe082ff0-2fd6-4a7e-8e09-c9c81a490529
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-coggin85