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Interviewee:
Fedoroff, George W., 1906-  Search this
Interviewer:
Brown, Robert F.  Search this
Names:
Society of Independent Artists (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Extent:
3 Items (sound files Sound recording, digital, wav file)
53 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1980 July 8-1981 Jan. 21
Scope and Contents:
An interview with George Fedoroff conducted 1980 July 8-1981 Jan. 21, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Fedoroff speaks of his childhood, his experiences as a refugee during the Russian Revolution, his training as a painter in Paris, his association with the Society of Independent Artists in Boston and with artists and actors on Cape Cod, his development of education in Alaska with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and his designs in wood.
Biographical / Historical:
George Fedoroff (1906-2001) was a craftsman and crafts administrator in Brewster, Mass.
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.
Occupation:
Arts administrators -- Interviews  Search this
Topic:
Inuit art  Search this
Decorative arts -- Alaska  Search this
Native American artists  Search this
Artisans -- Interviews  Search this
Handicraft  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.fedoro80
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98369e4a9-4e91-4b1c-a91a-6469bece2906
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-fedoro80