Interviewee:

Hartigan, Grace  Search this

Interviewer:

Haifley, Julie  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)

60 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1979 May 10

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Grace Hartigan conducted 1979 May 10, by Julia Link Haifley, at the artist's studio, in Baltimore, Md., for the Archives of American Art.

Hartigan speaks of her childhood and school experiences; her first marriage, painting classes with Isaac Lane Muse; the New York scene in the 1940s and 1950s; friendships with Pollock, Kline, De Kooning, Rothko, Guston, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Grace Hartigan (1922-, painter of Baltimore, Md.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' 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.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Painters -- Maryland -- Baltimore  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.hartig79

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98d05c7fe-cc48-4fc5-a398-60a0c42d2346

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hartig79